About the program:
Our Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Program is designed to improve patient’s confidence and independence with daily tasks, exercise tolerance and to educate patient’s following an orthopaedic surgery such as a joint replacement, spinal surgery, fracture or trauma. Through our comprehensive rehabilitation service our Orthopaedic Rehabilitation team will develop an individualised plan tailored to your needs.
Who can benefit from this program?
Patients who have recently had surgery such as a joint replacement, spinal surgery, fracture or trauma.
The program aims:
Each patient is assessed individually by our rehabilitation team under the direction of an accredited Rehabilitation Specialist, who together will develop a rehabilitation plan according to the individual’s particular needs. Our multidisciplinary team will work with each patient to help them regain independence and resume their day to day life.
The aims of our Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Program include improving:
- Mobility
- Endurance
- General muscle strength and flexibility
- Physical, psychological, and social recovery
- Pain
- Lifestyle
- Successful return to work, home and recreational activities
Our team will work in collaboration with you, your GP and other specialists to achieve a holistic assessment and integrated treatment regime dedicated to minimising the effect of disability.
This program may include:
- Gym based exercises aimed at progressively increasing general strength, endurance, functional and mobility
- Hydrotherapy
- Occupational Therapy focusing on retraining safe self-care techniques, organising equipment and ensuring safe home set up for discharge
- Dietetics involving education about healthy eating
- Information about medication management
Members of our experienced multidisciplinary team include the following health professionals:
- Physiotherapists
- Exercise Physiologists
- Occupational Therapists
- Rehabilitation Physicians and Medical Officers
- Rehabilitation Nurses
- Dieticians
- Clinical Pharmacists
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