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Recovery After Prostate Surgery

Restore confidence through understanding.

Recovery after prostate surgery depends on more than healing alone. Continence, erections, orgasm, intimacy and confidence all depend on multiple body systems working together, and following surgery these often recover at different rates.

The nerves responsible for erections require time to recover. During this period, reduced erections can affect blood flow and tissue health, while changes to the urinary sphincter and pelvic floor can influence bladder control.

Many of these systems can be actively supported and optimised throughout recovery. Our role is to understand where you are and guide you through a pathway designed to maximise your outcome.

You don’t need to know where to start. That’s our job.

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The stages of recovery
Surgery
Healing
Rehabilitation
Recovery
Why it changes

Healing takes time. Recovery is something we can actively support.

Depending on your stage, rehabilitation may focus on pelvic floor function, bladder control, penile tissue health, blood flow, nerve recovery, sexual confidence and returning to intimacy.

Successful pelvic floor rehabilitation is about more than strength. It restores coordination, endurance, timing and the ability to relax appropriately.

The key is understanding which systems need the greatest attention at each stage.

A personalised approach

No two men are exactly the same. Neither is the reason things change.

Every man’s surgery and recovery is different. Your assessment identifies your current stage, which systems are recovering well, and where rehabilitation is most likely to improve your long-term outcome.

Your pathway is built around your goals, your health, your surgery and the best available evidence, not around a standard protocol.

What you’ll leave with

Clarity, before treatment.

A clear explanation

An understanding of how the systems behind your symptoms work, and which of them may be limiting you.

A prioritised plan

A personalised, evidence-informed pathway that focuses first on the areas most likely to make a difference.

Room to decide

Your options explained honestly, with no pressure and no obligation to commit to treatment on the day.

Evidence-informed options

Tools within a personalised pathway.

Your personalised pathway may include one or more of the following. Each is designed to optimise a different aspect of function, and every recommendation is based on your assessment, your goals and the systems most likely to influence your progress.

Some optimise pelvic floor function. Some support healthy penile tissue and blood flow while nerves recover. Others assist bladder control, nerve recovery and a return to intimacy.

Why our approach is different

We don’t believe recovery ends when the catheter comes out.

Our first priority is understanding where you are in your recovery and which systems will benefit most from rehabilitation. Then we actively support continence, erectile function, sexual health and confidence.

Your next step

You simply need to decide you’d like things to improve.

We’ll help you understand where you are in your recovery, identify which body systems will benefit most, and build a personalised pathway towards confidence, continence, intimacy and quality of life.

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