Physiotherapy After Surgery or a Fracture in Barnsley
Home physiotherapy across Barnsley after a broken hip, wrist or ankle, or after orthopaedic surgery, from a Senior Physiotherapist with NHS orthopaedic and trauma experience. No GP referral needed.
Coming home after surgery or a broken bone
Most people in Barnsley come home after a fracture or orthopaedic surgery from Barnsley Hospital, although some operations and more complex fractures are treated at the Northern General in Sheffield. Either way, the real recovery happens after you are home, over weeks rather than days.
Home physiotherapy puts that recovery where it belongs: on your own stairs, in your own kitchen and on your own front path. You practise the things you actually need to do, in the place you need to do them.
Injuries and operations Hamoodi helps with
Broken hip
Usually repaired within a day or two of the fall. Getting up and walking again as soon as it is safe is the most important part of recovery, and at home the work is walking, stairs, bed, chair and toilet transfers, and rebuilding the confidence a fall takes away.
Wrist and arm fractures
Once the cast or splint comes off, the wrist and hand are usually stiff and weak. Early work on movement and grip gets people back to cooking, dressing, writing and carrying shopping sooner.
Ankle and leg fractures
After a boot, a cast or surgery, walking often feels unfamiliar. Rehab covers ankle movement, calf strength, balance and a normal walking pattern, always within the weight-bearing your fracture clinic has set.
Shoulder and upper arm fractures
Often treated in a sling, and the shoulder stiffens quickly. Movement is brought back in stages that match how far the bone has healed.
Pelvic and spinal fractures
Including fragility fractures in older people after a minor fall. Walking and everyday movement are built up gently, with pain kept manageable so that progress is possible.
After orthopaedic surgery
Joint replacements, tendon and ligament repairs, spinal surgery and fractures fixed with plates, pins or nails, always working within your surgeon's protocol.
How recovery usually goes
Recovery after surgery or a broken bone tends to move through three overlapping stages. The pace is different for everyone, and every stage follows whatever your consultant or fracture clinic has set, including weight-bearing limits and movement restrictions.
- The first weeks home. Managing pain and swelling, getting in and out of bed, chairs and the toilet safely, using your walking aid properly, managing your own stairs, and protecting the repair.
- Rebuilding. Restoring movement, strengthening the muscles that have weakened, improving balance, walking further and, when it is right, stepping down from a frame to crutches or a stick.
- Getting your life back. Working on the things you actually want to do: the walk to the shops, the bus, the garden, the grandchildren, work, and driving once you have been cleared.
After surgery or a fracture, get urgent medical help for chest pain or sudden breathlessness (call 999), and contact your GP, NHS 111 or the ward that discharged you straight away for a painful, swollen calf, a wound that is hot, red or leaking, or a fever. Hamoodi checks for these at every visit, but they should never wait for one.
If your operation was in Sheffield
When surgery happens out of town, follow-up physiotherapy can end up far from home, or thin on the ground. Home visits keep your rehabilitation local and consistent. Hamoodi has NHS experience at both Barnsley Hospital and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, so he knows what each will have told you and can carry on from there.
What the first visit involves
- Your paperwork: the discharge letter, fracture clinic notes or exercise sheet, so the plan builds on what the hospital has already set, including any restrictions.
- Safety checks: the wound, swelling, calf and general wellbeing, and a clear answer on anything that needs your GP or the ward.
- Movement and strength: what the injured area can do now, and what the rest of you needs to keep strong while it heals.
- Walking and stairs: your walking aid checked and set to the right height, and your own stairs practised using the method you were taught.
- Your home: a quick look at the routes you use every day, with practical suggestions rather than a shopping list of equipment.
- A written plan: a short set of exercises pitched at what you can do today, and an honest idea of how the next few weeks should go.
Why Hamoodi
Hamoodi is a Senior Physiotherapist with an MSc in Physiotherapy and NHS experience at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Barnsley Hospital and Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS. His specialist work has been in post-operative orthopaedics and trauma rehabilitation, on hospital wards and in outpatient clinics, so he knows the pathways people come home from and what the hospital team will usually have told you.
Every appointment is a home visit. There is no GP referral needed, and the first step is a free phone call to check that home physiotherapy is the right thing for you before anything is booked. Hamoodi also speaks Arabic, which some families find makes a real difference.
Your physiotherapist in Barnsley
Hamoodi Othman
Senior Physiotherapist
- MSc Physiotherapy, BSc Sports Therapy, HCPC Registered (PH131379)
- Post-operative orthopaedic and trauma rehabilitation
- Home visits across Barnsley and the surrounding South Yorkshire areas
Call Hamoodi on 07821 402 634
Please mention Mobile Physiotherapist.co.uk when you call.
Home visits across Barnsley
Hamoodi visits homes across Barnsley, including Athersley, Worsbrough, Wombwell, Hoyland, Dodworth, Darton, Royston, Penistone, Cudworth, Monk Bretton, Lundwood, Mapplewell, Silkstone, Elsecar and Goldthorpe. He regularly sees people after discharge from Barnsley Hospital and the Northern General. See the Barnsley page for everything Hamoodi offers locally.
Helpful guides
Frequently asked questions
How soon after coming home can you visit?
As soon as you are home, as long as it fits with any restrictions your surgical team has set. Many people start within the first week or two. Ring for current availability.
I had my surgery at the Northern General. Can you still help in Barnsley?
Yes. Where the operation took place does not matter. The home programme follows your surgeon's protocol, and it is useful to have your discharge letter to hand.
My father broke his hip and is frightened of falling again. Can you help?
Yes. Fear of falling is very common after a broken hip and it can hold back recovery as much as weakness does. Rebuilding strength and balance at home, and practising how to get up safely, usually brings confidence back with it.
How many sessions will I need?
It depends on the injury and on you. You get an honest estimate at the first visit and you are never tied into a block of sessions.
Do you cover Penistone and the villages?
Yes. Every appointment is a home visit across Barnsley and the surrounding villages. Any travel fee is confirmed on the free phone call first.
Do I need a GP referral?
No. This is a private service and you can book directly.