Physiotherapy

From left to right: Physiotherapy assistant Erik Soriano, physiotherapist Joanne Montgomery, physiotherapist Barb Furler, who make up the 2017 week-one physiotherapy team.

Physiotherapists give instructions to the patients in in the pre-operative clinic aboutwhat exercises to do and the do`s and don`ts of post-operative exercise.  The instructions are repeated once the patient is admitted and post-operatively before the patients go home. The patients learn exercises that will help them regain strength and function, and even how to safely get in and out of bed while recovering from surgery. 

CAMTA physiotherapists engaged in an information-sharing exchange with the Terra Nuevo Foundation`s physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and physiatrists. The CAMTA team presented an information session on different types of hip replacement surgery. 

Joanne Montgomery addresses the Terra Nuevo group