Post-Operative Home Physiotherapy
Specialist Hip & Knee Post-Operative Rehabilitation
Recovering from an operation can feel daunting, particularly when pain, weakness or reduced mobility makes it difficult to attend a clinic.
Bee Mobile Physiotherapy provides personalised post-operative physiotherapy in the comfort of your own home, helping you regain movement, strength, confidence and independence.
I specialise in rehabilitation following knee surgery or hip surgery, including planned joint replacements and operations required after a fall or traumatic injury.
Home physiotherapy is available across Worcester Park, Epsom & Ewell, Stoneleigh and Cheam.
Home Based Physiotherapy
The early stages of recovery are often when physiotherapy is most valuable – but also when travelling to appointments is most difficult.
A home physiotherapy assessment allows your rehabilitation to take place in the environment where you need to function. Exercises and mobility practice can be tailored to your home, your operation and the activities that matter most to you.
Your rehabilitation may include:
- Reviewing your mobility, strength, balance and current symptoms
- Practising walking safely with or without crutches or another mobility aid
- Developing an individual exercise programme
- Improving hip or knee movement
- Rebuilding strength in the operated leg
- Practising stairs, transfers and everyday activities
- Advice on pacing and gradually increasing activity
- Support with reducing reliance on walking aids when appropriate
- Working towards your personal goals
- Liaising with your surgical or healthcare team when necessary
Treatment is adapted as you recover. Whether your priority is walking safely around your home, managing the stairs, getting outside or returning to work and recreational activities, your rehabilitation will be built around meaningful, achievable goals.
Learn more about the typical recovery after a hip replacement or recovery after a knee replacement here!
Why Choose Home Physiotherapy?
Receiving physiotherapy at home can be particularly helpful if you:
- Have recently returned home from hospital after knee surgery or hip surgery
- Find travelling painful, tiring or impractical
- Need help using stairs or moving around your own property
- Have been given exercises but are unsure whether you are performing them correctly
- Want more individual support than your current rehabilitation provides
- Have lost strength or confidence following a hospital stay
- Would like a relative or carer to be involved in your rehabilitation
Being assessed at home also makes it possible to identify challenges that may not be apparent in a clinic, such as difficult stairs, low chairs or uncertainty using a walking aid in confined spaces.
Arrange post-op physiotherapy today
If you or a relative is preparing to leave hospital – or has recently returned home to Worcester Park, Epsom & Ewell, Stoneleigh or Cheam after a surgery – contact Bee Mobile Physiotherapy to discuss how home-based rehabilitation could support the recovery.
Please include the expected or actual discharge date, the operation details and the person’s current mobility when making an enquiry.