PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES TO GET YOU MOVING AGAIN
As tempting as it might be to stay in bed following your joint surgery, you need to start working on your rehabilitation as soon as you can. Physical therapy offers a safe, professionally-supervised plan for doing just that. Research shows that patients who undergo physical therapy were better at balancing, getting out of chairs, climbing stairs and walking than patients who just received standard post-operative care. Your personalized physical therapy plan may consist of: • RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISES - Exercises to restore your range of motion are critically important, not only for helping your new joint enjoy optimal function but also for helping to prevent adhesions. • STRENGTH AND BALANCE TRAINING - Our physical therapy center can prescribe strength training to help you rebuild damaged or atrophied muscles. Neuromuscular re-education exercises can help you regain weight-bearing joint stability. • MASSAGE THERAPY - Massage therapy boosts blood flow and drainage in tissues following surgery. It can also keep the tissue loose and limber while reducing scar tissue formation. • INFRARED THERAPY - A natural companion to massage therapy, infrared light therapy can also boost blood flow and reduce post-operative pain/stiffness. • HEAT AND COLD TREATMENTS - Applications of heat or cold can control post-operative swelling, ease inflammation, and relieve pain. • TRAINING ON ASSISTIVE DEVICES - Over the course of your recuperation, you may have to depend on assistive devices such as crutches or canes. Your physical therapy regimen can include training on how to use these devices safely and efficiently. PLAN AHEAD - CONTACT ADVANCED PHYSICAL THERAPY. In addition to scheduling your post-operative physical therapy regimen in advance, you may also want to give serious thought to pre-operative physical rehabilitation, or “prehab.” By learning how to use assistive devices in advance, for example,
you may find that you require less post-operative care and education from your physical therapist. Research has indicated that patients who take this extra step before a hip or knee replacement can reduce their need for post-operative acute care by 29 percent, resulting in substantial savings as well as an easier recuperation. In fact, patients who pursue both types of physical therapy show better function than those who don’t -- even two years after surgery. Take command of your recovery from hip, knee or shoulder surgery. Contact Advanced Physical Therapy to discuss your recent (or upcoming) operation and schedule that much-needed rehabilitation. Sources: https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2014/comparing-treatments-improving-physical-function-patients- who-had-knee https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/treatment/total-joint-replacement/ http://www.apta.org/ptinmotion/ news/2014/10/31/prepostrehabaclr/ https://www.apta.org/PTinMotion/News/2014/10/2/PreOperativePT/ https://www. apta.org/PTinMotion/News/2018/07/17/AcuteCareTKAInterventions/ https://ccmcphysicaltherapy.com/
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