You just got your surgery date. Where oh where is your Fairy Godmother to come make this whole process easier for you??
You have been hemming and hawing about the recommended knee, hip, shoulder, gallbladder, pelvic floor, or other surgery because you are nervous about how it will impact your whole being and life.
You have trust in your surgeon but know that they will be laser focused on the surgery. You wish you had someone in your corner to help with your everything else!
Wow, the surgery is over and you are in PT but man oh man the rest of you feels like crap now! This can’t be right…
There is another way!!
A Holistic Pre or Post Operative Support Plan with Zoa may be perfect for you. Let’s find time to talk about what your plan might look like!
Why Work with Zoa?
I will guide you into a healing state so you go into surgery in better health, your body recovers smoothly without delays, the rest of your body remains strong and stable, your gut health and immune health are on board, your mood stays high to support optimal healing, and you are healthier all the way from the outside to deep in your cells.
When you choose to work with me, you receive much more than just a list of “dos and don’ts” – you are nurtured!
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My approach to helping your body improve is holistic. Together we make ample use of knowledge, logic, and creativity to find appropriate next steps for your journey towards greater body vitality. We may use movements and concepts from Pilates, yoga, fascial release, and other movement modalities as needed. We will absolutely be addressing your nutrition and sources of removable inflammation. Your frame of mind and gut health are serious players in this game. Simultaneously, I guide you through:
- understanding your body’s movement habits as we create new ones
- monitoring your body’s sensations to keep you out of pain
- growing supportive muscles that are both strong and pliable
- interpreting the messages traveling between your body and your brain
- supplying the body with all it needs to heal and improve
I can’t do the required work for you (wouldn’t that be nice!), but as part of your Holistic Pre/Post Operative Support Plan I am available for questions anytime and I help you improve your wellness one action at a time.
How Does a Holistic Pre/Post Operative Support Plan Work?
For 3 months, you will focus on creating a strong healthy body, taking step after step towards your goal with Zoa’s guidance. All Holistic Pre/Post Operative Support Plan (HPOSP) participants receive a personalized plan created by Zoa just for your stated needs and goals. After your new client consultation when we decide together if this plan is suitable for you, we will get started with the specifics that you need to meet your goal.
We work together every week to ensure your progress and to reinforce it to minimize back sliding. A HPOSP can be done with in person meetings, home visits (local to me upon request), or with virtual from anywhere in the world!
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3 Monthly Installments |
One Time Payment |
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| $200/mo for 3 months |
$550 total |
*You will almost certainly need additional “something” to be fully set up for success for your HPOSP. Which additional classes or wellness services will suit your needs will be discussed and selected by you as your HPOSP progresses. Options range from an additional 15 minute private weekly to several group classes to infrared sauna sessions to nutritional supplements – all sold separately! On a client by client basis, we can develop a 3 month package to cover all the movement/wellness services you intend to use to achieve your goals. Everyone is different!
What’s in a Holistic Pre/Post Operative Support Plan?
An HPOSP includes*:
- A 55 min Introductory Consultation with Zoa for determining what you need as the first step and orient you to your first assignment
- 2 15 minute private movement sessions so that you can fit them into your busy life – with the option to add minutes as needed
- Weekly video or audio movement instruction for daily use at home to support your current needs so that you are working daily on your goals with Zoa’s guidance
- Written plan details on a private web page for you so that you can have everything at your fingertips
- Meditation recordings to help shift you into a calm healing state
- Anti-inflammatory dietary suggestions including up to 3 recipes with nutrient info
- Recommendations of complimentary wellness therapies that support your goals such as red/infrared light therapy
- Access to Zoa via text and email during the 3 month period for quick questions and status updates
- Daily status update form to keep our communication high throughout your plan so that no matter the time of day you can contact Zoa and maintain your momentum
- Adjustments to your plan over the 3 month plan period to properly customize it to your ever changing needs
- A 25 minute Final Consultation at the end of the 3 months for assessment of your current body state and future needs
- Optional: Additional consultation time, additional recipes to support your optimal nutrition, and in home visit if eligible
Why 3 Months?
You want to feel better, heal faster, move better and get this thing done! I get it. You also need time to establish new and improved movement patterns, retrain your brain, build strength and flexibility, spend energy healing, and make these changes without pain or backsliding.
Can we do it all in 3 months? Many body issues can be indeed be shifted into the positive in 3 months. Other times 3 months is the bare minimum! It is long enough to give you a good start on the path but the journey will continue – hopefully with me to keep guiding you!.
Think about how long ago you started to feel this way. It is likely to take just as long or longer to bring your body into a place where it feels good and you move well again. The body is slow to change. Fascia (your tension and stress network of connective tissue) is slow to make permanent changes. Your brain needs to build new movement patterns (i.e. instructions to muscles and interpretation of nerve messages) which take time and repetition.
How is a HPOSP Different from Physical Therapy?
- For many people, physical therapy gets the body working “enough” but not necessarily “good enough for me”. A HPOSP with Zoa can extend your recovery work to give you more optimal long term function.
- When you experience surgery, your whole body is negatively affected due to the highly connected nature of the human body. You have medication to detoxify from, antibiotics wrecking your gut microbiome, brain fog making it hard to know what to do for yourself, and you are putting so much energy into healing… its hard to do anything else! An HPOSP with Zoa provides opportunity to go global – to improve the working relationships between various body parts and brain along with bringing up the ability of the whole body to function.
- During your HPOSP with Zoa, we address your habits that help and hinder progress towards your goals. Often we spread into how emotional and mental stress affect your body sensations and movement. We operate holistically on the whole you!