Many postoperative fracture patients are often left with joint dysfunction near the fracture due to the lack of timely and correct postoperative rehabilitation guidance and treatment, resulting in the loss of labor and even lifelong inconvenience and pain. Many orthopedic surgeons, under the guidance of the “AO” theory, often instruct patients to brake after giving post-operative incision and internal fixation (I often see some patients who say, “The doctor put me in a cast and told me to go home to recuperate. I thought I would be fine after 100 days, but now my leg looks like a stick”). Post-operative orthopedic patients usually do not receive early rehabilitation treatment during their hospitalization and are not provided with detailed rehabilitation instructions when they are discharged from the hospital, and some patients even have no concept of rehabilitation when they are discharged. Because of this, the importance and necessity of rehabilitation comes to the fore. The more popular rehabilitation textbooks on the market today already propose exercises such as CPM on the first day after surgery when it can be tolerated, but what is the reality? Patients are discharged from the hospital after surgery in going home. Due to the lack of professional guidance, the fact that the patient is not a professional, and the influence of traditional Chinese culture that “it takes a hundred days to break a bone”, most patients take the approach of rest and basic immobility. Let’s be conservative and let the bones grow longer. In order to avoid the development of the above situation, we hope that you will come to the hospital for post-operative rehabilitation guidance until 4 weeks after surgery. After about 4 weeks, the fracture site of all four limbs will have a preliminary healing. This is the “golden period” for rehabilitation. After examination, you should be able to find out some local problems, so that you can give reasonable treatment and rehabilitation means. At this time, most orthopedic surgeons in hospitals will tell the patients to go home and practice more activities on their own, but there is no detailed and professional rehabilitation guidance. (This is because orthopedic surgeons specialize in surgery, not rehabilitation.) Patients will be asked to come back to the orthopedic department in 1-2 months after this follow-up visit. Generally speaking, 6 weeks to 3 months after surgery, the “silver period” for post-operative fracture rehabilitation, the majority of patients initial fracture healing, on the other hand, the rehabilitation therapy is also very obvious at this time. However, the reality is that most patients do not receive professional treatment from the rehabilitation department because they are not recommended by their orthopedic surgeon and they lack general knowledge in this area. It is undeniable that a certain number of patients can basically recover the function of their joints and limbs with their own exercises, but it is also an inescapable fact that we have seen many patients with periarticular or intraarticular fractures, especially those with multiple fractures throughout the body, who have missed the silver phase of rehabilitation and eventually become unable to take care of themselves and regret their lives. From 3 months to 6 months after surgery, we call it the “end stage” of orthopedic rehabilitation. During this period, rehabilitation is still effective, but it takes more time and energy to fight against joint stiffness and stiffness, and we need to rely on therapist’s manual treatment, such as joint release, JAS brace, PNF and other methods to improve. After a longer period of intense rehabilitation, there is still a chance to save the lost joint function to the greatest extent possible, but the amount of effort is often not proportional to the healing effect one gets. Sometimes, patients come to us six months or more after surgery because of joint stiffness and dysfunction, and we usually recommend that they undergo a release surgery and then receive rehabilitation afterwards. Some patients refuse to undergo surgery, but the result is very little (functional improvement, though, is often difficult to reach the patient’s psychological expectations). Therefore, surgery is important after fracture, but post-operative rehabilitation is also necessary, otherwise the fracture may be anatomically aligned and “perfect” on X-ray, but functionally poor! When should I come to the rehabilitation department after surgery? It is generally recommended to come to the hospital as soon as possible after surgery to give proper rehabilitation instructions and wait until 2-4 weeks to visit the rehabilitation department. Once functional limitations or even tendencies appear, receive professional rehabilitation treatment. It is best not to miss the “silver period” of 3 months after surgery, and after 6 months or even longer, then you can consider rehabilitation after surgery.