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Postoperative Instructional Videos

These videos contain important information about recovering from your surgery and any equipment you will need to use at home.

    Explore Postoperative Instructional Videos by Surgery Type

    The videos below contain information about recovering from your surgery and any equipment you will need to use at home.

    Foot & Ankle Surgeries

    Below are instructional videos that demonstrate how to perform cold therapy and walk with a walker, crutch or cane following your foot or ankle surgery. Please note: While the patient in the video has a knee brace or wrap on, these videos apply to foot and ankle patients as well.


    ACL Surgery

    Watch the post-operative instructional videos below related to ACL surgery


    Knee (Non-ACL) Surgeries

    Watch the post-operative instructional videos below related to non-ACL knee surgeries.


    Shoulder Surgeries

    Below are instructional videos that demonstrate how to perform cold therapy and how to properly wear a sling following shoulder surgery.

    Contact the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

    Our team of orthopaedic specialists see patients at Mass General's main campus in Boston, in addition to Danvers, Foxborough, Newton-Wellesley and Waltham.