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Forsyth Medical Center begins care for joint replacements with pre-operative educational sessions including information on what to expect while in the hospital and how to prepare to return home after the surgery. This includes exercise instruction to help you prepare for surgery and introduces you to equipment you may use after surgery. Total hip replacement classes and total knee replacement classes are offered weekly. For more information on the pre-operative classes call (336)718-5780.

After your surgery, your rehabilitation treatment team works with you to learn and practice ways to walk and move while protecting your surgery and ways to continue your daily self-care activities. Treatment will also include training in use of adaptive equipment, and specific exercises to improve your strength and movement.

Your rehabilitation team may include physical therapy, occupational therapy, orthopedic nursing, physicians, social workers, and nutrition services.

When additional rehabilitation is needed before going home, Whitaker Rehabilitation Center specializes in continued orthopedic care. Your input is vital to designing your rehabilitation program at Whitaker. You will help set goals to make returning to home as easy as possible. Whitaker contains home-like environments where you will practice such activities as walking, climbing steps, personal care, home-making skills, and recreational activities. Whitaker treatment places a priority on managing pain related to your surgery to improve your ability to participate in your treatment and speed your recovery.

Your Whitaker Rehabilitation Center team may include care coordinators, physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, social workers, psychologists, recreational therapists, vocational rehabilitation counselors, and registered dieticians.

Your physician may recommend that you receive continued outpatient therapy after your discharge from the hospital or a Rehabilitation center.

The Martinat Outpatient Rehabilitation Center offers a state-of-the-art environment where physical and occupational therapy are provided to improve your range of motion, strength, and walking. Martinat Center staff focus on individualized treatment to help you achieve your goals for an independent lifestyle. After you have completed your therapy, you may continue to come to the Martinat Center to work out on equipment and in an environment with which you are familiar through our Wellness Program.