Many fracture patients are often left with dysfunction of the joints adjacent to the fracture site due to the lack of timely and proper rehabilitation guidance and treatment after surgery, resulting in joint adhesions or stiffness, which brings lifelong inconvenience and pain. Due to the institutional problems of many hospitals, post-operative orthopedic patients usually do not receive early rehabilitation treatment during their hospitalization and are not provided with detailed rehabilitation guidance upon discharge. Patients usually return to the orthopedic outpatient clinic for a follow-up appointment 4-6 weeks after surgery. The reason why 4-6 weeks is because after such a long period of time the fractures in the extremities basically have an initial healing. This is the “honeymoon period” of fracture rehabilitation, because the patient should cooperate closely with the rehabilitation treatment during this period, i.e., honeymoon with the rehabilitation. Unfortunately, this is the best time for the patient to spend at home. Due to the lack of professional guidance, the fact that the patient is not a professional, and the influence of traditional Chinese culture, which says “it takes a hundred days to break a bone”, most patients take the approach of resting and basically not moving. To be conservative, let the bones grow longer and firmer. After 4-6 weeks, the limb joints will show varying degrees of loss of mobility and joint adhesions at the time of follow-up. At this point, most orthopedic surgeons in the hospital will tell the patient to go home and do more exercises on their own, without any 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. The “golden period” for post-operative rehabilitation is usually 6 weeks to 3 months after surgery, when the fracture has initially healed and the rehabilitation is effective. Again, unfortunately, 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 there are a certain number of patients who can basically restore the function of their joints and limbs with their own exercises, but it is also an inescapable fact that we see many patients with periarticular or intraarticular fractures and complex fractures in our outpatient clinics who miss the golden period of rehabilitation and end up with irreversible sequelae. The period from 3 months to 6 months after surgery is called the “late stage” of fracture rehabilitation. The treatment is also much more complicated than the previous “honeymoon” and “golden period”, and requires more professional manipulation and joint release SPS brace stretching to make the final effort. After 3 months of intensive rehabilitation, there is still a chance to save the lost joint function to the maximum extent possible. In fact, patients are lucky to come to the rehabilitation department in time to receive professional treatment at 3 months after surgery. If a patient comes to the rehabilitation department six months after surgery, we usually recommend that the patient go directly to the orthopedic department to receive minimally invasive or open release surgery and then receive rehabilitation after surgery, because the joint contracture is already fixed at this time and conservative treatment has little effect, so it is not worth spending more time and energy. Otherwise, the post-operative function may be worse than the pre-operative function. When should I come to the rehabilitation department after fracture surgery? It is generally recommended to visit the rehabilitation department 2-4 weeks after surgery. Once functional limitation occurs, you should promptly come to the rehabilitation department to receive professional rehabilitation treatment. It is best not to miss the “golden period” of 3 months after surgery, but to come to the rehabilitation department at least 6 months after surgery, otherwise there is nothing we can do.