Post-operative Care

After orthopedic surgery, PT is needed to rehabilitate the body part affected. Some effects after surgery are stiffness, weakness, decreased ROM, and pain. We at Paradigm progress the patient appropriately to get them back to normal function. It is usually a progression from light exercise for ROM and pain relief to eventual functional exercise for return to full activity. Post operative surgeries that are very common are  low back , neck , rotator cuff, ACL repair, and total joint replacements for all body parts. There are also many more not mentioned that we treat.