PostOperative Care
Our unique one on one treatment approach will ensure that you spend a full hour with your therapist at each visit. You will never work with aids or office staff. Each patient will be given access to an individualized app based exercise portal where your unique exercises and home plan will be stored. The will also give you access to your therapist as needed between visits.
Post Operative Care is broken into 3 Phases
Acute Phase
- Reduce Pain and Swelling
- Build Range of Motion
- Being Strength Exercises to minimize muscle loss using Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation (BFR)
- Normalize gait, and remove any bracing and crutches
- Introduce upper body training, to keep active and speed healing
Strength Building Phase
- Progress Strength Training using Blood Flow Restriction Therapy (BFR)
- Begin use of external weights
- Begin Jogging
- Continue upper body training
Return to Play
- Introduce cutting, jumping, change of direction drills
- Begin sport or activity specific drills
- Work with coaching staff to return to practice and team drills as appropriate
- Assess with Return to Play Evaluation
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All treatment at Feldman Physical Therapy and Performance is provided by Doctors of Physical Therapy. Because of this, you DO NOT need a physician’s prescription to attend physical therapy. Your therapist is well trained in recognizing conditions that are not appropriate for physical therapy, and, if necessary, will refer you to the proper specialist for treatment.