Our post-operative programs are designed to restore mobility, rebuild strength, and guide you safely through every phase of recovery.
Focused Rehabilitation to Support Healing After Any Operation
Post-Operative Recovery
Every post-operative plan is built around your surgical protocol, mobility limitations, pain levels, and long-term goals. Whether you’ve had joint, orthopedic, or soft-tissue surgery, we adjust your exercises, hands-on techniques, and progression milestones to match your exact needs.
Post-operative physical therapy at Highlander focuses on restoring normal movement patterns, reducing pain and swelling, protecting healing tissues, and gradually progressing your strength and function. Each plan is tailored to your surgery type and surgeon’s guidelines to ensure safe, effective progress.
The timeline varies by procedure, but many patients begin therapy within the first few days or weeks after surgery. We collaborate with your surgeon to determine the safest start date and outline the phased approach your recovery will follow from day one.
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What you need to know about our post-operative solutions!
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Post-operative physical therapy at Highlander focuses on restoring normal movement patterns, reducing pain and swelling, protecting healing tissues, and gradually progressing your strength and function. Each plan is tailored to your surgery type and surgeon’s guidelines to ensure safe, effective progress.
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The timeline varies by procedure, but many patients begin therapy within the first few days or weeks after surgery. We collaborate with your surgeon to determine the safest start date and outline the phased approach your recovery will follow from day one.
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Every post-operative plan is built around your surgical protocol, mobility limitations, pain levels, and long-term goals. Whether you’ve had joint, orthopedic, or soft-tissue surgery, we adjust your exercises, hands-on techniques, and progression milestones to match your exact needs.
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Sessions typically include guided mobility work, gentle strengthening, swelling control techniques, gait or movement retraining, and education on how to safely move at home. As you heal, your program gradually progresses into more advanced strength, balance, and functional exercises tailored to your lifestyle.
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Early, guided rehab helps reduce stiffness, minimize scar tissue buildup, restore healthy joint movement, and prevent compensations that lead to long-term discomfort. Our team closely monitors your healing to ensure you’re progressing safely and reducing the risk of re-injury or prolonged pain.
Sessions typically include guided mobility work, gentle strengthening, swelling control techniques, gait or movement retraining, and education on how to safely move at home. As you heal, your program gradually progresses into more advanced strength, balance, and functional exercises tailored to your lifestyle.
If you experience sudden pain, swelling, difficulty bearing weight, reduced mobility, or anything that “doesn’t feel right,” it’s best to seek care promptly. You don’t need a referral to begin physical therapy in Montana, and early evaluation helps rule out more serious problems while setting you on the fastest path to recovery.
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Take the first step towards healing with personalized physical therapy in Bozeman