Post-Surgical Rehabilitation | Seattle Rehab Specialists

Comprehensive Care for Post-Surgical Rehabilitation in Seattle, WA

Physical therapy is crucial after orthopedic surgery, playing a vital role in enhancing recovery, preventing muscle atrophy, and ensuring long-term success. At Seattle Rehab Specialists, we are committed to supporting your journey from surgery to full function with comprehensive post-surgical rehabilitation. Our experienced team specializes in treating patients recovering from surgeries related to sports injuries, such as ACL and rotator cuff repairs, as well as total joint replacements, including knees, hips, and ankles.

Our physical therapists prioritize your individual goals, helping you regain full function and get back to your favorite activities. We will work directly with your surgeon to create a personalized, safe and effective recovery plan that guides you through each stage of recovery. To expedite your recovery, we incorporate blood flow restriction therapy to enhance muscle strength and endurance while minimizing stress on healing joints. We also utilize biofeedback techniques to help you regain movement awareness and improve overall muscle function.

With our tailored approach, Seattle Rehab Specialists is committed to helping you recover effectively and safely while keeping you motivated and focused on your personal goals. Whether you’re working toward getting back to daily activities or resuming the hobbies you love, we’re here to guide you every step of the way.

Personalized Rehabilitation Goals and Phases

Phase I: Pain, Swelling, and Range of Motion (ROM) Improvement

The first stage of our rehabilitation process is focused on reducing pain and swelling while improving the range of motion (ROM).

Phase II: Strength Building and Functional Movement

As patients progress, the focus shifts to rebuilding strength and minimizing disuse atrophy caused by surgery. This phase involves the introduction of functional movement patterns tailored to the specific surgery and patient needs

Phase III: Return to Sport and Higher Impact Activities

The final phase of rehabilitation is designed to gradually reintroduce higher-impact activities and sport-specific movements. For example, in the case of ACL repair, this might involve guided exercises in running, jumping, hopping, and force absorption.

Each patient’s progression is carefully monitored and adjusted according to their strength gains and the guidelines of their specific post-surgical protocol.

Specialized Post-Surgical Rehabilitation Services

Our clinic frequently handles rehabilitation for a wide range of surgeries, including but not limited to:

Lower Extremity

ACL and MCL tears, meniscus repairs, total knee and hip replacements, hip labral repairs, knee tibial tubercle osteotomy, MACI procedures, ankle fractures, ankle instability surgeries, and total ankle replacements.

Upper Extremity

Shoulder labrum repairs Rotator Cuff Repairs, Total shoulder replacements and other related orthopedic conditions requiring targeted post-surgical rehabilitation.

Spinal

Then Conditions would include: Laminectomy, Discectomy, Spinal Fusion, Foraminotomy, Artificial Disc Replacement, Spinal Decompression Surgery, Microdiscectomy, Posterior Cervical Laminoplasty.

Testimonials

Patient Reviews

Our rehab center has a strong track record of helping athletes recover from injuries. Here are a few testimonials:

Joey

5.0

Outstanding physical therapy care after a serious knee injury (patellar tendon repair) that required surgery. Only 3 months after working with Chris and the Seattle Rehab Specialists team, I was back to CrossFit and surfing, gradually ramping my life back to normal. Highly recommend them for the most serious and difficult rehabs.

5.0

Very friendly and KNOWLEDGEABLE therapists. After knee replacement at age of 76, they had me back to my favorite activities of eating, watching movies, and reading — oh, and walking, in no time! My friends were impressed by the speed of my healing and I attribute that to Kelly and Cheyenne, my therapists. Their individual encouragement and the whips and chains they used to push me through my exercises was invaluable to a lazybones like me. My only criticism is that they were not able to get me to the point where I could slam dunk a basketball, but to be fair, I couldn’t do it before PT either. The other important thing to know is that they take Medicare, which not every practice does. I’m going back to them when I have my other knee done — seriously!

5.0

Kelly knows when to push me, and when to hold me back from pushing too far. He always treats me like an athlete and has such a positive attitude! He is a coach as well as a physical therapist, and I know I won’t hit a plateau any time soon with his training. He has a full quiver of techniques for healing, including stretching, strengthening, cupping, point release, cardio and mental training. I’m a month post-op from an ACL reconstruction, and I hiked 5 mikes and 2000ft on Rainier, without any pain. I am so happy. I highly recommend SRSS PT and Kelly!!!

AMG

5.0

This place is great! I started seeing Kelly after my second knee surgery in the past 18 months. Needless to say I have seen several PT’s over this time period and Kelly has been one of the best therapists I’ve seen. He has a great and practical approach to therapy that has helped me recover quicker than I have in the past. He listens to your symptoms and goals and works with you to reach them. I trust him to get me back to running the trails I have missed for so long!

Choose Physical Therapy to Increase Post-Surgical Success

Recovering from surgery requires a lot of patience. Understanding the benefits of physical therapy during the post-surgical period can greatly enhance recovery and ease frustration during this challenging time.

At Seattle Rehab Specialists, we are committed to delivering top-tier post-surgical rehabilitation to help our patients return to their lives stronger, healthier, and more resilient than before. Contact us for a post-surgical consultation in Seattle, WA.

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