Comprehensive Shoulder Anatomy

Understand the intricacies of shoulder structure and function to prevent injuries and enhance performance.

Specific to Pole and Aerial Fitness

Tailored content specifically for the pole industry to promote shoulder health and injury prevention.

Rehabilitation Strategies

Learn how to rehabilitate shoulder injuries effectively and safely with expert guidance.

About the Course

Shoulder injuries are among the most common and frustrating setbacks in pole and aerial fitness,  but they’re also some of the most preventable. This course gives you the tools to train smarter by understanding how your shoulder joints, muscles, and stabilisers work under load. Whether you’re hanging, spinning, or inverting, you’ll learn how to recognise risk factors early, apply safe alignment strategies, and reduce strain before it leads to injury. Led by qualified professionals with a passion for performance and prevention, this course is perfect for students seeking to train safely, instructors wanting to protect their clients, and physical therapists looking to expand their pole-specific knowledge.

Meet Your Instructor

Marie-Claire Prettyman has worked in the fitness and health industry since 1998; doing everything from gym instruction and personal training, to swimming coaching and aqua aerobics. She trained with the London School of Sports Massage and established a sports therapy clinic from an Osteopathic centre in 2001, before training with the Body Control Pilates Association in Pilates. After her Sports Science degree in 2003, she opened her first Pilates and Fitness studio offering Pilates classes, Personal Training and Sports Therapy. she joined forces with Fitness Inspired Teacher training in 2008 and wrote the Level 3 Pilates Teacher Training programme and CPD courses that ran until 2016.

Course Curriculum

8 Chapters · 30 Lessons

  1. 1

    Introduction to Shoulder Anatomy

    1. Course description Free preview
    2. Objectives Free preview
    3. About the authors Free preview
    4. Introduction Free preview
  2. 2

    Shoulder anatomy

    1. Shoulder anatomy Free preview
  3. 3

    Shoulder movement

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      Shoulder movement

  4. 4

    Muscles of the shoulder

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      The rotator cuff

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      Supraspinatus

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      Infraspinatus and teres minor muscles

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      Normal gleno-humeral dynamic stability and quality of movement

  5. 5

    Shoulder injuries

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      Shoulder injuries

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      Musculotendinous injuries

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      Joint injuries

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      Nerve Injuries

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      Example of movements

  6. 6

    Injury prevention

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      Injury Prevention in Pole and Aerial

  7. 7

    Rehabilitation

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      Rehabilitation

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      Floating arms (front)

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      Floating arms (back)

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      Chicken wings

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      Corkscrew arms

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      The dumb waiter (front)

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      The dumb waiter (back)

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      Backstroke arms

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      Windmill arms

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      Arm opening

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      Diamond press / swan prep

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      Dart

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    Further information

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      Well done for completing the course

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      Course manual PDF

What People Are Saying

Read testimonials from our satisfied students who have transformed their shoulder health and performance through our course.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This course should be mandatory for anyone training in pole! I used to ignore the little aches in my shoulders until I learned how close I was to injury. This course explained everything so clearly and gave me simple ways to adjust my training. My shoulder strength has improved already!
Chloe 

Intermediate Pole Student

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As an instructor, this gave me so much more confidence. I now incorporate the exercises and cues from the course into all my warm-ups and conditioning drills.
Lee

Pole & Aerial Instructor

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A game changer for me. This course is well-structured, relevant, and easy to apply in training.
Amrita

Aerial Artist

Protect your progress. Train with confidence. Start learning today.

Take the first step towards injury prevention and shoulder wellness. Enroll now and embark on a journey to master your shoulder health!

£120.00

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