Rotator Cuff Surgery Rehab
Recovering from rotator cuff repair takes patience and the right plan. At City South Physio, we’ll guide you through every phase of rehabilitation, from restoring mobility and easing stiffness to rebuilding strength and control. With tailored treatment, we’ll help you return to pain-free movement and long-term shoulder health.
Overview
Recovering from a rotator cuff repair takes time, patience, and the right plan. In the early stages, it’s common to feel shoulder stiffness, weakness, and even some pain with everyday activities like dressing or reaching overhead. At City South Physio, we’ll guide you through each stage of your rehabilitation, ensuring you progress safely while protecting the surgical repair.
Your program will begin with gentle, controlled mobility exercises to prevent stiffness and maintain healthy movement. As always, these are in alignment with your surgeon’s requests and protocols. Once your range of movement improves, we will commence strengthening exercises to allow your to regain normal function again. All the while, we will continue to provide hands-on treatment to soothe your tight muscles and joints. This helps restore function, reduce discomfort, and give your shoulder the support it needs for long-term recovery.
Depending on your specific type of rotator cuff surgery, we may also include higher level Clinical Pilates based exercises, or more gym-based exercises, to allow you to regain the optimal function of your shoulder.
Our goal is to work with you to not only rebuild your shoulder, but also prevent further issues, giving you strength, stability, and confidence for the future.
Who We Treat
Pain that lasts more than a few days is worth investigating — especially if it's interfering with daily activities.
We don't just treat elite athletes. We bring our wealth of knowledge to treating a range of people and conditions. Some of these include:
Elite athletes
Pre and Post Natal Women
Post Operative Rehab
People with chronic pain
Headache and migraines sufferers
Those going through overuse injuries
Physiotherapists can identify the cause and use hands-on treatment and exercise programs to help manage or eliminate pain.
How We Treat It
Pain that lasts more than a few days is worth investigating — especially if it's interfering with daily activities.
Your rehab program is tailored to your sport, injury, and goals. Treatment may include:
Comprehensive assessment and diagnosis
Hands-on manual therapy
A thorough treatment plan
Biomechanical analysis
Strength and conditioning exercises
Education and advice to prevent a recurrence of injury
Physiotherapists can identify the cause and use hands-on treatment and exercise programs to help manage or eliminate pain.
Elite-Level Insight, Local-Level Care
Our physiotherapists have worked with elite clubs including Carlton, Collingwood & Hawthorn Football Clubs (AFL) and Port Melbourne & Box Hill Football Clubs (VFL). That experience means you benefit from the same high-performance approach used by professional athletes — applied to your needs.