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Prehabilitation

Prehabilitation: How Starting Physical Therapy Before Surgery Can Lead to Better Outcomes

There’s a growing trend in the world of physical therapy. Many patients that are soon to undergo surgery are opting for a pre-surgical healthcare intervention intended to reduce complications and enhance post-surgical recovery. This intervention is known as preoperative rehabilitation, or prehabilitation (prehab if you’re really into brevity). The proponents of prehabilitation cite its many perceived benefits and low risk (for most people),

Surgery

How Physical Therapy Can Help You Avoid Expensive and Invasive Surgery

For many people, surgery can seem like the only solution to pain caused by injuries or degenerative conditions. Chronic pain can be hard to live with, and it’s understandable that people would want a quick and effective solution. Surgery, though, is not always the only option. Often, it may not be the best option. For many conditions,

Post-surgical Rehab by Jackie Manning, ARNP

You successfully went under the knife and made it out on the other side! Congrats! The hard part is over now, right? Well, not so fast. Another phase of recovery awaits.

In most cases, medical experts recommend physical therapy following an operation. The benefits are many and varied. However, post-surgical rehabilitation can be a long process over the course of many months.

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