Decrease Your Recovery Time with Post-Surgical Rehab
Get Back to Your Life Faster with Manual therapy!
Do you want to heal your surgery as soon as possible? Obviously, you do!
If you have a procedure coming up while you’re preparing for the surgery, it’s natural to be a little anxious and wonder how easy it will be for you to recover.
Luckily, understanding that you have a post-surgical rehabilitation schedule can help to relieve some of the stress.
Please contact us today to consult with one of our dedicated osteopathic therapists.
Osteopathic Therapists know how to properly evaluate a variety of pain conditions and create a recovery plan so you can get back to your life faster!
How can manual therapy help me after surgery?
Even after your post-surgical recovery procedures have been completed, our osteopathic manual practitioners are committed to supporting you through a safe, complete return to daily life.
While pain relief medications may be prescribed by your doctor, manual therapy can be a valuable complement — helping to relieve pain and, in many cases, reduce reliance on long-term medication use.
Pain management drugs primarily target the sensation of pain, while osteopathic manual therapy aims to address the underlying restrictions — in the joints, muscles, fascia, and nervous system — that may be contributing to it. Specialized techniques such as joint mobilization, neurokinetic therapy, fascial and soft tissue work, and individualized home exercise programs are all tools an osteopathic manual practitioner may use to support your recovery.
Our osteopathic manual practitioners will build a recovery plan that includes tailored stretches and exercises to help you heal and return to your everyday activities. Jenna Howe & Associates will help guide you toward your optimum level of function after surgery alongside your physical therapy treatment plan.
To support your long-term well-being, help prevent re-injury, and reduce the likelihood of needing further surgery down the road, your recovery plan may also include guidance on lifestyle and dietary factors that support healing.
Did you have one of these procedures?
When conservative treatment options for an injury or health condition fail to provide effective relief, many physicians will recommend surgical correction.
Some common conditions that may lead to surgery include, but are not limited to:
- Rotator cuff tears
- ACL, MCL, and/or meniscus repairs
- Total hip replacements
- Full or partial knee replacements
The effect these operations will have on your body should not be underestimated. At least some degree of discomfort, inflammation, mobility restrictions, and swelling are caused by most surgeries.
In order to help your tissues to heal, and prevent chronic dysfunction, it is possible that you will have to learn how to do simple things all over again, like walking and getting dressed.
Our osteopathic therapists in Victoria, BC will teach you the best and safest way to perform tasks safely after your operation.
Your surgeon will also outline these instructions which may include hip precautions, sternal precautions, spine precautions, not putting weight on your limb, etc.
How will I benefit from post-surgical rehab?
Pre-surgical and post-surgical rehabilitation is vital to positive postoperative outcomes. Any type of surgery can be treated as a form of trauma and can affect the body in a variety of ways.
Even minor surgical procedures that are uncomplicated may have a significant impact on your health. Post-operative recovery is particularly necessary because of this, in order to ensure that everything goes smoothly after the surgery is completed.
In addition to reducing your pain and accelerating recovery, individualized post-operative rehabilitation with an osteopathic therapist will also reduce the chances of, muscle fatigue, scar tissue, impaired function, and other factors that may adversely affect your long-term health.
Another critical reason for choosing post-surgical manual therapy is its ability to help reduce or completely avoid prescription painkillers, including opioids.
An opioid epidemic is currently gripping the country and impacting every socioeconomic class. According to the CDC, an estimated 115 people every day die from an opioid overdose, and upwards of 29% of people, prescribed opioids will end up misusing these dangerous drugs.
For this reason, the CDC advises people to choose manual therapy over prescription painkillers whenever possible.
Get back to your life with post-surgical rehab!
If you’re planning to have surgery in the near future, don’t wait to set up your post-operative rehabilitation plan with Jenna Howe Osteopathy and Concussion Recovery.
We’ll give you everything you need to get back to your life as quickly and as easily as possible!