A skilled professional physiotherapist is trained to play a major role in a successful outcome for you after surgery.
You have just had surgery and are now ready to participate in post-surgery post-operative physiotherapy to maximize your recovery and function following surgery. We at East Gwillimbury Physiotherapy are here to help those in the Newmarket, Ontario area with this process.
While ensuring that your surgeon’s instructions and the surgical site is maintained and heals properly, a skilled professional physiotherapist is trained to play a major role in a successful outcome for you so you can return to your daily activities and work activities and enjoy a better quality of life sooner following your operation.
Some examples of how a physiotherapist can help include restoring your range, strength and function while modulating any pain responses post-surgery (with the help of your medical plan from your surgeon). And you will benefit for years to come from following this professional care plan tailored with your input, for you. A more exhaustive list is included below.
Physiotherapy care is recommended following surgeries such as:
- Total knee replacement
- Total hip replacement or arthroscopy
- Joint replacement surgery
- Arthroscopic surgery
- ACL repair surgery
- Shoulder replacement surgery
- Rotator cuff repair surgery
- Lumbar surgery – for example, a laminectomy, fusion, stabilization, or discectomy
- Bunion surgery – toe surgery, fracture management
- All other orthopaedic surgeries and peripheral nerve repairs that are indicated for physiotherapy care
Your surgeon and physiotherapist will know whether you are appropriate for this type of rehabilitation and when.
When and how often will I need to attend?
Post-surgery post-operative physiotherapy total knee replacement rehabilitation can typically begin about one week after surgery and will require 2-3 physiotherapy sessions per week for 4 weeks and then 1 time per week from there to work toward a restoration of range of motion and function.
Post-surgery post-operative physiotherapy after a total hip replacement rehabilitation can typically begin about six to eight weeks post-surgery.
This variation will be determined dependent on the type of surgery you undergo, the surgical protocol, and your individual presentation post-surgery.
What is post-surgery post-operative physiotherapy care?
- Help modulate pain
- Restore optimal mobility
- Strengthen weak or atrophied muscles
- Restore function
- Restore normal movement patterns and optimize biomechanics
Post-surgery post-operative physiotherapy is a very important part of your recovery after surgery. The physiotherapist will prescribe and manually facilitate recovery to maximal outcome, most often better than your function before the indicated surgery. This will include manual therapy, pain modulation techniques, load education, strength exercises, and range of motion exercises.
Note that pre-surgical physiotherapy care can help enhance your post-operative outcome.
