What Is Pre & Post-Surgery Physiotherapy?
Surgery is only one part of the journey. How you prepare beforehand, and how you rehabilitate afterwards, often determines the quality and speed of your recovery.
Our pre and post-operative physiotherapy experts aim to optimise surgical outcomes, reduce complications, and help you return to movement, work, sport, and life with confidence. We don’t take a generic approach, we provide individualised, evidence-based care, underpinned by the leading research and protocols, tailored to your surgery, your body, and your goals.
We work with clients undergoing procedures such as knee replacement, hip replacement, ACL reconstruction, shoulder surgery, spinal surgery, and tendon repairs, supporting them before and after their operation with clarity and reassurance.
Pre-Surgery Physiotherapy (Prehabilitation)
Preparing your body for surgery
Pre-surgery physiotherapy – often called prehab – focuses on building strength, mobility, and confidence before your operation. Research consistently shows that people who are stronger and better prepared before surgery recover faster and achieve better outcomes.
Our physiotherapists will:
- Improve strength, range of motion, and capacity
- Address pain and movement limitations ahead of surgery
- Educate you on what to expect post-operatively
- Teach early exercises and mobility strategies so nothing feels unfamiliar after surgery
This preparation fills you with more confidence, improves early post-operative function, and sets the foundation for a smoother rehabilitation process.
Post-Surgery Physiotherapy
Structured, supported recovery
After surgery, the right rehabilitation at the right time is critical. Post-operative physiotherapy & rehabilitation combines hands-on expertise and guidance with progressive exercise rehabilitation, ensuring your recovery is safe, effective, and goal-driven.
We focus on:
- Pain and swelling management
- Restoring movement and joint control
- Progressive strengthening and load management
- Regaining confidence in daily function, activities, work, and sport
Whether you are in the early stages post-op or further along in recovery, we adapt your programme to your healing stage, surgical guidelines, protocols, and individual response, not just a generic timeline.
What sets us apart from other providers is that we experience your journey alongside you. We have capacity for frequent, in-person, face-to-face appointments, not just providing vague exercise sheets, but guiding and coaching you through our individualised approach. Some people even see us multiple times per week in order to get their recovery off to the best start possible!
How Does It Work?
You’ll begin with an initial physiotherapy assessment, where we review your diagnosis, surgical plan (or completed procedure), and personal goals. From there, we create a clear, structured plan that may include regular one-to-one physiotherapy sessions, often delivered as supported rehabilitation in our facilities.
We regularly reassess progress, adjust your programme, and guide decision-making so you always understand why you’re doing what you’re doing.
When Does Rehab Finish?
Our in-house expertise and specially developed protocols ensure that your rehabilitation journey doesn’t just stop when you return to daily life – we commit ourselves to getting you back to your personal level of function and goals, whether that is recreational activities such as walking, hiking or cycling, or returning to elite performance, such as contact sports, endurance events like triathlon, or outdoor adventure sports.
We have helped people who are pushing the boundaries of their performance and capacity, achieving goals they didn’t previously think were possible, and we endeavour to make sure this is an option for everyone following their surgery journey.
Who Is This For?
- You’re preparing for orthopaedic surgery
- You are recovering from joint replacement or ligament surgery
- You are an active person and/or athlete returning to sport after surgery
- Anyone seeking expert pre and post-operative support with a personalised approach
Why Choose Us?
- Specialist physiotherapists with extensive musculoskeletal and orthopaedic experience
- Person-centred, goal-focused rehabilitation
- Clear communication and education throughout recovery
- A calm, professional environment focused on long-term outcomes
This is rehabilitation done properly – supporting you before surgery, guiding you after it, and standing alongside you every step of the way.