Westminster Outpatient Therapy's own Javier Acosta sat down with the crew at WLNI to discuss all things Outpatient Therapy.
Prehabilitation – “prehab” for short – is a physical therapy program started 6-12 weeks prior to a scheduled orthopedic or other surgery.
The goal is simple:
To improve your range of motion, strength, balance, endurance, etc. prior to surgery in order to maximize post-surgical outcomes.
You wake one morning realizing that you are starting to rely more and more on the objects around you to help you balance and walk.
This is called furniture walking and it’s a tell-tale sign that you need help to improve your balance and safety. Is a walker or cane something that can help? Let’s walk through this together (no pun intended).