Key Considerations Working With Post-Surgical or Medically Complex Clients
When you are working with a physiotherapist after a major medical diagnosis like cancer or after complex surgery there hopefully comes a time when they say you are ready to focus on getting stronger. Getting to this point is a job well done! Recovering from major surgery or illness requires you to do a lot of (unglamorous) work that puts you back on the road to having a stronger and healthier body. Here's my checklist when I work with someone who needs a more cautious approach to getting stronger: 1. I ask them to make contact with their physiotherapist to find out what they still need to avoid and what they feel is the priority to progress. I do not go in and do what I "think" will be okay. This is critical. If someone has successfully completed their rehab I do not want to make them worse at this stage. I will also contact their physiotherapist (with permission) to find out more details 2. I ask them what their rehab work looked like, especially the last 3 months. This
