Exercise Frequence And Duration In The Home Setting After Orthopedic Surgery

After having gone through an orthopedic surgery whether its was from trauma or an elective surgery, It is significant to start an exercise program as soon as possible to maintain strength and muscle stamina.

You would be prescribed physical therapy as soon as your doctor feels you are or would be ready to proceed. The physical therapist would begin issuing an exercise program that would focus not only on the injured area but, the whole body for ultimate results. You should be issued either a hand wriiten copy or computer generated exercises with not only the proper exercises to complete but, you should also be instructed on exercise frequency and duration.

Frequency and duration depending on the individual should be flexible. Most people would not complete a large number of exercises or, exercise more then two times per day. I have found from my past experience that asking someone to complete their exercises more then two times a day likely would not acquire done. hence, I suggest and recommend that completeing your exercise assignment once in the morning and another exercise session in the afternoon would be sufficient to see the results you need for a successful rehabilitation outcome.

More then two times a day would almost always lead to overtraining of the muscle group and most people do not or would not exercise three times. I have found that most show and demonstrate the same results with a two session workout as they do with three.

As a patient you must be tuned into your body to ascertain whether the frequency of exercise is just enough or to much. If you feel at the end of the day that generally you feel good the operated site is not chronically sore or acquiring progressively worse, then you have done enough. if you feel that you are suffering from chronic pain from the operated site or consistently tired or not motivated to complete the exercise session you might be over trained. there are many signs that you have over trained or are over training the injured site. Increased swelling, redness, and again an unusal amount of pain are all signals to slow down the pace.

Let your health professional know how you feel before each session. The physical therapist should also be checking with you each session on how you are progressing and listening to any feed back that would alert them that the session might be to intense.

The no pain no gain theory is not necessarily a part of rehabilitation. You could make the necessary gains in muscular strength and stamina by working the muscle to fatigue without exhausting it.
Be alert, and communicate each session with your rehabilitation professional to assure yourself of a successful outcome.