You Deserve Time, Guidance and Understanding
While repair and replacement surgeries may be routine for your doctor and surgeon, recovery will be unique to you.
We can help you make a plan for surgical rehabilitation that works for you. We can even help you prepare before surgery so that you have the best possible outcomes. You deserve a team that will take the time to listen and design a rehab and exercise plan that meets you where you are.
Surgery impacts your whole body and your nervous system and can lead to concerns with:
The Toilet: It is so important to make sure your bladder and bowel are working. Dysfunction can lead to impaction and other problems that can stubbornly persist.
Fear: Caution and making sure you get plenty of rest are the right thing in the short term, but held onto for too long and they can lead to worsening pain. We see so many people who are afraid to move their bodies because they don’t want to “mess up” their surgeries. We can help you plan strategies for post-surgery by understanding what will be going on in your body, and be there to provide support if those plans need to change.
Pain: Pain management is important and medication can be helpful in the very short term, but they also come with risks of addiction and bowel issues. We treat many, many people who struggle with pain, both acutely and chronically, and we have tons of strategies to help you manage pain without medication.
Support: This is not the time to be stubbornly independent. Preparing and making plans with an understanding of how you might be feeling and what help you might need is so important to your ability to rest and recover.
We like to think of ourselves as surgical doulas: We help you plan for how it should go, how you want it to go, and we’ll be there if it doesn’t to support you in making a new plan. You deserve it!