In this article, authors wish to share their experiences in work with the patients after cardio-thoracic surgery. Consecutive stages of early hospital rehabilitation and applied methods of therapeutic conduct have been described in detail. There are two main stages in cardio-surgical physiotherapy. Stage I – pre-operation preparation, stage II – early rehabilitation consisting of two periods: the first one run in an intensive care unit (ICU), the second one in a surgical unit. Along with the description of physiotherapeutic techniques, the most frequently occurring problems a therapist can face as well as the ways of managing them have been presented. The authors present certain dissimilarities in surgical rehabilitation of persons with dif...