Post-Surgical & Post-Hospital Rehabilitation at Home

Bayside Mobile Physio provides post-surgical and post-hospital rehabilitation physiotherapy at home across Sydney, helping patients continue their recovery safely straight after discharge, including as part of Hospital in the Home (HITH) programs, without the difficulty of travelling to a clinic while still healing.

Continuing Your Recovery After Discharge

A safer first few weeks home. The period right after surgery or a hospital stay is when patients are most at risk of falls, complications, or losing the mobility gains made in hospital. Starting physiotherapy at home, rather than waiting for a clinic appointment, keeps that momentum going.

Coordinated with your hospital team. We liaise with the hospital discharge team and physiotherapy department to arrange ongoing care for patients being discharged, so recovery continues smoothly from the hospital physiotherapy team into home-based care, without a gap in treatment.

No travel while you’re still recovering. Getting to a clinic appointment shortly after surgery, joint replacement, or a hospital admission is often the hardest part. We come to the patient instead.

One physiotherapist, consistent care. Patients see the same physiotherapist through their recovery, so treatment builds session to session rather than starting over with someone new each visit.

Common Reasons Patients Need Physiotherapy After Discharge

This is particularly relevant for private hospital patients. Public hospitals generally deliver Hospital in the Home (HITH) care through their own hospital-employed physiotherapy staff, with no choice of external provider. Private hospitals and health insurers, on the other hand, often contract mobile providers like us directly as part of a Hospital Substitute Treatment (HST) or Hospital in the Home program.

Private hospital physiotherapy teams and health insurers refer patients to us for a range of reasons, including:

• Supporting Hospital in the Home (HITH) programs, where a patient is discharged earlier than usual but still needs hands-on clinical rehabilitation and monitoring
• Deconditioning, loss of strength, and reduced endurance after an extended hospital stay or bed rest
• Continuing rehabilitation goals set by the hospital physiotherapy team, so progress made as an inpatient isn’t lost in the gap before outpatient care starts
• Reducing the risk of hospital readmission from falls, complications, or functional decline in the first weeks home
• A patient not yet safe or able to travel to outpatient clinic appointments
• Limited transport or no carer available to bring the patient to a clinic
• Assessing and addressing safety risks in the patient’s actual home environment, stairs, bathrooms, uneven flooring, that a clinic visit can’t identify
• Bridging the wait for a community or outpatient rehabilitation placement

Common Surgeries & Conditions We Support Recovery For

We provide home-based post-surgical and post-hospital physiotherapy for a wide range of procedures and conditions, including:

• Hip replacement surgery (total hip replacement) recovery
• Knee replacement surgery (total knee replacement) recovery
• Shoulder surgery, including rotator cuff repair and shoulder reconstruction
• Spinal surgery, including laminectomy and spinal fusion
• Fracture fixation surgery, including hip, wrist, and ankle fractures
• Cardiac and cardiothoracic surgery, supporting general reconditioning and safe return to activity
• Abdominal and general surgery involving extended bed rest or hospital admission
• Lower limb amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation (often continuing under NDIS Physiotherapy funding)
• Stroke and other neurological hospital admissions (see our Neurological Physiotherapy services)
• General post-hospital deconditioning following illness, infection, or an extended admission

Our Post-Surgical & Post-Hospital Rehabilitation Services

• Joint replacement recovery (hip, knee, shoulder)
• Post-surgical mobilisation and wound-safe exercise
• Fracture and orthopaedic rehabilitation
• Post-hospital deconditioning and strength rebuilding
• Falls risk assessment following a hospital admission
• Gait and mobility retraining
• Pain management through the recovery period
• Home safety and equipment recommendations

Who We Work With

• Private hospital physiotherapy and discharge planning teams coordinating a patient’s transition home
• Private health insurers running Hospital Substitute Treatment or Hospital in the Home programs
• GPs and specialists referring patients for post-operative rehabilitation
• Patients discharged from either a public or private hospital’s HITH program who need ongoing community-based physiotherapy
• Patients and families arranging their own post-surgical or post-hospital care
• DVA and workers compensation referrals

Areas We Service

We provide post-surgical and post-hospital physiotherapy across the Greater Sydney region, including the Inner West, Western Sydney, South Western Sydney, and the Eastern Suburbs. Get in touch to confirm coverage for a specific patient’s location.

Many patients we see through post-hospital rehabilitation are older adults who go on to continue longer-term care through our Aged Care Physiotherapy Sydney or Support at Home Physiotherapy services once their acute recovery phase is complete.

How It Works

1. Get in touch with the patient’s details and discharge information, or make a referral directly.
2. We confirm coverage for their location and a physiotherapist is assigned.
3. The first home visit is scheduled to align with discharge timing.
4. Your physiotherapist works from hospital discharge notes where available, and liaises with the hospital team if needed.

Make a Referral or Book a Visit

If you’re a hospital physiotherapy team, GP, or family arranging post-surgical or post-hospital care, get in touch to discuss coverage.

Bayside Mobile Physio
P: 0468 079 075
E: [email protected]
W: www.baysidemobilephysio.com.au

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