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It’s important when you have surgery that affects you physically, such as foot surgery, knee surgery, or hip surgery, to have physical therapy afterwards. This therapy is done by trained physical therapists who will create a specialized plan just for you depending on where you’re at physically and what you can handle.
The physical therapy you receive with the therapist may be somewhat limited by your insurance and what they will pay for. This will likely mean that you will have to continue the exercises you learn with the therapist at home. Many patients forget to continue the exercises and end up losing their full range of motion. It takes practice and effort to increase your strength in the area that was worked on.
One thing that might help you to do this is to keep a record of the exercises you do each day. By writing it down, you can see whether you’re doing them on a regular basis and how much you’re doing. You should also work on increasing the difficulty of these exercises slowly, according to the instructions of the physical therapist, so you can increase in strength and flexibility.
Another thing to do is make it a habit. Find something habitual you do every day and combine the exercises with that. This could be doing it while getting ready for bed or when you first get up in the morning; whatever will help you to remember to do the exercises will work so that they’re done each day.
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