Pre and Post-Surgical Physiotherapy

Surgeons routinely refer post-surgical patients to our physiotherapists to help them recover strength, function and mobility.
Our therapists provide one-on-one, evidence-based post-surgical physiotherapy sessions to help support your recovery and return to activities of daily living (ADLs), work, recreational activities and even competitive sports.
Post-Surgical Conditions We Help With
The rehabilitation process depends on the injury and type of surgery. We provide post-surgical physiotherapy to help patients recover and rehabilitate from a variety of orthopedic post-operative procedures, including:
- Knee replacement physiotherapy, hip replacement physiotherapy and shoulder replacement rehab
- ACL rehab and recovery after reconstruction of any one or more of the four major knee ligaments: anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), medial collateral ligament (MCL), posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and lateral collateral ligament (LCL)
- Arthroscopic knee surgeries (such as meniscectomies and meniscal repairs)
- Ligament and tendon repair, including Achilles tendon repairs
- Arthroscopic hip surgeries (such as labral repairs)
- Nerve releases (such as cubital tunnel, radial tunnel, carpal tunnel or tarsal tunnel)
- Neck and back surgery (such as fusions, laminectomy, decompression and discectomy)
- Nerve compression release
- Bone or joint fusion (arthrodesis)
- Tendon transfers
- Surgical fixation of fractures, including open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), a two-part surgery used to fix broken bones, where the bone is reduced (put back into place) and an internal fixation device, such as screws, plates, rods or pins, is placed to hold the bone together
- Shoulder post-surgical recovery for rotator cuff tears, labral tears, superior labrum anterior and posterior (SLAP) tears or lesions, arthroscopy and more
Therapies We Use for Post-Surgical Recovery
Some of the therapies used to help regain movement and reduce pain, swelling and stiffness may include one or more of the following:
- Manual therapy
- Soft tissue and/or joint mobilization
- Muscle energy technique
- Gait and balance training
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS): electrical muscle and nerve stimulation
- Therapeutic exercise and functional strength training
- Ultrasound
- Functional re-education
- Rehabilitative exercises to help increase strength, endurance, motion, balance and coordination