The Complete Upper Limb Course

THE COMPLETE UPPER LIMB COURSE

with Andrew Cuff and Thomas Mitchell

The TCULC champions high-quality, person-centred musculoskeletal care that looks to help you move beyond joint-specific silos. With the judicious use and application of contemporary evidence, combined with real-world experience and a critical appreciation, this course will equip you ready to rise to the challenges of providing MSK care in the 21st Century.

Aimed at the frontline clinician, the TCULC will demonstrate how you can work with the person presenting with musculoskeletal disorders in your clinical setting to achieve their goals whilst also encouraging you to critique course content and delivery to collectively advance thinking and consider new directions. This course will be highly practical and interactive, fast-paced and readily applicable.

Objectives

For participants to:

· consider, understand, and apply the principles of high-quality, person-centred MSK practice.

· consider, appreciate, and approach the assessment and management of MSK complaints

· beyond joint-specific silos.

· promote critique, reflection and appreciation of contemporary understanding to advance

· thinking and consider new directions for high-value care in an ever-changing landscape.

discuss clinical cases various approaches to management.

Course Content

Your TCULC will be loosely based around the following timetable, with some variability based on the specific needs of the group identified in goal setting at the start of the course.

All sessions will have practical components.

5 hours of pre-course content will be made available 2 weeks before the practical course commences.

Course content and programme below.

TRAINER

THOMAS MITCHELL

Thomas is the UK MULLIGAN CONCEPT™ teacher, gaining membership to the Mulligan Concept Teachers Association in 2016. He is also a team leader and clinical supervisor first contact physiotherapist for Primary Care Sheffield NHS trust, clinical lead physiotherapist for the One Health Hand Hub and private practitioner for Remedy Physio.

EXPERIENCE

Thomas has been practicing physiotherapy for over 20 years and has a number of clinical and academic interests. He worked for ten years in the elite sporting environment, with posts with the English Institute of Sport, GB Boxing, GB Wheelchair Rugby and Sheffield United Football Club. He lectures internationally on topics including the upper limb, First-Contact Physiotherapy and wrist and hand, and speaks regularly at national and international conferences. Thomas is academically active, currently engaged in a systematic review of physiotherapy for the shoulder and contributing chapters to various textbooks. He is the UK Mulligan Concept teacher providing training in the rational use of mobilisations with movement in the modern clinical environment.

TRAINER

ANDREW CUFF

Andrew is the Clinical Director for our Community Services Division at Cora Health, where he plays a central role in the development and execution of our Clinical Strategy. In addition, he is accountable for clinical quality, innovation, AHP leadership, and health inequalities across our FCP, MSK, Pain, Rheumatology and Talking Therapies services.

Andrew is an ex-Army Officer having previously commissioned into The Royal Yorkshire Regiment. He joined Connect Health (one of the organisations that formed Cora Health) in April 2017 as Clinical Lead.

An experienced Consultant MSK Physiotherapist, he subsequently progressed to Head of MSK, responsible for our FCP, Tier 1 and Tier 2 MSK Services. In May 2023, Andrew was promoted to Director of Clinical Strategy, joining the Executive Team, and assuming responsibility for all specialities within our Community Division.

Andrew has a reputation as an expert clinician and thought leader on an international scale. His PhD focused on the indications and rationale for diagnostic imaging within primary and community care. As an active researcher with numerous clinical papers in peer-reviewed journals, he is a regular speaker at worldwide conferences. In 2025, Andrew was appointed Visiting Professor at Liverpool Hope University in recognition of his considerable experience, expertise, and standing in healthcare.

Andrew has held Executive positions in several organisations including EUSSER (Chair of Comms); the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (Chair of Education), and most recently the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (Diplomate Chair) – the first AHP (Allied Health Professional) to join the FSEM Executive Council.

Andrew sits on the Board of Trustees at St Oswald’s Hospice ( a North East-based charity) and attempts to practice what he preaches around physical activity, as a very average runner and cricketer.