George’s Story: Preparing for Surgery, Building Strength for Recovery

"If patients do nothing before [or after] surgery, only 3% will return to their baseline condition. That rate increases to 50% when patients undergo rehabilitation after surgery. However, no less than 80% of patients who enter our prehabilitation program return to baseline."

"It’s really meaningful in a time of illness to be an active agent in your healing and health. People can feel they have lost control, which is very distressing. We try to take the stress and transform it from an obstacle into a force for change. When people come to the clinic, not only do they have our support, they feel, 'I can do this – I have what it takes.'"