Post Operative Rehabilitation
Post Operative Rehabilitation
Post surgical rehabilitation may be necessary for a variety of surgical procedures including orthopaedic, cardiac, thoracic, neurological and abdominal surgery. All types of surgery present with a number of post operative consequences which can be helped with physiotherapy.
These include:
- Orthopaedic- pain, reduced strength, reduced range of movement, postural problems, swelling, balance and coordination problems
- Cardiac/thoracic- pain, reduced exercise levels, breathing difficulties, reduced mobility, postural problems
- Neurological- weakness, breathing difficulties, reduced mobility, muscle shortening, loss of sensation
- Abdominal- pain, breathing difficulties, continence problems, reduced mobility
What are the benefits of Post Surgical Rehabilitation?
Effective management of your pain
Help you return to activities of daily living
Strengthening of weak muscles
Stretching of muscles that may have become stiff
Help get you back to the level you were previously
Improving your posture
Regain your independence
Reduce any anxiety that you may have and regain your confidence
Physiotherapy after surgery should begin immediately in hospital, however it is important that once you have been discharged you continue physiotherapy to achieve the best possible recovery. Our physiotherapy team will encourage you to carry out a range of exercises to strengthen and mobilise any affected joints and muscles and this will also help to improve circulatory or respiratory problems that may have developed in hospital.