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Post Operative Rehabilitation

Surgery, whether through choice, or after a trauma is often just the start of a long journey to recovery.

While surgery may be required to address underlying issues, it is also important to have a recovery and rehabilitation plan that is tailored for you. Often that will include some hands-on treatment. Most surgeries will need a period of immobilisation, whether that is in a cast, brace or a walking boot, and for most of the abdominal surgeries, simple rest is needed.

The reason that physiotherapy is vital after surgery is that scars can become thickened, adhesed and stuck to the underlying tissues, causing problems of their own; joints can become very stiff and result in altered movement patterns, which can have an effect elsewhere in the body, and muscles can become short, weak and dysfunctional very quickly.

Often with chronic problems that result in surgery, the person has already developed other compensatory issues pre-operatively, which if left untreated can result in incomplete recovery and a lasting effect on the body and our activity levels. We often see patients who have been given very appropriate exercises after surgery, but are unable to do them well, because the joints have become too stiff and therefore they are unable to stretch the surrounding muscles, nor are they then able to strengthen those muscles through range.

It is natural for the tissues in the body to tighten as a protective mechanism post trauma, surgery, or immobilisation but it can take a specialist, very hands-on approach to regain muscle length and joint mobility, so that normal activities can be resumed.

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The physiotherapists at CSPC have experience gained from working in elite sport, where athletes need to be able to get back to training and their sport as quickly as possible, and if a holistic approach is not taken, other injuries may occur further down the line, as they get back into training. We apply this approach to all of our clients, optimising recovery to ensure that they also get back to normal levels of activity as soon as possible.

In addition to assessing the original injury or area, our physiotherapists will carry out a full musculoskeletal assessment, taking into account your eventual aims. From this, your physiotherapist will design a comprehensive, personalised rehabilitation plan, which will not just include specific exercises but also include hands-on manual physiotherapy treatments and advice regarding the management of your condition. Your plan will be designed to complement your post-operative guidelines or specific protocols set by your own consultant.

Your recovery will depend on the exact nature of the surgery you have had, the length of time you have had your symptoms, your personal fitness and your own health. Your rehabilitation plan will reflect these and be tailored to you and be modified accordingly as your condition improves.

Orthopaedic Surgery

Orthopaedic surgeries have a standard rehabilitation protocol based on current medical evidence. These provide a framework of what type of exercises and activities are advised, based on the time after surgery. However, not everyone recovers at the same rate so these often have to be modified to match your own individual progress. We find that our clients benefit greatly from the additional hands-on treatment that we provide.

We can also provide you with a pre-operative strengthening plan so that you go into surgery as healthy and as strong as possible.

General Surgery, Abdominal and Gynaecological surgeries

We recognise that restrictions in the mobility of the body’s fascia and viscera (internal organs) can affect how we move and function and can add to or be the source of pain or poor movement patterns. CSPC physiotherapists have been trained in how to treat these restrictions effectively. Management of the scars which are a result of surgery is particularly important for these clients.

Cancer

A cancer diagnosis is devastating, and many of the surgeries and treatments can be equally traumatic. For many people, being active is an important part of their life, and is part of staying emotionally well. Many people will aim to return to a reasonable level of activity after they are given the go ahead from their consultant. At CSPC, our physiotherapists will support your recovery, using the appropriate skills, from our training. This may include musculoskeletal work, cranio-sacral and neural work, scar management and visceral work where appropriate.

Breathing

It is normal for your breathing pattern to be affected after surgery, especially if we have had to rest, are in pain,or it is sore to breathe deeply. This can be improved with manual treatment and breathing retraining exercises aimed at restoring your normal breathing patterns and improving your confidence and ability to return to activity.

MEET THE TEAM

Constantly challenging ourselves to be the best

We are dedicated to continually training, challenging and developing ourselves to ensure we are at the leading edge of our profession. The best practices are constantly evolving and Alison leads the internal training at the clinic, working with the team, in small groups and individually ensuring that all staff provide the same high standards of care. All members of CSPC staff also attend regular external training. Many of these courses are run at the clinic with external educators to further expand our knowledge and experience.

Alison Rose

Clinic Director | Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Jenny Birch

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Damian Buck

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Carl Clifford

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Wesley Davidson

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Louisa Edmonston

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Graeme Everard

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Lucy Gledhill

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Carol Hegarty

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Claire Merrett

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Candice Milner

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Neil Smitherman

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

John Swain

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Vikki Mills

Physiotherapist MCSP HCPC

Julianna Richardson

Soft Tissue Therapist

Ian Mitchell

Soft Tissue Therapist

Hannah Watkinson

BSc (Hons) Podiatry, MCHS, HPC registered

Cara Sloss

Clinical and Sports Dietitian, RD SENr
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PATIENT TESTIMONIALS
Over the years I have worked with a number of the physios at CSPC, I have found them to be up to date with their thinking and treatments, willing to share their knowledge with one and other and clients. I always recommend CSPC to friends and clients. They have helped hold body and soul together, thank you.

I am absolutely delighted with the shockwave treatment I have received at CSPC physiotherapy Clinic and the results it has produced. Each session has measurably reduced the size of my bursitis to the point it has almost gone, with corresponding improvement in my range of movement and comfort in the affected area. It has also ameliorated calcification in my shoulder. A great big thank you to Alison and Julianna for your help!

I cannot believe how well I feel. Four years ago, I felt consigned to the ‘rust pile’, today I feel ‘shiny’ and ready for the next challenge. CSPC can seriously alter your way of life …for the better.

Within the one hour appointment I received hands on treatment that relieved most of my pain and by the evening I was breathing and moving pain free. By the following morning I was back to ‘full dad duties’ much to the surprise of my partner, who with seeing how quickly I had recovered, started to think I’d made it all up to have a good rest!

After a long car journey to Leeds, I arrived with some discomfort in my upper back that worsened over the next day to the point that I could hardly breathe or move without feeling excruciating pain.

I’d done a gym session a week or so previously and had felt some discomfort in my back but rested and thought nothing of it. A long car journey combined with caring for two young children resulted in me having excruciating back pain and if it wasn’t for getting an emergency appointment at CSPC physiotherapy clinic I would not have made it home and probably checked myself into A&E!

Within the one hour appointment I received hands on treatment that relieved most of my pain and by the evening I was breathing and moving pain free. By the following morning I was back to ‘full dad duties’ much to the surprise of my partner, who with seeing how quickly I had recovered, started to think I’d made it all up to have a good rest!
Thanks CSPC physiotherapy for getting me back to my best – super quickly!

JACK

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