Absolutely. However I I see a lot of GA pilots that just give the wheel a little wiggle and then call controls free and correct. You should move the controls to the extreme corners, ie all the forward and all the way left, then all the way right then back all the way; full left then all the way right, with a look at the surfaces to make sure they were moving in the right direction.
When doing the above I once had the wheel lock at full aft. It turned out a wiring loom behind the panel had come loose and was picked up by the control cross bar and then jammed the controls. It had likely been that way for some time as the loom had evidence of dragging on the control cross bar during normal movements
If the controls have been disturbed then extra vigilance is in order. After control surface removal and replacement I have had a rudder trim jam at full travel and an elevator trim tab connected backwards