Women who don their ladies fitness clothing after shoulder surgery and take part in physiotherapy exercises enjoy a speedier recovery than those who just rest, a study has shown.

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found that the pain experienced by those who have had surgery is reduced by half within a few months of receiving physiotherapy.

Most of these patients are free of pain completely after one to two years of taking part in physiotherapy sessions.

A follow-up was completed between eight and 11 years after the patients had undergone surgery and this showed that many of the patients had retained good shoulder function, mobility and strength.

"Their quality of life was good and they display the same pattern of physical activity as do Swedish people in general", said Ingrid Hultenheim Klintberg, physiotherapist and researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology.

Earlier this month, researchers from the University of Missouri's Sinclair School of Nursing and the College of Engineering claimed that exercise helps people to recover from injury and illness as well as surgery.

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