After any type of plastic surgery, a medical rehabilitation program can help you recover faster and better than you would on your own. If you have a surgery coming up and haven’t already made a plan for rehabilitation after surgery, start exploring your options.
Why is post-surgical rehab so important?
In terms of your long-term health, how well you recover from surgery can be just as important as the success of the surgery itself.
Rehab helps:
- retrain and strengthen your muscles
- reduce pain and scar tissue
- improve mobility and flexibility
- prevent new medical problems from forming
- ease you back into daily physical tasks
- prepare your body for regular exercise
- speed overall recovery
In a rehab program, physical therapists will work on your rehabilitation exercises with you and help you do them correctly. With this expert guidance, your exercises will be safer and more effective, improving your recovery.
Additionally, rehab offers a personalized treatment plan shaped to your individual needs, including the type of surgery you are recovering from and any other medical conditions you may have.
If you have a pre-planned surgery coming up, it’s easy to make arrangements for rehab ahead of time. Doing so will smooth your transitions from hospital to rehab to home and help you get on the road to recovery.
