Got An Operation Coming Up? Plan For Recovery With PT
Do you have a surgery coming up that you’ve been anxious about? It is normal to be a bit nervous when planning for surgery, wondering how quickly you’ll be able to get back to doing all the things you love. Fortunately, knowing you have a post-surgical physiotherapy plan set beforehand can help ease some of your stress.
Are you looking to recover from your surgery as quickly as possible? Of course, you are! Let Newcastle Physiotherapy and Sports Rehab help! Contact us today for an appointment with one of our dedicated Newcastle, ON physiotherapists. They will create a personalized treatment plan for your specific needs so you can get back to your life faster!
They’re all trained specialists who know how to properly evaluate a variety of pain conditions and create a great post-op recovery plan so you can get back to your life faster!
What are the benefits of Post-Surgical Rehab?
Perhaps one of the most vital reasons for choosing post-surgical physiotherapy is the potential to help minimize or remove the need for prescription pain relievers, including opioids.
An opioid epidemic currently has American in its grasp and is impacting every socioeconomic class. For this reason, the CDC advises people to choose physiotherapy over prescription painkillers whenever possible. Their website states that an estimated 115 people every day die from an opioid overdose, and upwards of 29% of people, prescribed opioids will end up misusing these dangerous drugs.
Positive postoperative results are dependent on pre-and post-operative preparation and healing. Any sort of surgery can be considered a sort of trauma and can have a wide range of repercussions on the body.
Even tiny, simple surgical procedures can have a huge influence on your health. As a result, post-operative rehabilitation is essential to ensuring that everything goes smoothly after the treatment.
Individualized post-operative therapy with a physiotherapist helps reduce the likelihood of postoperative problems such as infections, bleeding, blood clots, muscular weakness, scar tissue, decreased function, and other variables that might impair your long-term health.
Common surgical procedures physiotherapy can help you recover from
When conservative treatment options for an injury or health condition fail to provide effective relief, many physicians will recommend surgical correction. Some common conditions that may lead to surgery include, but are not limited to:
- Full or partial knee replacements
- Total Hip Replacements
- ACL, MCL, and/or meniscus repairs
- Rotator Cuff Tears
- Heart surgery – ablations, stent placements, cardiac pacemakers, etc
These treatments have a significant influence on your body, which should not be disregarded. Many operations run the risk of causing extreme discomfort, irritation, movement restrictions, and inflammation.
Depending on the intensity of your operation, you will most likely have to retrain your body on how to walk and prepare to assist your tissues in recovering and avoiding persistent dysfunction.
Following your treatment, our Newcastle physiotherapists will teach you the proper and safest manner to do daily chores like getting out of bed and dressing.
Your surgeon will also outline these instructions which may include hip precautions, sternal precautions, spine precautions, not putting weight on your limb, etc.
How will a Post-Surgical Plan help me?
Our Newcastle, ON physiotherapists, will build a recovery plan that includes tailored stretches and exercises in order to help you heal and get back to your normal everyday life. Newcastle Physiotherapy and Sports Rehab will help you get to your optimum levels of function after surgery.
While your doctor may prescribe pain medicines, physiotherapy has been demonstrated to lessen discomfort and the need for long-term medication use. Pain medicines just hide the sensation of pain, but physiotherapy addresses the root cause of the problem. A physiotherapist will assist you in healing via the use of specialized treatments, therapies, and modalities such as ultrasound, joint mobilization, heat/ice, electrical stimulation, and home exercise programs.
The days and weeks following a surgical procedure may result in physical limitations. Our physiotherapist can advise you on ways to accommodate these limitations, such as how to go up and down the stairs, put on clothes, or get in and out of a car. This can be done with the assistance of adaptive tools to compensate for reduced movement. By making these adjustments, you will be able to move around comfortably while also working to restore the normal range of movement in your body.
We are dedicated to making sure you are living a healthy life, even after your post-surgical rehab treatments are over. Because of this, part of your treatment plan will also include education on any lifestyle and/or nutritional changes you can make in order to optimize your long-term health, avoid injuring yourself and avoid the need for additional surgeries in the future.
Post-operative physiotherapy can have you feeling better in no time
If you are planning on having a surgical operation in the near future, plan to set up your post-operative rehabilitation plan as soon as possible! Schedule an appointment now at Newcastle Physiotherapy and Sports Rehab. Our physiotherapists are trained professionals who know how to properly evaluate a variety of pain conditions and create a great post-op recovery plan so you can get back to your life faster!