Weeks 1–2
Pain
Protect it and settle it.
Swelling control, gentle hands-on work, and safe early motion, kept strictly inside the limits your surgeon set.
What We Treat
Pre & Post Surgery treatment in Bolingbrook.
Stronger going in, further along coming out. Prehab and post-op rehab that follows your surgeon’s protocol, one full hour, one-on-one.
Sound Familiar?
The surgery is booked. Now what?
- A date circled on the calendar and a folder of paperwork you have read twice
- Doing the math on your own front steps for the first six weeks after
- Practicing with the crutches in the hallway so you are not learning them later
- A post-op packet of exercises you are not sure you are doing correctly
- Being told to rest and to move, with nobody defining where the line is
- Watching your good side get weaker while the operated side gets all the attention
Two or more? Keep reading.
Why It Happens
The work you do before surgery shows up after it.
Surgery repairs a structure. It does not hand back strength, motion, or confidence. Those come from the work around it. Going in stiff and weak means you start recovery from further back than you had to. Coming out, swelling and guarding switch off the muscle around that joint fast. That happens within days, and reversing it is exactly what rehab is built to do.
Your surgeon sets the protocol, and your therapist follows it to the letter. What happens here is the part the protocol asks for and cannot supervise: correct form, correct dose, correct week. A cause-first evaluation shows what to build before your date and what to protect after it. You have handled every hard thing on your own so far. This is one you do not have to do alone.
The Honest Truth
The weeks before surgery only happen once.
If you keep waiting
- You go into the operating room weaker than you could have been
- After surgery, muscle shuts down within days, and unguided weeks compound it
- Stiffness that sets in early takes far longer to undo later
If you start this week
- You arrive at surgery stronger, steadier, and knowing what week one looks like
- Every post-op session follows your surgeon’s protocol, one hour, one-on-one
- A plan with an endpoint that lines up with your surgical milestones
Nobody regrets starting too early. Every week, someone in our clinic says they regret waiting.
How We Fix It
The same four phases. Built around your surgery date.
Every plan has an endpoint. Here is what the four phases look like before and after an operation, always inside your surgeon’s protocol.
Weeks 2–6
Prime
Hit your motion milestones.
Guided range of motion meets each protocol target on time, without pushing past what the repair can take.
Weeks 6–10
Perform
Rebuild what surgery could not.
Progressive loading brings back the muscle that shut down, on both sides, not just the operated one.
Weeks 10+
Prevent
Return to your actual life.
Stairs, work demands, and sport get tested against your own goals before you finish. That is the endpoint.
Was a patient of Dr. Moy (Andrew) for about six months following shoulder surgery. While the first few sessions were a bit painful, the therapy and guidance were spot on, and I have recovered with a 100% range of motion. It was always enjoyable conversation and I highly recommend if you’re in need for a highly skilled therapist.
Jeff B. · Google review
Questions, Answered
What people ask before booking for pre & post surgery.
Most patients feel meaningful change within 4 to 6 visits. A full plan runs through all four phases, Pain, Prime, Perform, and Prevent, usually over 8 to 10 weeks depending on how long you have been dealing with it. Either way you get a plan with an endpoint, so you always know which phase you are in and what is left.
No. Illinois has direct access, so you can book an evaluation with a Doctor of Physical Therapy without a physician referral. Some insurance plans still ask for one before they will pay, so we check your benefits before your first visit and tell you exactly where you stand.
Yes. Every session at Amplify Physical Therapy and Wellness is one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy, every visit, for the full hour. You are never handed to an aide and never share your appointment with another patient, which is why your plan can be adjusted in real time as your body responds.
Book Your Visit
Ready when you are.
Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
- Hours Mon–Thu: 9am–7pm · Fri: 9am–3pm · Sat: By Appointment Only · Sun: Closed
- (630) 517-5181 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
- Same-week appointments available
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Typical response: under 2 business hours
Step 1 of 5
Request sent.
That’s the hard part done. We’ll call during business hours to lock in your time. Most people are on the schedule same week.
Visit Us
Care this good, this close.
Amplify Physical Therapy and Wellness
- 536 W Boughton Rd, Suite B, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
- (630) 517-5181
- contact@amplify-pt.com
- Mon–Thu: 9am–7pm · Fri: 9am–3pm · Sat: By Appointment Only · Sun: Closed