Friday 21 September 2012

The importance of pre-hab..

Recently a long standing patient of mine had to have back surgery.
Her surgeon and physio were blown away at her ROM in her SLR (Hamstrings), her strength in her back as well as her core strength.
She went in to her surgery armed with her strong body that she had worked so hard at in biokinetics for a long long time.
Although the op was necessary we knew that she was strong enough to not only handle it but also to recover quickly.

The op was a success and since then she has made remarkable progress! Even I am amazed at what she is doing just 4 weeks post op. So much so that in hospital her physio altered the standard home program down so as not to let her push herself too much!:)

We firmly believe that she couldn't have done this without her pre-op rehab (prehab), just showing how important it is to see a biokineticist not only after surgery but also before.
Prehab cuts down your recovery time, improves the success rate of the op and allows you to be ready to go much sooner.

Are you having an op soon? Call us for a consult and start biokinetics today!