Rits Rana

Neurological & Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Rits Rana, Neurological & Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Qualifications

  • BHSc Physiotherapy - Auckland University of Technology
  • MSc Dementia - University of Edinburgh
  • HCPC Registered (PH106489)
  • CSP Member
  • Registered practitioner in brain injury case management

About Rits Rana

Rits comes to you. She is a physiotherapist who visits people at home right across Berkshire and in West and South London, and much of her work is with people who are trying to get moving again after a stroke, a fall, an operation or a spell in hospital. There is no clinic to get to and no waiting room. The work happens on your own stairs, in your own kitchen and on your own street, which is where it matters.

A lot of that work is with the brain and nervous system. She has spent years helping people after a stroke or a brain injury, and people living with Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease and other long-term conditions that change the way the body moves. That includes the ordinary, practical problems those conditions cause — feet that stick at a doorway, a leg that will not do what it is told, getting out of a low chair, feeling unsafe on the stairs.

Rits also helps with joints, muscles and everyday pain. Before setting up privately she worked as a Band 7 musculoskeletal physiotherapist in an NHS outpatient service, so a painful back, a stiff neck, a bad shoulder or a knee that has not been right since an operation are all familiar ground.

Earlier, she led an NHS community physiotherapy team in Berkshire, covering neurological and older people's services across Windsor, Ascot, Maidenhead and Slough. That is the same part of the world she now visits privately, so the local hospitals, services and referral routes are already familiar to her.

Rits takes time to understand what matters most to you, then builds a plan around your abilities, your home and your life. Whether you are working towards walking again after a stroke, managing a condition that is changing over time, or simply want to feel steadier on your feet, the first step is a free phone call to talk it through.

Through her own practice, Mobile Rehab, Rits is recognised by the main private health insurers — Bupa, AXA, Aviva, Vitality and WPA. If you plan to claim, it is worth checking the terms of your own policy first.

Specialties

  • Stroke rehabilitation
  • Brain injury rehabilitation (traumatic and acquired)
  • Parkinson's disease rehabilitation
  • Multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease and other progressive conditions
  • Neurological rehabilitation for long-term disability
  • Falls prevention & balance
  • Elderly rehabilitation
  • Post-operative & joint replacement rehabilitation
  • Musculoskeletal pain — back, neck, shoulder, hip and knee
  • Sports and soft tissue injuries, including dry needling
  • Chronic pain management
  • Care home & nursing home physiotherapy
  • Complex case management and rehabilitation reports
  • Workplace, functional capacity and ergonomic assessments

Service areas

She provides home physiotherapy visits across Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, West London and South London.

  • Berkshire: Reading, Caversham, Tilehurst, Earley, Woodley, Wokingham, Twyford, Bracknell, Crowthorne, Sandhurst, Maidenhead, Windsor, Ascot, Slough, Newbury, Thatcham, Hungerford and surrounding towns and villages
  • Hampshire: Basingstoke, Tadley, Andover, Fleet, Farnborough, Aldershot, Yateley, Alton, Petersfield, Winchester, Eastleigh, Chandler's Ford, Romsey, Bishop's Waltham, Southampton, Totton, Hedge End, Fareham, Gosport, Portsmouth, Southsea, Havant, Waterlooville, Emsworth, Hayling Island, Lymington, New Milton, Ringwood, Fordingbridge, Hythe and surrounding towns and villages
  • Wiltshire: Swindon, Highworth, Royal Wootton Bassett, Cricklade, Malmesbury, Chippenham, Calne, Corsham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Warminster, Devizes, Marlborough, Pewsey, Tidworth, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wilton and surrounding towns and villages
  • West London: Acton, Chelsea, Chiswick, Ealing, Fulham, Hammersmith, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington, Notting Hill, Richmond, Ruislip, Southall, Twickenham, Westminster and the streets around them
  • South London: Battersea, Beckenham, Bexleyheath, Blackheath, Brixton, Bromley, Chessington, Clapham, Croydon, Dulwich, Eltham, Greenwich, Kingston upon Thames, Lewisham, Peckham, Putney, Streatham, Surbiton, Sutton, Wimbledon, Woolwich and the streets around them

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Training and registration

For anyone who would like the detail, her qualifications and professional memberships are:

  • BHSc Health Science in Physiotherapy, Auckland University of Technology
  • MSc Dementia: International Policy and Practice, University of Edinburgh
  • Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, number PH106489 (under her full name, Ritu Dwivedee)
  • Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, number 119421
  • Registered practitioner with BABICM, the British Association of Brain Injury and Complex Case Management
  • Member of ACPOHE, the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics
  • NHS team lead for community neurological and older people's physiotherapy, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Band 7 musculoskeletal physiotherapist, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Runs an independent mobile practice, Mobile Rehab