For Surgeons & Physiotherapists — Recovery Equipment Hire for Your Patients
RecoveryTec provides flexible, clinic-grade recovery equipment hire directly to post-surgical patients across Christchurch, Canterbury and nationwide New Zealand. Our equipment is used following ACL reconstruction, knee replacement, shoulder surgery, ankle surgery, hip replacement and a wide range of other orthopaedic procedures — giving your patients access to the same therapeutic tools used in clinical settings, delivered to their home and supported throughout their hire period.
We work alongside surgeons and physiotherapists across Canterbury. If you'd like to discuss a referral arrangement, clinic partnership or patient information resources, get in touch — we're always open to finding ways to make the referral process as simple as possible for you and your patients.
Equipment Available and Clinical Applications
CryoPush Ice Compression Machine
Cold water circulation combined with intermittent pneumatic compression. Equivalent therapeutic mechanism to Game Ready systems used in hospital and professional sport settings. Available with knee, ankle, shoulder and full leg wraps. Indicated for post-operative swelling and pain management following ACL reconstruction, total and partial knee replacement, meniscus repair, rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilisation, ankle fracture ORIF, Achilles repair, hip replacement and related orthopaedic procedures.
Normatec 3 Compression Boots
Sequential pneumatic compression from foot to hip. Used for post-surgical lower limb swelling management, lymphatic drainage, and athletic recovery. Appropriate for patients managing diffuse lower limb oedema following knee, hip and ankle procedures, and for athletes managing training load and DOMS between sessions.
Compex 6.0 EMS Muscle Stimulator
Clinic-grade electrical muscle stimulation for neuromuscular reactivation and atrophy prevention. Particularly indicated for quadriceps inhibition following knee surgery (arthrogenic muscle inhibition), and for muscle maintenance during periods of restricted loading following any lower or upper limb procedure. Can be used on quads, hamstrings, calves, glutes, shoulders, back and core. Supported by a substantial body of clinical evidence for post-surgical rehabilitation.
SAGA Blood Flow Restriction Cuffs
Wireless Bluetooth self-calibrating BFR cuffs. Indicated for muscle maintenance and strength development during early-stage post-surgical rehabilitation where heavy loading is contraindicated. Automatically calculates limb occlusion pressure — safe for unsupervised home use. Appropriate following ACL reconstruction, knee replacement, ankle surgery and any procedure restricting normal loading..
The Evidence Base
The therapeutic modalities RecoveryTec hires are supported by a substantial and growing clinical evidence base. Key findings relevant to post-surgical patient care:
Cold compression therapy
A 2024 randomised controlled trial in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (Quesnot et al.) comparing compressive cryotherapy against standard cryotherapy after total knee arthroplasty found meaningfully better outcomes for pain, swelling and early range of motion in the compressive cryotherapy group. A 2024 systematic review and meta-analysis in Orthopaedic Surgery (Liang et al.) confirmed that cryotherapy after TKA significantly reduced pain on post-operative day one, with continuous cold-flow devices outperforming simple cold packs on multiple measures.
Electrical muscle stimulation — quadriceps inhibition
Arthrogenic muscle inhibition following knee surgery is well documented. EMS has been shown to significantly reduce quadriceps atrophy in the early post-operative period compared to standard rehabilitation alone. A study published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy found that patients using EMS post-ACL surgery retained significantly more quadriceps strength than control groups. The mechanism — direct motor neuron stimulation bypassing the inhibition signal — is well understood and clinically validated.
Blood flow restriction training
BFR training at 20–30% of one-repetition maximum has been shown to produce muscle hypertrophy and strength gains comparable to high-load resistance training. For post-surgical patients where loading is restricted, BFR provides a clinically meaningful stimulus for muscle maintenance without stressing healing tissue. Evidence supports its use from the early post-operative period in appropriate patients.
How to Refer Your Patients
Referring a patient to RecoveryTec is straightforward. You can:
Direct your patient to our website
Patients can browse our equipment range, read about each device, and contact us directly to book. Our product pages are written to answer the questions post-surgical patients typically have before booking — what the equipment does, how it works, how long they'll need it, and what it costs.
Contact us on your patient's behalf
If you'd prefer to arrange hire directly for a patient — particularly for complex cases or patients who are less confident managing their own booking — get in touch and we'll coordinate with you and your patient directly.
Use our patient information resources
We can provide simple patient information sheets for each device that you can hand out in clinic or include in pre-operative information packs. Get in touch and we'll put together whatever is most useful for your practice.
Discuss a clinic partnership arrangement
We're open to discussing referral arrangements and clinic partnerships for practices that regularly manage post-surgical patients. This could include priority availability for your patients, patient information resources, or other arrangements that make the referral process simpler for your team. Please reach out to discuss what would work best for your practice.
