After a pelvic fracture, bedside rehabilitation usually begins as soon as you come out of anesthesia after surgery and continues for 6 to 8 weeks after the injury, with each stage of rehabilitation varying.
A broken pelvis is medically referred to as a pelvic fracture. If the pelvic fracture is not displaced, it can be treated conservatively with bed rest for about 4 weeks. If there is displacement and surgical treatment is needed, the doctor will decide the bed rest period according to the degree of stabilization of the patient’s pelvis, the firmness of the surgical fixation method, and the surgical method after the operation.
1. Bed rest period: bed rest is the main focus, ankle pump exercises, isometric contraction exercises for quadriceps and hamstrings, quadriceps muscle strength exercises at the bedside, and upper limb muscle strength exercises (to prepare for the subsequent use of crutches).
2. 3~4 weeks after injury: After reviewing the X-ray to make sure that the fracture has begun to heal, you can start the exercises, including gentle hip mobility exercises, straight leg raising exercises, and back leg raising exercises.
3. 6~8 weeks after the injury: after confirming that the fracture has healed firmly, you can carry out lateral leg raising exercises, weight-bearing and balance exercises, as well as forward and backward and lateral stride exercises, and muscle strength exercises around the hip joint.
Rehabilitation training after pelvic fracture should be standardized under the doctor’s guidance to avoid secondary injury.