Evidence-Based Rehabilitation Following Rotator Cuff Repair ...

Evidence-Based Rehabilitation Following Rotator Cuff Repair
Presented by the American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists (ASSET)
April 30 & May 1, 2011 at Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas / Proaxis
Physical Therapy, Greenville, South Carolina
Faculty Bios:
Chuck Thigpen, PT, PhD, ATC is a Clinical Research Scientist with Proaxis Therapy. He
completed his PhD in Human Movement Science from the University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill in 2006. He has presented at the national and international conferences, and teaches in both
the academic and continuing education arenas. He is currently leading several funded studies
including: “A Randomized Control Trial for Treatment of Shoulder Impingement”, “Prospective
Evaluation of Risk Factors in Adolescent Baseball Players”,and “Adaptations to Pitching Over
Time in Professional Baseball Pitchers”.He served as the staff athletic trainer for the 2002-2003
University of North Carolina women’s basketball team. Before that, Chuck worked as a graduate
assistant with UNC wrestling, men’s lacrosse, women’s golf, and women’s crew. His primary
researchinterest is shoulder injury, rehabilitation and prevention. Thigpen completed a M.S. in
Human Movement Science with a concentration in Sports Physical Therapy from UNC in May
of 2003. He earned his B.S. in Physical Therapy from East Tennessee State University in 1997.
Thigpen is a NATABOC certified athletic trainer and a member of the National Athletic
Trainer’s Association, as well as the American Physical Therapy Association’s Sports Physical
Therapy and Orthopedic Special Interest Groups. He is currently serving as the Education Chair
for the American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists.
Reg B. Wilcox III, PT, DPT, MS, OCS completed his B.S. in physical therapy at the University
of Vermont, his transitional DPT degree from the MGH Institute of Health and his advanced MS
degree from MGH Institute of Health Professions. He obtained board certification from ABPTS
in Orthopedics in 2006. He is the current Education Chair of the American Society of Shoulder
and Elbow Therapists and serves as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of
Physical Therapy at MGH Institute of Health Professions. He has held various clinical physical
therapy positions over the last 17 years. He has spent the last 10 years as a Clinical Supervisor
of Outpatient Services in the Department of Rehabilitation Services at Brigham & Women’s
Hospital in Boston, MA. His main focus of clinical work is related to shoulder dysfunction and
the postoperative management of patients having undergone shoulder procedures. He was the
lead author of Wilcox RB, Arslanian LE, Millett PJ. Rehabilitation Following Total Shoulder
Arthroplasty. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2005; 35 (12): 821-836, which was awarded the
George J. Davies - James A. Gould Excellence in Clinical Inquiry Award by the Journal of
Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. He was the senior author on Boudreau S. Boudreau E.
Higgins LD. Wilcox RB. Rehabilitation following Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. J

Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2007, 37(12): 735-744. His other published work has focused on
rehabilitation of the shoulder and the use of diagnostic imaging in physical therapy practice.
Amee L. Seitz, PT, PhD, DPT, OCS completed her B.S in physical therapy at Ohio University,
a transitional DPT and advanced MS from the MGH Institute of Health Professions, and a PhD
in Rehabilitation Science from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is currently doing postdoctoral
research at the University of Kentucky. She has specialized clinically in the treatment of
shoulder disorders for 15 years while, working nearly 10 years with the Harvard Shoulder
Service at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is past- president of the American Society of
Shoulder and Elbow Therapists and a member of the sports, orthopedic and research sections of
the APTA. Her research is focused on the mechanisms and clinical outcomes of shoulder
disorders, specifically rotator cuff disease.
Ellen Shanley, PT, PhD, OCS is a Clinical Research Scientist with Proaxis Therapy. She
completed her PhD in Sports and Orthopedic Physical Therapy from Rocky Mountain University
of Health Professions in 2011. She has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of
Exercise Science from the University of South Carolina since 2010. She has presented at the
national and state conferences teaching upper extremity injury prevention and rehabilitation of
shoulder and elbow injuries. She has specialized clinically in the treatment of shoulder and
elbow disorders for 15 years. She is leading a funded study: “Prospective Evaluation of
Shoulder and Elbow Range of Motion in Adolescent and Professional Pitchers.” She earned her
B.S. in community health education and administration from William Paterson College and her
Masters in Physical Therapy from Emory University. Shanley teaches in an APTA credentialed
sports residency and is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Sports
Physical Therapy and Orthopedic Special Interest Groups. She is currently serving on the task
force writing guidelines for treating patients with TSA for the American Society of Shoulder and
Elbow Therapists.
Mark Lombardi PT, DPT, ATC is a licensed physical therapist and athletic trainer with over
30 years of combined experience in athletic training and orthopedic based out-patient
rehabilitation. Mr. Lombardi currently serves as the Clinical Director of Rehabilitation services
at Scranton Orthopaedic Specialists in Dickson City, PA. Mr. Lombardi has practiced
extensively in an outpatient setting, treating patients across the spectrum of age, diagnosis and
disability. In addition to his outpatient experiences, Mr. Lombardi has worked in professional
baseball, volunteered with the USOC as well as having experience at the collegiate level working
Division I sports at Miami University in Oxford, OH. Mr. Lombardi received a Bachelor of Arts
in Health and PE from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wa., a Master’s of Arts in Health
Education from Miami University in Oxford, OH., a Master’s of Science in Physical Therapy
from College Misericordia in Dallas, PA., and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Temple
University in Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Lombardi is a Certified Athletic Trainer and an active
member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the National Athletic Trainer's
Association. Mr. Lombardi is a certified Examiner with the National Athletic Trainer's Board of

Certification and regularly reviews continuing education courses for the Board of Certification.
In addition to his clinical involvement he also serves as an adjunct faculty member of the
Department of Physical Therapy at Misericordia University teaching a course in The Athletic
Shoulder and Functional Rehabilitation.
June Kennedy, MS, PT is in clinical practice at Duke Sports Medicine in Durham, NC where
she has worked for the past 10 years, and has practiced physical therapy in several other facilities
over the past 26 years. She recently re-joined the American Society of Shoulder and Elbow
Therapists after being part of the grassroots group that started the group in 1992. In her work at
Duke Sports Medicine, June plays a leading role in the evaluation and treatment of patients with
rotator cuff pathology at varying stages, including non-operative and surgical management. She
developed the post-operative rehab guidelines utilized at Duke as well as patient education
materials for those having rotator cuff repair, and is currently working on a research project to
assess movement of the cuff footprint using ultrasonography in a patient cohort following rotator
cuff repair.