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Surgery Coming Up? Physical Therapy Can Help Both Before And After!

Itu2019s a wise idea to work with a physical therapist both before and after surgery. Whether youu2019re having knee, hip, shoulder surgery, donu2019t overlook PT to help you prepare and recover. Working with a physical therapist prior to your operation u2014 sometimes referred to as u201cprehabu201d u2013 can help you to prepare emotionally and physically for the surgery. When the operation is done, physical therapy can help to ensure a speedy and full recovery. If you have an upcoming surgery planned, contact HealthQuest Physical Therapy to learn more about how physical therapy can help you with both preparation and recovery.

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Surgery Coming Up? Physical Therapy Can Help Both Before And After!

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  1. SurgeryComingUp? PhysicalTherapyCanHelp BothBeforeAndAfter! UnderstandingTheBenefitsOfPhysicalTherapy – BothBeforeAndAfterSurgicalProcedures It’sawiseideatoworkwithaphysical therapistbothbeforeandaftersurgery.Whether you’rehavingknee,hip,shouldersurgery,don’toverlookPTtohelpyouprepareand recover.Workingwithaphysicaltherapistpriortoyouroperation — sometimesreferredtoas “prehab” – canhelpyoutoprepareemotionallyandphysicallyforthesurgery. Whentheoperationisdone,physicaltherapycanhelptoensureaspeedyandfullrecovery. Ifyouhaveanupcomingsurgeryplanned,contactHealthQuestPhysicalTherapytolearn moreabouthowphysicaltherapycanhelpyouwithbothpreparationandrecovery. HQPT.COM

  2. WhatDoesPhysicalTherapyLookLikeBeforeA SurgicalProcedure? Surgeryisafrighteningnecessityformanypeople.Theyneedtohavetheoperationto improvetheirhealthinsomefashion,buttheideaofbeingplacedunderanestheticand operatedonisstillfairlyscary.Workingwithaphysicaltherapistbeforehandcanhelp alleviatethesefears.Inaddition,youwillhaveagoodplaninplaceforyourrecoveryafterthe surgery. Workingwithaphysicaltherapistbeforesurgerycanhelpyougetreadyforadjustmentsyou willhavetomakeintheimmediateaftermath. Exercisewillalsobeapartofyourphysicaltherapyplanbeforesurgery.Strengthtraining, stretchingforflexibilityandaerobicexercisetoimproveoxygenflowwillallhelpyouto recovermorequicklyafteryouroperation. Becomingfairlyfitpriortosurgerycanevenpreventtheneedforinpatientrehabilitationwith aphysicaltherapist. WhatDoesPhysicalTherapyLookLikeAfterA SurgicalProcedure? Yourworkwithaphysicaltherapistcanbeginsoonafteryoursurgery — perhapsonthe sameday.Dependingonthetypeofoperationthatyouhaveundergone,yourtherapistcan teachyoutheproperwaysforgettinginandoutofbed,usingmobilityassistancedevices, gettingdressedandusingtherestroom. Fromthere,physicaltherapywillinvolvehelpingyouwithrecoveryandgettingbacktoa normallife.Aphysicaltherapyexerciseplanwillbetailoredtowardgraduallyrebuildingyour strength,withouttheriskoftearinganysuturesorreinjuringyourself.Youmayalsolearn assistedexercisesinwhichyourtherapistorahelperathomecanaidyouinmovingyour limbstocontractmuscles — withoutstrainingorreinjuringanything.

  3. WhatElseShouldIKnowAboutPre-surgicalAndPost- surgicalRehabilitationPlans? Youmaybefamiliarwithrehabilitationaftersurgery,orpost-surgicalrehab.Itmakessense – yourbodylosesalotofstrengthwhenundergoingasurgicalprocedure,andrehabilitation treatmentsareneededinordertohelpyouregainyourfunction. Post-surgicalrehabilitationtendstofocusontargetedexercisesandstretchesthatareaimed athelpingrelieveyourpain,improveyourstrength,andredeemyouroptimumfunctionin theaffectedarea(s) ofyourbody. Pre-surgicalrehabilitationisabitdifferent.Itfocusesonstretchesandexercisespriorto surgeryinordertoprepareyourbodyfortheprocedureahead. Itisnosecretthatsurgerytakesatollonthebody,sopreparingyourselfbeforehandwith strengtheningstretchesandexercisescangreatlybenefityourresults. Itcanalsohelpyoupreparementally,bygivingyouabetterpeaceofmindgoinginto surgery,knowingyoudideverythingtomaketheprocedureaseasyonyouaspossible. HowCanIGetStarted? Ifyouhaveaplannedsurgerycomingupandwouldliketoknowmoreabouthowphysical therapycanhelpwithyourpreparationsandrecovery,contacttheofficenearestyouor requestanappointmenttoday. Original Source: https://hqpt.com/surgery-coming-up-physical- therapy-can-help-both-before-and-after/

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