Therapy
Below are postoperative protocols as a guide for therapists treating our surgical patients. Postoperative rehabilitation is a crucial part of patients’ recovery. Dr. Shi encourages active communication between the patients, the surgeon, and therapists, as each patient and surgery is different, and these protocols serve only as general references.
For patients who receives specific instructions on their therapy prescriptions that deviate from these protocols, the prescription instruction should be followed, and these online protocols can be used a reference.
- Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
- Arthroscopic massive rotator cuff repair
- Arthroscopic biceps tenodesis
- Arthroscopic biceps tenotomy
- Arthroscopic anterior stabilization (Bankart repair)
- Arthroscopic superior labrum (SLAP) repair
- Arthroscopic subacromial decompression
- Latarjet procedure
- Total shoulder replacement; shoulder hemiarthroplasty
- Reverse shoulder replacement
- Latissimus dorsi transfer for irreparable rotator cuff tear