You will receive PT following the surgery. But my last surgeon said if I wanted to make things a lot easier for him and myself I should start doing walking exercises well BEFORE the surgery. I'm lucky to have a lap pool so I began walking back and forth in the water at least two months prior to surgery. Every day-20 or so laps-back and forth, back and forth. (my pool's deepest part is still just 5 ft.) Could be that was the reason I went home the morning after the surgery. Afterwards my PT said that was precisely why the surgery went so well and why her PT would be very limited.
