Post-surgical rehabilitation
Knee, hip and shoulder surgery and joint replacements leave you stiff and weak. Our Doctors of Physical Therapy build the plan, send the evaluation to your physician of choice, and see you through the staged work of getting strong again.
Surgery fixes the joint, and then the rest of the work begins. Stiffness, weakness and a leg or arm that no longer trusts itself are common reasons people come to us after knee, hip or shoulder surgery and joint replacements.
You do not need a referral to be evaluated, and most evaluations happen within one or two business days. Call (715) 803-7617 and we will find the nearest clinic and the earliest appointment.
Your first visit is an evaluation with a Doctor of Physical Therapy, typically about an hour. The evaluation is sent to your physician of choice, so your surgeon sees what we find and what we plan.
Strength and range of motion are rebuilt in stages, with manual therapy and exercise-based rehab. At our Wisconsin Rapids clinic, aquatic therapy is an option, because water takes weight off a healing joint. Your therapist decides at the evaluation whether the pool fits.
Stairs, getting out of a chair and carrying groceries are the measures that matter to most patients, and we plan around them. Home exercises carry the work between visits, so do them as your therapist shows you and follow the plan of care.
We accept a long list of insurance plans, including Medicare and Medicaid. Check our insurance page, or call and we will go through your coverage with you.
Knee rehab station with a step box, resistance bands on a wall rack, an ice pack and an exercise bike
Roberts Physical Therapy, Amherst, Plainfield and Wisconsin Rapids. Call (715) 803-7617.
A patient in Wisconsin Rapids
“Before coming here, I couldn't walk right after my knee surgery. I could do stairs, but it would take me five minutes to get down two. Now leaving her I was going up on a 12-inch stair no problem!”
The pool pictured is an illustration of what aquatic therapy rooms look like, not a photo of our clinic. Learn how it works on the aquatic therapy page.
Bring your surgeon's instructions to the first visit. For the full list of conditions we treat, see all services, or call (715) 803-7617.