Hey everybody, it's Doctor Jo.
Today I'm gonna talk about the 5 most important things to do and know when you're recovering
from and injury or surgery.
I recently just had hip surgery, and these things are very important.
They're gonna help you heal faster, feel better sooner.
So let's start.
1.
(the most important thing) Do what your physical therapist and doctor tell you to do.
Don't do something that somebody else tells you, or if I say something and it's different,
they're the ones treating you, they're the ones that see you all the time, and they're
the ones that are gonna know what's best for you.
So listen to them.
2.
Stay hydrated.
It's really important to keep yourself hydrated because you want to get those bad cells out
and keep those good cells drinking that water and staying healthy and keeping yourself healing
properly.
A good way to do that is get a water filter to keep that water nice and clean.
Woder 10K sink filter is really nice casue what it does is it filters out 99.9% of all
those contaminants in the water.
And it's really easy to put in.
You just hook it on one side, hook it on the other side and it goes through, filters out
that water, and it's really nice because it filters out for up to 10,000 gallons or 3
years.
So once you put it in, you don't have to keep changing that filter, you just keep it in.
3.
Know when it's pain pain vs. soreness pain.
If you are doing an exercise and it's kind of sore and you're getting tired and you feel
that heaviness, that's ok, that's your muscles working trying to get better.
But if you get a sharp pain, a "ewww" that doesn't feel right pain, that's when you need
to stop.
That's when you need to tell your therapist, "hey this isn't working quite right" don't
just push through it.
Don't think that you were told to do it and you need to do it.
If it doesn't feel right, say something.
Stop.
Make sure you're doing it correctly cause you might not even be doing it correctly.
4.
Don't overdo it.
If you overdo it, then you're gonna set yourself back just as much as not doing anything at
all.
A lot of times when you're doing the exercises, you actually don't quite feel the tiredness
until later.
Especially when you're doing aquatic therapy, or when you're starting to walk again on something
and you haven't been doing that for a while.
It might feel great while you're doing it and you're like "oh yeah, this feels good,
I can do it."
And then about an hour later you're like "uh oh, I think I did too much."
So make sure that you just try a little bit, if it feels good, take a break, wait til the
next day to make sure that your body is ok with it later.
And then you're not having to wait 2 days to do anything else because you're hurting
so badly.
And 5. Make sure you get plenty of sleep.
And this is important because a lot of time when you're hurting it's hard to sleep.
Try and get comfortable.
Try and put your pillows in a comfortable position because sleeping is the most important
time when our bodies heal.
It heals, it gets those bad cells out, again makes those new cells regenerate and grow
more, gets in, gets that irritation out.
So if you're not sleeping well, you're gonna have a really hard time in your recovery.
So make sure that you get a good night's sleep.
There you have it.
Those are the 5 things you need to know in your recovery when you're injured or when
you've had a surgery.
And it will help you to heal a lot quicker.
So if you have any questions, leave them in the comments section.
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And remember, be safe, have fun, and I hope you feel better soon.