Physiotherapy Post-Operative Guidelines

What are patient guidelines?

Following certain procedures it is advised for patients to follow a certain guideline to ensure the best outcomes. They may require some adjustment depending on other associated procedures completed or other medical conditions you may have. Any adjustments to this will be discussed with you by your post-operative Physiotherapist.

It is important to note that these are guidelines only and people will progress at different rates dependent on many factors.

Foot and Ankle guidelines

Ankle guidelines

• Ankle microfracture rehabilitation guide
• Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) rehabilitation guide
• Complete Cartilage Regeneration (CCR) rehabilitation guide

Hip and Knee guidelines

Hip guidelines

• Hip Arthroscopy rehabilitation guide

Knee guidelines

Bone and Joint

• High Tibial Osteotomy (TO) or Distal Femoral Osteotomy (DFO) rehabilitation guide
• Tibial Tubercle Transfer or Osteotomy rehabilitation guide
• Trochleoplasty Reconstruction rehabilitation guide

Cartilage

• Actifit Meniscal Scaffold Implantation rehabilitation guide
• ASCOT following Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) to Femoral Condyle rehabilitation guide
• ASCOT following Autologous Chondroctye Implantation (ACI) to Patello-Femoral Joint rehabiliation guide
• Femoral Condyle Microfracture rehabilitation guide
• Meniscal Allograft Transplant rehabilitation guide
• Meniscal Repair rehabilitation guide
• Meniscal Root Repair rehabilitation guide
• Oscell Autologous Chondroctye Implantation (ACI) to Femoral Condyle (FC) and Patello-Femoral Joint (PFJ) rehabilitation guide
• Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System (OATS) Trochlea rehabilitation guide
• Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System (OATS) Femoral Condyle rehabilitation guide
• Trochlea Microfacture rehabilitation guide

Ligament

• ACL Reconstruction
• MPFL Reconstruction
• PCL Reconstruction

Muscle

• Patella / Quad tendon Repair
• Proximal Hamstring Repair

Upper Limb guidelines

• Level One Exercises
• Level Two Exercises
• Level Three Exercises

Hand guidelines

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
• De Quervain's Disease/Syndrome
• Dupuytrens Disease
• Osteoarthritis CMC Joint
• Thumb CMC Joint Replacement
• Trapeziectomy
• Trigger Finger/Thumb
• Wrist Joint Replacement

Elbow guidelines

• Total Elbow Replacement
• Tennis Elbow After Injection

Shoulder guidelines

• ACJ Stabilisation
• Inspace Balloon
• MUA / Capsular release
• Rotator Cuff Repair (routine)
• Rotator Cuff Repair (slow)
• Sub Acromial Decompression (SAD) / ACJ Excision
• Shoulder Stabilisation
• SLAP Repair
• Total Shoulder Replacement
• Total Shoulder Replacement (Inverse)

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