ARC™ PHASE 0
Your Recovery Begins Before Surgery.
A structured pre-surgical preparation designed to help you understand your recovery, establish realistic expectations, and enter surgery with a clear post-operative plan.
PRE-SURGICAL PREPARATION
The First Phase of Recovery Happens Before the Procedure.
Most patients begin thinking about recovery after surgery.
ARC™ begins earlier.
Phase 0 is the pre-surgical preparation stage of the ARC™ Method. It is designed to establish a structured recovery strategy before the body enters the post-operative healing process.
Your procedure, expected recovery demands, existing tissue condition, compression needs, and individual circumstances are considered before building the recovery approach.
The goal is not to predict exactly how your body will heal. The goal is to enter recovery informed, prepared, and with a plan.
ARC™ PRE-SURGICAL ASSESSMENT
Preparation Starts With Understanding Your Starting Point.
01 — Your Procedure
The type of surgery planned and the areas involved.
02 — Your Recovery Timeline
Surgery date, recovery location, and when post-operative support may begin.
03 — Tissue & Skin Condition
A pre-surgical observation of skin quality, existing swelling, and areas of density when applicable.
04 — Compression Planning
Guidance regarding appropriate post-operative garments and accessories based on the planned procedure and your surgeon’s instructions.
05 — Recovery Education
What swelling, tissue changes, and the different stages of recovery may look like after surgery.
06 — Expectations & Risk Awareness
Establishing realistic expectations and identifying information that may require clarification with your surgical team before treatment begins.
THE ARC™ APPROACH
We Don’t Wait Until You’re Swollen to Start Thinking About Recovery.
After surgery, your body enters a biological healing response.
Inflammation, swelling, tissue sensitivity, and changes in lymphatic function are part of that process. ARC™ does not treat those changes as something to attack aggressively.
We prepare you to understand them before they happen.
That matters because anxiety can lead patients to make premature decisions—changing compression too quickly, seeking excessive treatment intensity, or comparing their recovery with someone else’s.
ARC™ replaces improvisation with structure.
CLARITY BEFORE SURGERY
Preparation Is Not a Promise of a Perfect Recovery.
ARC™ Phase 0 does not replace your surgeon’s medical instructions.
It does not guarantee that complications will not occur.
It does not attempt to accelerate biological healing.
And it does not apply the same recovery plan to every patient.
Instead, Phase 0 creates a structured starting point so that post-operative decisions can be adapted to your procedure, your tissue response, and the direction of your surgical team.
FROM PREPARATION TO RECOVERY
Phase 0 Prepares You. Phase A Begins the Post-Operative Process.
PHASE 0
Preparation
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PHASE A
Activation
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PHASE R
Regulation
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PHASE C
Construction
ARC™ does not move a patient forward simply because a certain number of days has passed. Progression is guided by tissue response, biological stability, and the individual recovery process.
PLANNING SURGERY IN MIAMI?
Don’t Wait Until After Surgery to Build Your Recovery Plan.
Whether your procedure is already scheduled or you’re still preparing, Phase 0 gives us the opportunity to understand your situation and establish the structure for what comes next.
Your surgeon directs your surgical care. ARC™ structures the recovery process around it.
Polo Post-Op Recovery
Coral Gables · Miami, Florida