Best time to seek physiotherapy for a surgery is before hand if you're able. Its been consistently shown that with surgeries like knee replacements, hip replacements, elective ACL repair and more there is an improved prognosis with pre-surgical prep. However, in cases where there is no "prehab" there are multiple ways to help improve your recovery and get you to your goals faster.
Post surgical rehabilitation is important for all kinds of surgeries; orthopedics or otherwise. These are some of the surgeries that physiotherapy can help with*:
- Total and partial knee replacements
- ACL, MCL and meniscus repairs
- Total and partial hip replacements
- Ankle repair
- Any type of internal and external fixation of the bones
- Post laminectomy or other spinal surgeries
- Post hernia repair
- Various other surgeries: contact us if you have specific questions about surgeries not mentioned above
* Always discuss physiotherapy as an option with your surgeon for rehabilitation clearance post surgery.
