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Submitted By Reconstructive Orthopaedics of Central Florida
Rehabilitating from an injury can be a long process, but one of the best tools in our arsenal is YOU. As orthopaedic surgeons, we see all ranges of injury from minor twists to traumatic and life-threatening bone breaks or joint death. As a patient, your experience with your orthopaedic surgeon may be during one of the most unexpected and difficult times in your life after a car accident or other accident. Or, you may have elected some surgery to enhance the quality of your life such as a Rotator Cuff Repair or the replacement of a knee through something like the CORI robotic system. Either way, the importance of your participation is vital to your recovery and the success of any procedure.
Dr. Siebuhr has trained as a Physical Therapist and values immensely the input these care providers bring to the table for patient care. Whether recovering from an injury alone or the added levels of surgery, the steps you take with your body
and its natural healing process can be augmented with either Physical or Occupational Therapy. October is Physical Therapy Month, and we are honored to celebrate the partnership we have with these health care providers. The combination of self-care with guided training and exercising can make all the difference in day-to-day life but is an absolute game changer after surgery, or even non-operative recovery from injury.
Sometimes your surgeon may push you, in coordination with a therapist to do more than you think you can. And sometimes we tell our patients not to lift anything heavier than a coffee cup. Each body is different. Each injury is different. You may injure your left leg and experience recovery one way and later have a similar injury on your right leg and get markedly different results. It’s important to be honest with your therapist AND your physician and his or her team (PA-Cs, APRNSs, etc) so that a plan that fits YOU can be created. Your health and healing will be so enhanced when your health care team has a plan of care for you.
Sometimes insurance companies may think you have ‘plateaued (reached your best result), but even if you don’t have visits covered by your insurance at home or in an outpatient setting, you can always get information from your surgeon or from the therapists about exercises and stretches you can
and its natural healing process can be augmented with either Physical or Occupational Therapy. October is Physical Therapy Month, and we are honored to celebrate the partnership we have with these health care providers. The combination of self-care with guided training and exercising can make all the difference in day-to-day life but is an absolute game changer after surgery, or even non-operative recovery from injury.
Sometimes your surgeon may push you, in coordination with a therapist to do more than you think you can. And sometimes we tell our patients not to lift anything heavier than a coffee cup. Each body is different. Each injury is different. You may injure your left leg and experience recovery one way and later have a similar injury on your right leg and get markedly different results. It’s important to be honest with your therapist AND your physician and his or her team (PA-Cs, APRNSs, etc) so that a plan that fits YOU can be created. Your health and healing will be so enhanced when your health care team has a plan of care for you.
Sometimes insurance companies may think you have ‘plateaued (reached your best result), but even if you don’t have visits covered by your insurance at home or in an outpatient setting, you can always get information from your surgeon or from the therapists about exercises and stretches you can continue to do under your own steam. It also doesn’t require fancy tools – you can do some pretty amazing workouts with vegetable cans, tennis balls, partially filled milk jugs, jump ropes, and your walls and chairs. And after a good session at home, you can give yourself some ‘cold therapy’ with just a few bags of frozen peas.
Remember that the body does take time to heal and the concept of “It takes pain to get gain’ is not really the mantra we seek. We tell our patients and physical therapists that the surgeons FIX the injury, and the therapists ensure that the FIX STICKS.
At Reconstructive Orthopaedics of Central Florida, we raise a toast to the many Physical and Occupational Therapists whose care helps us drive our patients to success stories – with or without surgery. In some cases, the work of these professionals helps our patients avoid surgery all together which is a fantastic result. We work in tandem, seeking the best plan of care to ensure the most fulfilling recovery.
It is a perfect pairing of skillsets, meant to give the patient more strength, more confidence, less pain, and better access to full living. We appreciate having Physical and Occupational Therapists as part of our team – Mending Bones. Restoring Lives. One patient at a time.
Reconstructive Orthopaedics of Central Florida
(352) 456-0220
1500 Southeast Magnolia Extension, Suite 104
Ocala, Florida 34471
