‘Prehabilitation’ Improves Post-Op Rehab

2021-04-22T21:16:32-04:00

The stronger and more balanced your muscles are before orthopedic surgery (e.g., joint replacement surgery), the stronger and better off you’ll be after. That’s the philosophy behind prehabilitation, says physical therapist Joseph Trimarchi of Albany Chiropractic & Physical Therapy. “The goal of prehabilitation is to improve a patient’s strength and functional capacity prior to surgery [...]