Weeks 1–2
Pain
Protect and calm.
Early care manages swelling and pain while respecting your surgeon's specific precautions and timeline.
What We Treat
Post-surgical rehab in Lee's Summit.
Surgery repairs the structure. Rehab is what actually gets you back on your feet.
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No referral needed. A real person calls you back, usually within two business hours.
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Sound Familiar?
Does this sound like you?
- Swelling, pain, or stiffness in the days and weeks after surgery
- Difficulty standing, walking, sitting, or dressing normally
- Uncertainty about what movements are safe post-op
- Loss of strength or range of motion around the surgical site
- Symptoms that existed before surgery and haven’t fully resolved
- Wanting a clear, structured path back to normal activity
Two or more? Keep reading.
Why It Happens
Nearly every surgery leaves the body with work still to do.
Whatever the procedure, knee replacement, ACL repair, or heart surgery, surgery causes physical trauma that the body has to recover from, typically resulting in inflammation, pain, loss of mobility, and swelling in the area worked on.
Physical therapy is specifically designed to address these post-operative symptoms and teach you how to safely regain the strength, mobility, and function you had before, following whatever restrictions your surgeon has put in place.
The Honest Truth
Recovery speed depends heavily on what happens after surgery, not just the surgery itself.
If you keep waiting
- Stiffness and weakness compound the longer structured rehab is delayed
- Compensatory movement patterns can become habits that are hard to undo
- Confidence in the surgical site takes longer to rebuild without guided progress
If you start this week
- A structured, surgeon-informed plan gets you moving safely from the start
- You track measurable progress in strength and range of motion
- You get a clear, personalized timeline back to full activity
Nobody regrets starting too early. Every week, someone in our clinic says they regret waiting.
How We Fix It
The same four phases. Built for your recovery.
Every plan has an endpoint. Here’s what the four phases look like for post-surgical recovery.
Weeks 2–6
Prime
Restore motion.
Guided range-of-motion work rebuilds mobility around the surgical site.
Weeks 6–10
Perform
Rebuild strength.
Progressive strengthening restores the capacity the area needs for normal daily function.
Weeks 10+
Prevent
Return to full activity.
Real-world movement gets tested before you're cleared to fully resume the activities surgery was meant to restore.
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Phase 1: relying on help for basic daily tasks
Phase 4: back to independent daily activity, on the timeline your surgery calls for
Post-Surgical Rehab
Four-phase plan
Questions, Answered
What people ask before booking for post-surgical rehab.
It depends on your specific procedure and your surgeon's protocol, often within days for some surgeries. We coordinate closely with your surgeon's instructions and precautions.
That's common. Some symptoms that existed pre-surgery take time to fully resolve. We track your progress against both your surgical recovery and any lingering pre-existing symptoms.
It varies significantly by procedure, anywhere from a few weeks to several months. We'll give you a realistic, personalized timeline based on your specific surgery at your first visit.
Book Your Visit
Ready when you are.
Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
- Hours Mon–Fri, hours vary by location
- (816) 607-7180 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
- Same-week appointments available
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Typical response: under 2 business hours
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Request sent.
That’s the hard part done. We’ll call during business hours to lock in your time. Most people are on the schedule same week.
Visit Us
Care this good, this close.
Hill Pro-Motion Physical Therapy – Lee's Summit
- 1321 SW Market St, Lee's Summit, MO 64081 (opens in new tab)
- (816) 607-7180
- Fax: (816) 607-7181
- hello@hillpromotionpt.com
- Mon 7am–6pm · Tue, Thu 7:30am–6pm · Wed 8am–6pm · Fri 7:30am–5pm · Sat–Sun Closed
Hill Pro-Motion Physical Therapy – Lakewood
- 701 NE Lakewood Blvd, Lee's Summit, MO 64064 (opens in new tab)
- (816) 607-7180
- Fax: (816) 607-7181
- hello@hillpromotionpt.com
- Mon–Thu 8am–6pm · Fri 8am–5pm · Sat–Sun Closed
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