REHABILITATION AFTER KNEE ARTHROSCOPY

Post-operative rehabilitation after knee arthroscopy is a common reason why clients come to us. Although arthroscopy is today a routine surgical procedure which, compared with other knee surgeries, causes less trauma to the joint itself and the surrounding tissues, good-quality physical therapy is key to restoring the knee to full function.

With any injury, and therefore also with surgery, the body directly reduces muscle strength and endurance. To prevent the injury from recurring and to resolve the CAUSE of the problem in the long term, appropriate physical therapy is needed, which we provide after knee arthroscopy and any other knee surgery.

To solve the client's problem in the long term and reduce the chance of the injury recurring, special emphasis is placed on an individual approach following the LATEST post-operative protocols in terms of working on the range of motion and mobility of the knee, regeneration and targeted strengthening of the muscles, with an emphasis on the vastus medialis muscle, which performs the last 10 degrees of extension, and the quadriceps muscle – the main stabiliser of the knee, which is the first to atrophy when the knee is injured.

Alongside manual therapy, which makes up the bulk of the therapeutic process, we also use electrotherapy – electrical stimulation (TENS, IFS, muscle stimulation), laser and ultrasound to warm the knee muscles deeply and further speed up recovery – as well as the essential targeted therapeutic exercises with which we restore full range of motion and complete functionality to the knee! The estimated duration of the therapy depends on the severity of the injury.

The goal of the therapeutic process is to get the client back to everyday life as quickly as possible, without compromising on quality or the individual approach.

After therapy, we can expect:

• Full range of motion in the knee area;
• Normal circulation and the return of muscle strength;
• Full functionality of the knee!