Pre and post-operative therapy play a vital role in letting the person accept, adapt and accommodate to the modifications made in the body after surgery. Trained professionals help reduce the stress and pain surgical modifications cause in the body.
Individualized pre-operative sessions make a person understand the need for surgery and the changes his body will undergo. It builds the stamina and willpower of the patient, restores range of motion, and regains strength and flexibility that prepares a person mentally for physical transformations. The underlying principle for Pre operative therapy remains to condition the body through exercise. It is an important step that can reduce the need for post-operative rehabilitation and stay in a hospital. Therapists work on different areas like strength, balance, flexibility, joint stability, and cardiovascular fitness, to name a few. These all factors help to withstand the surgical pain and other effects it has on the body.
Post-operative rehabilitation helps patients regain functionality and return to daily activities fastly. It includes letting the person know how to continue with his activities after transformation in the body. They teach people pain management strategies and exercises that lead to faster recovery. Therapists and counsellors help patients to manage post-operative pain, stiffness, and swelling and look at the better side of medical treatment they have undergone. Therapists begin with recovery exercises, sessions from day one. They continue till a person is ready to return to his routine activities. The sessions can last from a few weeks to several months. It depends on the kind of treatment a person has gone through. However, his willingness to recover and regain his strength also determines his recovery rate and pace.
