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We check swelling, motion and how the week went.
Post-surgical physical therapy in Morris Plains.
The weeks right after surgery decide the year after it. We respect your surgeon’s protocol and progress you the moment that protocol allows.
What It Is
The discharge sheet is not a plan.
You came home with a page of exercises and a follow-up date. That’s a reasonable start. It also can’t see you: how much the joint is swelling on day four, whether the shoulder is guarding, what your job actually asks of you.
Post-surgical physical therapy works inside your surgeon’s protocol, then fills in what the protocol leaves to judgment. Protect what was repaired. Restore motion while it still comes back easily. Load the tissue enough to build strength, never enough to set you back. That line moves week to week, and somebody has to watch it.
This is the difference between following a sheet and being coached. The sheet lists the movement. Your therapist grades it: how far, how heavy, how often, and what to change when swelling says the dose was too much. Skip that and you drift one of two ways. Too little, and the joint stiffens. Too much, and it flares. Neither is worth the surgery you already went through.
Built inside your surgeon’s protocol
What It Helps
Where post-surgical PT helps most.
Surgery fixes the structure. The weeks afterwards decide how well you use it.
What A Session Looks Like
Three steps, every visit.
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Hands-on work, then motion back toward normal.
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We load it, then set your dose for home.
Why It Works
Four things you get back.
Motion back while it still comes easily.
Strength that protects the repair.
Trust in the joint, not just hope.
A plan with an endpoint you can see.
Pairs Well With
Post-Surgical Physical Therapy rarely works alone.
Questions, Answered
Post-op PT, answered straight.
As soon as your surgeon clears you, which is often earlier than people expect. Early work is mostly protective: calming swelling, gentle motion inside your restrictions, waking up muscles that switched off around the surgery. Waiting for stiffness to settle on its own usually hands you a harder job later. Bring your operative report and your restrictions, and we start inside them.
Yes. The protocol sets the limits, and we work inside them every visit. Where a protocol gives a range, your therapist picks the dose based on how the joint looks and behaves that day. You will always know which restriction we are respecting and why. Because this is one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy, every visit, nobody has to guess what happened last time.
Then we start where you actually are, which is the only place anyone can start. Being behind usually means something specific is stuck: swelling, guarding, scar tissue, a muscle that has not switched back on. Those are findings, not verdicts. We reassess at set intervals so you get a straight answer about what is moving and what still needs work. Questions before you start? Call us at (973) 453-0488.
Book Your Visit
Ready when you are.
Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within one business day. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
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10 on 10 Physical Therapy
- 3025 NJ Route 10, Unit 1, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 (opens in new tab)
- (973) 453-0488
- Fax: (973) 394-2421
- enquiry@10on10pt.com
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Mon, Wed, Fri: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tue, Thu: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM