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Post-Surgical Rehab
Ready to Get Back to Your Normal Life? Post-Surgical Rehab Can Help
If you are having surgery, it is natural to be a little nervous when preparing for surgery and wondering how quickly you will recover.
Fortunately, knowing you have a post-surgical physical therapy plan set beforehand can help ease some of your stress.
What will a post-surgical rehab plan look like?
Team Trinity will create a treatment plan that will include targeted stretches and exercises to help you recover and get back to your normal daily life. Regardless of your surgery, the Trinity team can help you achieve the best results after that.
Although your doctor may prescribe drugs for pain management, physiotherapy has been known to relieve pain without the need for them.
Painkillers hide the pain, but medical treatment solves the main problem. This is achieved through unique, technical and modern methods, such as muscle relaxation methods, joint stimulation, ultrasound, electrical stimulation and home exercises.
The days and weeks after surgery can cause physical limitations. Your doctor will advise you on dealing with such restrictions, such as going up and downstairs, dressing or sitting in a car.
This can be done with an adaption tool to compensate for reduced mobility. By doing these accommodations, you can move better to get your body in a normal position.
The Trinity team is committed to ensuring a healthy life, even after recovery from surgery. For this reason, part of your treatment plan also includes lifestyle training and eating habits that you can use to improve your long-term health, prevent injuries, and prevent further surgery.
Are you in need of any of these surgical procedures?
Many physicians recommend surgical corrections if traditional therapies do not provide effective relief from injury or health problems.
Some common conditions that can lead to surgery include:
- Heart surgery – ablations, stent placements, cardiac pacemakers, etc.
- Total hip replacements.
- Full or partial knee replacements.
- Rotator cuff tears.
- ACL, MCL, and meniscus repairs.
The effects of these surgeries on your body should not be underestimated. Most surgeries result in pain, inflammation, limited mobility and swelling. To make matters worse, you may experience pain and discomfort before the operation!
If you want to stay in the cell and avoid eating, you may need to learn something, such as walking and getting dressed.
The Trinity team can teach you how to do things safely by following the latest post-operative instructions. These instructions are usually prescribed by your surgeon and may include the precautions of the hip, chest, back, spine, etc.
Are you in need of any of these surgical procedures?
Post-operative rehabilitation by a physiotherapist not only reduces pain and accelerates recovery, but it can also reduce your complications risk after surgery, including disease, blood clotting, muscle weakness, inactivity and other factors that can harm long-term health.
Both Pre- and post-operative rehabilitation is an integral part of a good outcome. All actions can be considered traumatic and affect the body differently.
Even minor and simple surgeries can have a significant impact on your health. For this reason, rehabilitation after surgery with the Trinity team is essential to ensure that everything goes well after surgery.
Another great reason to choose post-surgical rehabilitation is to help you reduce or eliminate back pain, including opioids.
How else will I benefit from post-surgical rehab?
Post-surgical rehabilitation with the Trinity team not only reduces pain and accelerates recovery but can also reduce post-operative risk, including infections, bleeding, blood clots, muscle weakness, scar tissue, decreased function, and other factors that can negatively impact your long-term health.
Both pre-and post-surgical rehab is essential elements of successful outcomes. Any surgery can be considered a form of trauma and can affect the body differently.
There is now an opioid epidemic in the country affecting all social and economic groups. According to the CDC, about 115 people die daily from opioid overdoses and more than 29% of those who prescribe opioids end up abusing these dangerous drugs.
For this reason, the CDC advises people to choose physical therapy over prescription painkillers whenever possible.