How Prehabilitation Prepares Patients for Total Joint Replacement
Prehabilitation - optimizing a patient's condition before surgery to help optimize their outcomes after it - is especially important in total joint replacement. Patients needing total joint replacement typically have adapted to reduced joint function and increased pain over time. Prehabilitation can help them begin to undo these adaptations by optimizing tissues and modifying behaviors, preparing their body for restoration after surgery.
Source: ConsultQD - Cleveland Clinic