Physical Therapy
Helping you recover

Aging, injury, disease or post-operative conditions can limit your ability to move and perform normal activities. Physical therapy is often an essential component of recovery for patients suffering a wide variety of health-related conditions. Depending upon your specific needs, physical therapy could be prescribed to increase range of motion, reduce pain, restore function, prevent disability or satisfy a combination of these goals.

Your orthopaedic surgeon's clinical evaluation will dictate the type of individualized physical therapy plan most likely to improve your condition. Therapy may be used in conjunction with or in place of surgery. Depending upon your condition, therapy may even postpone or eliminate the need for surgery. In either case, you will play a major role in your recovery.

Common forms of physical therapy include:

• Therapeutic exercise
  
• Neuromuscular re-education
  
• Manual therapy such as mobilization, manipulation and stretching
  
• Physical and mechanical means such as ultrasound, electrical stimulation and traction
  
• Functional training in self-care and home management

POA works with many physical therapists in the community. Our office will work closely with you and your insurance carrier to help connect you with therapist(s) who offer the expertise and credentials necessary for your condition. Your surgeon will discuss your particular needs with you in detail and answer any questions you may have.

Postoperative Physical Therapy Protocols

The following shoulder, elbow, knee and foot/ankle protocols are guides to the physical therapy required following your specific surgical procedure. Please note these are meant to be guidelines for rehabilitation to be followed by a certified physical or occupational therapist, and that specific recommendations may be made by your physician to modify the protocol due to your specific recovery needs.

Postoperative Rehabilitation Protocols Following Shoulder Surgery

	Arthroscopic Anterior Shoulder Stabilization Rehabilitation			Arthroscopic Posterior Stabilization Rehabilitation			Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression/Distal Clavicle Excision Rehabilitation
	Arthroscopic Superior Labral Repair Rehabilitation			Deltoid Strengthening for Massive Cuff Tears			Interval Throwing Program
	Total Shoulder Replacement Rehabilitation			Weaver-Dunn Protocol For Acromioclavicular Joint Reconstruction			Rotator Cuff
	Adhesive Capsulitis			GIRD Stretching Program			Impingement Exercise Program
	Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement Information

Postoperative Rehabilitation Protocols Following Elbow Surgery

	Biceps Tendon Repair Rehabilitation			Elbow MCL Reconstruction Rehabilitation			Lateral Epicondylitis Rehabilitation

Postoperative Rehabilitation Protocols Following Knee Surgery

	Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (Femoral Condyle Only) Rehabilitation			Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (Trochlea/Patella) Rehabilitation			Distal Realignment Rehabilitation
	Distal Femoral Osteotomy Rehabilitation			High Tibial Osteotomy Rehabilitation			Menisectomy and Chondral Debridement Rehabilitation
	Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Rehabilitation			Meniscal Allograft Transplantation With Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Rehabilitation			Meniscus Repair Rehabilitation
	Microfracture - Femoral Condyle Rehabilitation			Microfracture - Trochlear/Patellar Defect Rehabilitation			Osteochondral Autograft Transplant Rehabilitation
	Osteochondral Allograft Transplant Rehabilitation			Dr. Scopp's ACL Rehab			PCL Reconstruction Rehabilitation
	Proximal Realignment Rehabilitation			Patellofomoral Pain

Postoperative Rehabilitation Protocols Following Foot/Ankle Surgery

	Achilles Tendon Repair Rehabilitation ~ post-operatively			Achilles Tendon Rehabilitation - Non-Operative			Ankle Sprain