Sam Baxter

Community Physiotherapist • Lizzie Thornton's Greater Manchester team

Sam Baxter, Community Physiotherapist

Qualifications

  • BSc Physiotherapy — Manchester Metropolitan University
  • HCPC Registered (PH125396)

On Lizzie's Greater Manchester team

Sam works as part of Lizzie Thornton's Greater Manchester team, visiting people at home across West Manchester and Trafford. All appointments and enquiries are arranged through Lizzie, who will match you with the right physiotherapist for your needs.

Contact Lizzie to book — 07969 488 849

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About Sam Baxter

Sam comes to you. He is a physiotherapist on Lizzie's team who visits people at home across West Manchester and Trafford: Wigan, Leigh, Bolton, Salford, Eccles, Swinton, Stretford, Sale, Altrincham and the places in between. There is no clinic to get to and no waiting room.

Home visits are what Sam does every day. For five years he has worked as an NHS physiotherapist seeing people in their own homes, often in the first days and weeks after they come out of hospital. He knows how hard it can be to get going again after a fall, an operation or a spell of illness, and how much it matters to feel safe in your own home.

He will watch how you move around your home, talk with you about what you want to be able to do again, and agree some clear goals with you. That might be walking to the shops, managing the stairs, or getting in and out of a chair or bed more easily. You will get a simple exercise plan to follow between visits, set at the right level for you.

He often helps people recovering from a hip or knee replacement or other surgery, people who have had a fall or worry about falling, people living with the effects of a stroke, and people with several health conditions at once. He also has experience supporting people who need extra help with moving because of their weight.

Before he trained as a physiotherapist, Sam spent years as a personal trainer and senior health and fitness instructor, including exercise referral work. So he is good at making exercise feel manageable, and at helping you keep it up.

Whatever brings you to him, the first step is a free phone call with Lizzie to talk it through.

Specialties

  • Rehabilitation for older adults
  • Falls prevention, balance and confidence
  • Recovery after a hip or knee replacement
  • Rehab after other operations
  • Getting back on your feet after a hospital stay
  • Getting in and out of bed, a chair or the car
  • Walking, stairs and getting about
  • Rehab after a stroke
  • Rehab for people who need extra help with moving because of their weight
  • Home exercise plans with clear goals

Service area

Sam provides home physiotherapy visits across West Manchester and Trafford as part of Lizzie's team, including:

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Training and registration

For anyone who would like the detail, his qualifications and career are:

  • BSc Physiotherapy, Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, number PH125396
  • Intermediate care physiotherapist, NHS, Stockport (since April 2026)
  • Community physiotherapist, NHS, Stockport (2022 to 2026)
  • Rotational physiotherapist in intermediate care, NHS, Oldham (2021 to 2022)
  • Senior health and fitness instructor and personal trainer before qualifying, including exercise referral