Home Physiotherapy in Wiltshire

Much of Wiltshire is market towns and villages, with Salisbury Plain in the middle and long country roads between them. If you are in pain, recovering from an illness or no longer driving, getting to a clinic can be the hardest part of the appointment. Home physiotherapy takes that away.

What home physiotherapy is

It is the same physiotherapy you would get in a clinic, carried out in your own home. The assessment, the hands-on treatment, the exercises and the check-ups all happen where you actually live and move about.

A clinic cannot show a physiotherapist how you manage your own stairs, the step at your back door or the path to the garden. At home, those are part of the plan from the first visit.

Who it helps most

• People recovering from a stroke or a brain injury
• People living with Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis or motor neurone disease
• People home after an operation or a broken bone, when driving is off the table for weeks
• Older people who have had a fall or a spell in hospital, or who feel less steady
• People with back, neck, shoulder or joint pain that makes travelling hard
• Residents of care and nursing homes

Who you will see

Home visits across Wiltshire are with Rits Rana, a chartered physiotherapist who runs her own mobile practice, Mobile Rehab. Her main area of work is rehabilitation after a stroke or brain injury, and for long-term conditions such as Parkinson's and MS. She previously led an NHS community team for neurological and older people's physiotherapy, and she also treats muscle and joint problems at an experienced level.

Rits speaks English, Hindi and Marathi.

What happens at the first visit

The first visit lasts up to an hour. It starts with a conversation about what has happened and what you want to be able to do again. Then comes a careful look at how you move, with treatment on the day and a short set of exercises built around your own home.

How it fits with NHS care

Most people in Wiltshire are looked after by the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, Salisbury District Hospital, or the Royal United Hospital in Bath for the west of the county. NHS physiotherapy after a hospital stay is often short. Private home visits can carry on when it stops, or add extra sessions alongside it.

No GP referral needed

You can book private physiotherapy directly, with no waiting list. If you have a hospital discharge letter or a letter from your consultant, have it ready for the first visit, but you do not need one to get started.

Towns covered in Wiltshire

• Swindon and the north: Swindon, Royal Wootton Bassett, Highworth, Cricklade, Malmesbury
• Chippenham and the west: Chippenham, Calne, Corsham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Warminster
• The middle of the county: Devizes, Marlborough, Pewsey
• South Wiltshire: Salisbury, Wilton, Amesbury, Tidworth

Any travel fee depends on where you live and is confirmed on the free phone call, so there are no surprises.

About Rits Rana

Rits Rana is a chartered physiotherapist (HCPC PH106489, MCSP 119421) providing home visit physiotherapy across Swindon, Salisbury, Chippenham, Trowbridge, Devizes, Marlborough and across Wiltshire, and runs an independent mobile practice, Mobile Rehab. Her specialist ground is complex neurological rehabilitation: stroke, brain injury, Parkinson's, MS and motor neurone disease. Alongside that she works with older adults on strength, balance and falls, and treats muscle and joint problems at NHS Band 7 level. She assesses and diagnoses directly, so there is no wait for a GP referral before treatment can start.

Read Rits's profile or call 07818 106406.

Please mention Mobile Physiotherapist.co.uk when you call.