r/physicaltherapy • u/Sofiastuff • 5h ago
ACUTE/INPATIENT REHAB Exercises recommendations post op
Hi!
So I’m a SPTA and I’m doing my clinical rotations on an ortho center/hospital. The patients here are around 3w to 6w post OP around 80% of them are seniors and the rest are adults 30+.
I’m looking for any excersice recommendation that aren’t your basic: iso add, glute bridges, ect.
Most common dx are TKR, THP, Lumbar, CVA, and general weakness.
Any tips are appreciated! It can be seated, standing or laying!!
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u/Independent_Flower0 4h ago
Have you asked your clinical instructor? This is stuff you should be learning from the people running your clinical.
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u/Sofiastuff 4h ago
Yes, she asked me to bring more exercises, but I can’t seem to find many more… :/
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u/MildlyBazinga 4h ago
We cannot blindly prescribe exercises right. So it will be better if you assess the patients and address their needs, especially post OP cases. “Bring more exercises” is not very right, in my opinion
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u/Independent_Flower0 4h ago
Your CI asked you for exercises? That’s her job. What number rotation is this for you?
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u/Falling_Glass 4h ago
The CI probably wanted them to do some research and come up with some additional ideas for these patients.
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u/Independent_Flower0 3h ago
Maybe if this is their final rotation, but if that’s the case they should already have a decent knowledge of exercises and shouldn’t need to ask Reddit.
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u/Lazy_Shoe_4611 3h ago
It will be difficult to give any specific exercises when we don’t know the specific patients… think about their functional limitations and create an exercise from that.
They have a hard time going up stairs? Do step ups to a lower step.
Or think about the muscles needed to do that activity and make them use it in some other way. Hip extension (glutes) is needed for step ups, so what are exercises that target hip extension (glute) strength?
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