Post Operative Physiotherapy

Post operative rehabilitation physiotherapy is a unique type of physiotherapy for patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries. Surgical doctors also advise patients to get physiotherapy treatment to achieve better surgery results. Physiotherapists are already familiar with the guidelines that your doctor prescribed. Look for a professional physiotherapist who has knowledge and experience to adjust your problems through specific rehabilitation programs based on your circumstances.

Who can get the benefit from Post Operative Rehabilitation?

Post Operative rehabilitation physiotherapy is available for anyone who has had surgery or experiencing pain, muscle weakness, stiffness, reduced mobility, reduced independence, and low exercise tolerance; all of them can get benefits from post-operative rehabilitation.

Surgery has benefits, but it may affect your physical and psychological state and maybe the reason for anxiety and frustration. Usually, people get bored and feel pressure and frustration. Visiting physiotherapists will help you; the physiotherapist will provide you with a full exercise program that will help you to achieve your short and long-term health goals and maximize your recovery potential.

What are the benefits of post-surgical physiotherapy?

While surgery can certainly treat health conditions that can't be addressed with more non-invasive methods, it may also affect you physically and psychologically, potentially causing frustration and anxiety. 

Pain and inflammation are common after surgery. That said, physiotherapy can help treat these, promote early healing and help maximize your potential as you recover. Seeing a physiotherapist can help you:

• Return to physical and recreational activities and sports.
• Reduce stress and anxiety.
• Build confidence.
• Prevent boredom from setting in
• Find relief from pain and stiffness by exercising the muscles.
• Achieve short and long-term health goals.

Post Operative Physiotherapy specific treatment plan: Physiotherapy after surgery is often an essential part of the healing process since it helps patients regain strength and mobility. Physical therapists collaborate with patients to create a specific treatment plan that includes mobility and range of motion exercises to help reduce swelling and inflammation. Patients can improve their balance and coordination with post-operative physiotherapy, which helps them avoid falls and other accidents. For patients to heal fully and enhance their quality of life, post-operative physiotherapy is an important aspect of many treatment plans.

• Pain Management: Pain control is one of post-operative physiotherapy’s main objectives. This could entail applying a variety of methods, such as massage, heat therapy, ice therapy and exercises to increase circulation and decrease inflammation. Effective pain management enables patients to move and exercise, which helps with the healing process.
• Reduction of Swelling and Inflammation: Another reason to priorities post-operative physiotherapy is to help reduce swelling and inflammation. To accomplish this, your physiotherapist may encourage compression clothing, elevation as well as workouts to help with lymphatic drainage. Patients can often restore their mobility and range of motion more rapidly by minimizing swelling and inflammation, which can, in turn, speed up their rehabilitation.
• Regaining Range of Motion and Mobility: Regaining range of motion and mobility is another key goal of post-operative physiotherapy. This can involve exercises that focus on stretching, strengthening and mobilizing the affected area. By gradually increasing movement and flexibility, patients can improve their physical function and move towards regaining their independence.
• Strengthening of Muscles and Tissues: Muscle and tissue strengthening is a significant component of post-operative physiotherapy. Exercises aimed at increasing muscle strength and endurance, as well as joint stability and balance, can be included in this.
• Improving Balance and Coordination: One of the most important aspects of post-operative physiotherapy is restoring balance and coordination. Exercises that specific treatment plan proprioception that is, the body’s capacity to detect its position in space might be necessary for this. Patients can aim to increase their total functional capacity by enhancing their balance and coordination.

Post Operative Physiotherapy Exercises: Major abdominal surgery combine with a general anesthetic can lead to problems with clearing secretions from the lungs and reduced mobility. There are many ways you can help aid your recovery. This information leaflet has been put together to help you with some gentle physical and breathing exercises that you can do yourself which will help with your recovery. Gentle physical exercise can help to prevent chest infections and blood clots and can restore muscle strength, motion and flexibility. Breathing exercises can help with moving secretions and prevent a chest infection.

• Active Breathing Cycle Technique (ACBT)
• Relaxed Breathing / Breathing Control
• Deep Breathing
• Huff
• Cough
• Adaptations
• Deep Breathing, coughing and pain control
• Mobility
• Chair exercises

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