Pre- & Post-Operative

Pre and Post-Operative Rehabilitation is designed to help you achieve the best possible outcome before and after surgery. Before surgery, rehabilitation focuses on improving strength, mobility, fitness, and confidence to help prepare your body for the procedure. After surgery, treatment focuses on restoring movement, rebuilding strength, reducing pain, and helping you safely return to everyday activities.

At Illawarra Rehabilitation Clinic, our Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologists can deliver rehabilitation through hands-on treatment, gym-based exercise programs, and hydrotherapy, providing a comprehensive approach to surgical recovery.

We regularly assist patients preparing for or recovering from knee replacements, hip replacements, shoulder surgery, spinal surgery, ACL reconstruction, joint repairs, fracture surgery, and other orthopaedic procedures.

Our Pre & Post-Operative Rehabilitation programs are individually tailored and may include physiotherapy, exercise physiology, hydrotherapy, strength training, mobility exercises, and return-to-function programs. We work closely with your surgeon's recommendations to help optimise your recovery.

Anyone planning to undergo surgery or currently recovering from surgery may benefit from Pre & Post-Operative Rehabilitation. Research consistently shows that improving strength and fitness before surgery can help support a smoother recovery afterwards.

At Illawarra Rehabilitation Clinic, we have extensive experience helping patients recover from orthopaedic and spinal surgery. Our integrated approach combines physiotherapy, exercise physiology, hydrotherapy, and gym-based rehabilitation in one location, helping patients throughout Warilla, Shellharbour, Wollongong, and the Illawarra return to work, sport, and everyday activities as safely and efficiently as possible.

The timing of rehabilitation depends on your surgeon, procedure, and individual recovery. Many patients begin rehabilitation before surgery to improve strength, mobility, and fitness, helping them prepare for the best possible outcome.

Following surgery, rehabilitation typically begins when cleared by your surgeon. While every procedure is different, many patients commence physiotherapy, exercise physiology, hydrotherapy, or gym-based rehabilitation between 4 to 6 weeks after surgery. At Illawarra Rehabilitation Clinic, our team works closely with your surgeon's recommendations to ensure your rehabilitation program progresses safely and effectively.

Our Pre & Post-Operative Rehabilitation programs support patients recovering from knee replacements, hip replacements, shoulder surgery, spinal surgery, ACL reconstruction, and other orthopaedic procedures throughout Warilla, Shellharbour, Wollongong, and the Illawarra.