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A low-impact, full-body recovery session focused on mobility, circulation, and gentle strength (~25 min).
Intermediate Post-Surgery Recovery
A low-impact, full-body recovery session focused on mobility, circulation, and gentle strength (~25 min).
Warm-Up
Gently increase blood flow and loosen up joints with controlled, pain-free movement. Focus on circulation and mobility.
How to
A slow breathing drill that trains relaxed belly breathing and helps you control your breath.
- Lie on your back or sit tall with one hand on your belly.
- Inhale through your nose and let your belly rise.
- Exhale slowly and let your belly fall.
- Keep your chest and shoulders quiet.
- Continue for the set time with smooth breaths.
- Breathe low into your belly
- Keep your shoulders relaxed
- Shrugging your shoulders as you inhale
- Forcing the breath or holding tension
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A simple ankle movement that warms your calves and shins and moves both ankles through flex and point.
- Sit or lie down with both legs extended and relaxed.
- Pull your toes toward your shins on both feet.
- Point your toes away from you on both feet.
- Move smoothly back and forth for the set.
- Keep your knees still
- Use a full, smooth range
- Bouncing or jerking the ankles
- Letting your legs tense up
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A seated leg lift that trains your hip flexors and core while keeping you upright.
- Sit tall near the front of a chair with feet flat.
- Brace your core and keep your chest lifted.
- Lift one knee toward your chest without leaning back.
- Lower that foot with control, then lift the other knee.
- Keep alternating legs for all reps.
- Sit tall through your spine
- Move with control
- Leaning back as you lift your knee
- Letting your foot drop to the floor
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A gentle spine mobility move that alternates rounding and arching your back on hands and knees.
- Start on hands and knees with wrists under shoulders and knees under hips.
- Inhale and drop your belly as you lift your chest and tailbone.
- Exhale and round your back, tucking your chin and tailbone.
- Move slowly between both positions with your breath.
- Move one vertebra at a time.
- Keep your shoulders away from your ears.
- Forcing your neck up or down.
- Rushing through the movement.
Main Set
Build foundational strength and stability without impact. Stay in a comfortable range of motion. Emphasize gentle strength and core control.
How to
A gentle floor move that trains pelvic control and engages your lower abs and glutes.
- Lie on your back with knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
- Exhale and tilt your pelvis to press your lower back toward the floor.
- Inhale and slowly return to your starting curve.
- Repeat with smooth, controlled movement.
- Move from your pelvis, not your ribs.
- Keep your shoulders relaxed.
- Holding your breath during the tilt.
- Pushing hard through your feet.
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A floor hip lift that trains your glutes and hamstrings with both feet planted.
- Lie on your back with knees bent and feet flat, hip-width apart.
- Brace your core and press your arms lightly into the floor.
- Drive through your heels and lift your hips until your body forms a straight line.
- Squeeze your glutes at the top, then lower with control.
- Repeat for your reps.
- Keep your ribs down
- Drive through your heels
- Arching your lower back at the top
- Pushing through your toes
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A chair-based squat pattern that trains your thighs and glutes for standing strength.
- Sit near the front of a chair with feet flat and hip-width apart.
- Lean slightly forward and brace your core.
- Press through both feet and stand tall.
- Push your hips back and sit down with control.
- Keep your knees tracking over your toes
- Stand tall at the top
- Letting your knees cave inward
- Dropping hard onto the chair
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A core stability move from all fours that trains your abs, back, glutes, and balance.
- Start on hands and knees with your hands under shoulders and knees under hips.
- Brace your core and keep your back flat.
- Reach one arm forward and the opposite leg back until they are straight.
- Pause briefly, then bring your hand and knee back under you.
- Repeat on the other side, alternating each rep.
- Keep your hips square
- Move slow and controlled
- Arching or sagging your lower back
- Rotating your hips as you reach
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A core move on your back that trains control while you move opposite arm and leg.
- Lie on your back with arms up and knees bent over hips.
- Press your lower back gently toward the floor.
- Lower one arm and the opposite leg with control.
- Return to the start, then repeat on the other side.
- Keep alternating sides for each rep.
- Move slow and stay braced
- Keep your ribs down
- Letting your lower back arch
- Rushing through the reps
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A standing push-up against a wall that trains your chest, shoulders, and triceps.
- Stand facing a wall and place your hands at chest height.
- Step your feet back so your body forms a straight line.
- Bend your elbows and lower your chest toward the wall.
- Press the wall away to return to the start.
- Repeat for your planned reps.
- Keep your body straight
- Keep elbows about 45 degrees
- Letting your hips sag
- Shrugging your shoulders toward your ears
Cool-Down
Bring your breathing down and finish with gentle, comfortable stretching.
How to
A slow breathing drill that trains relaxed belly breathing and helps you control your breath.
- Lie on your back or sit tall with one hand on your belly.
- Inhale through your nose and let your belly rise.
- Exhale slowly and let your belly fall.
- Keep your chest and shoulders quiet.
- Continue for the set time with smooth breaths.
- Breathe low into your belly
- Keep your shoulders relaxed
- Shrugging your shoulders as you inhale
- Forcing the breath or holding tension
How to
A held stretch for the back of your thigh that targets your hamstrings.
- Sit tall with your target leg straight and toes up.
- Hinge at your hips and reach toward your foot.
- Stop when you feel a gentle stretch behind your thigh.
- Hold the stretch and breathe slowly.
- Release slowly, then switch sides if stretching one leg.
- Keep your back long.
- Hinge from your hips.
- Rounding your back to reach farther.
- Bouncing in the stretch.
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A kneeling rest stretch that relaxes your back, hips, and shoulders while you breathe.
- Kneel with your big toes together and knees apart.
- Sit your hips back toward your heels.
- Reach your arms forward and lower your chest to the floor.
- Rest your forehead down and relax your neck.
- Hold the stretch and breathe slowly.
- Let your hips sink back
- Keep your neck relaxed
- Forcing your hips down
- Holding your breath
Restoring Movement Without Overloading Tissue
Ankle Pumps and Seated March drive venous return through the calf muscle pump, reducing post-surgical edema before any load is introduced. Glute Bridge and Bird Dog then recruit the posterior chain and deep stabilizers (multifidus, transverse abdominis) at joint-safe ranges — earning strength gains without stressing healing tissue.
What Post-Surgical Recovery Actually Demands
After surgery, the nervous system down-regulates motor output to protect the injury site — meaning weakness isn't just muscular, it's neuromuscular. Sit to Stand and Dead Bug rebuild the brain-to-muscle signaling pathways in functional movement patterns, addressing the motor control deficits that linger long after pain subsides.
Sequencing That Mirrors Clinical Rehab Logic
This session follows a deliberate activation-to-load progression: diaphragmatic breathing primes intra-abdominal pressure before any core demand, and Cat-Cow with Pelvic Tilt restore spinal segmental mobility before the spine is loaded in Bird Dog or Dead Bug. To personalize, track your perceived exertion on Sit to Stand — when it drops below a 4/10, that's your signal to add a resistance band.