4 Tips on Emotional and Physical preparation for surgery

The pandemic has caused major disruption to ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ globally. An estimation was made in May 2020 that around ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป scheduled operations would be cancelled worldwide. With this new lifestyle that has emerged from this crisis there are concerns that patients who will be scheduled to finally have their operation will be more frail. They are at risk of an increase in ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† compared to before the pandemic.

 

๐Ÿฐ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

๐Ÿญ – Follow a healthy diet

๐Ÿฎ – Practice relaxation exercises

๐Ÿฏ – Have an exercise routine that you follow every day, this can be also be a 30min walk

๐Ÿฐ – Speak to your doctor about any concerns that you might have

 

๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ are in agreement that there is a ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ to optimise patientsโ€™ health whilst they are awaiting their surgery. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, a concept focusing on the multiple aspects in preparing you for surgery, has been proven to enhance the bodyโ€™s physiological reserves and therefore the likelihood of a ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† with less complications. At Hvit Clinic, our personalised prehabilitation care packages help patients improve their overall health by focusing on physical, nutritional and psychological aspects. We support all our patients and monitor their progress to make sure they maximise their benefits.