Return to sport or active living safer, stronger, and better than ever!
Physiotherapists are expertly skilled in both inpatient and outpatient management of pre- and post-operative rehabilitation to ensure a safe return to activities of daily life, recreational activity, sports and work. Elite Sports Injury Physiotherapists will work with your surgical team and surgical protocol to get your plan underway.
- Total joint replacements
- Spinal surgery
- Arthroscopies
- Ligament and tendon repair
- Fixation rehabilitation
- Nerve releases or relocations
- Joint fusions
What to Expect from Post-operative Rehabilitation
After an operation, a patient has two main goals: 1) to avoid potential complications, and 2) to get back to pain-free living as quickly as possible. Physiotherapists help patients reach their goals by creating individualized rehab plans. These plans often include:
- Education (including gait re-education, guidance for self-management techniques and recovery timeframes, etc).
- Pain management
- Modalities (ie: ultrasound, tens, etc).
- Manual therapy (including joint mobilizations and soft tissue work).
- Exercise (including range of motion, strength, balance, cardiovascular, posture, etc).
- Personalized home exercise program.
These individualized plans are, typically, put into action the day after a surgical procedure takes place and continue once a patient returns home. (The length of physiotherapy rehab will vary from patient to patient.)
In general, a patient will get from a physiotherapy rehab program what he or she puts into it.
The Importance of Pre-operative Rehabilitation
Pre-operative rehabilitation is not always suggested but we ALWAYS recommend it to ensure a surgical procedure has the best possible outcome.
A key benefit of a pre-operative rehab program is it not only strengthens muscles, but it can reduce the recovery time post operation. Additionally, pre-operative rehabilitation program improves balance, reduces the risk of falls, encourages weight loss/reduces strain on joints, improves fitness, and gets a patient comfortable with the exercises he or she will be performing during the post-op rehab phase of recovery.