Home Visit Physiotherapy in Cambridge
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Chartered physiotherapy at home across Cambridge
The Caring Physio provides home visit physiotherapy for older people right across Cambridge — from Chesterton, Arbury and King’s Hedges in the north of the city to Cherry Hinton, Romsey and Trumpington in the south, and out to the surrounding villages. Cambridge is one of our newest areas, joining Peterborough in our Cambridgeshire coverage. Our physiotherapists come to you, whether at home or in a care home, so you can recover in familiar surroundings without the strain of travelling to a clinic. No waiting list, no referral needed.
Our services in Cambridge include:
- Physiotherapy for older adults to promote mobility and balance.
- Specialist physiotherapy for those living with dementia
- Post-operative rehabilitation. Helping you get back on your feet at home after surgery at Addenbrooke’s
- Neurological physiotherapy for stroke, MS, and Parkinson’s, including after discharge from the neuro and stroke services at Addenbrooke’s.
- Respiratory physiotherapy. Including support after treatment at Royal Papworth
- Pain relief for joints and muscles.
- Dedicated care home physiotherapy.
- Rehabilitation programmes for case management clients, including coordinated home rehabilitation for poly-trauma, acquired brain injury and complex post-surgical cases.
- Live-in rehabilitation care — round-the-clock, therapy-led recovery at home.
Why Cambridge families choose The Caring Physio
Cambridge is a city of colleges, commons and cycle paths — but for an older person recovering from a fall or a hospital stay, narrow streets, limited parking and a long walk from the car park make getting to a clinic harder than it should be. That’s why we come to you. Our chartered physiotherapists specialise in rehabilitation for older people, working across Chesterton, Arbury, Cherry Hinton, Trumpington, Newnham and the villages ringing the city.
Why Cambridge residents choose us:
- Experienced physiotherapists.
- Flexible scheduling — mornings, evenings, and weekends.
- Therapy provided in your home or care home — eliminating the need for clinic visits.
- Collaborative approach with doctors, consultants, and carers.
- A caring ethos grounded in compassion, integrity, and enjoyment.
All sessions begin with a thorough initial assessment and an individualised treatment plan. Book your home physiotherapy session in Cambridge or nearby vicinity today – and take the first step towards confidence and independence.
Getting you home from hospital
Cambridge is home to Addenbrooke’s Hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus — the East of England’s major trauma centre — alongside Royal Papworth, the specialist heart and lung hospital on the same campus. For older people, the road home often runs through the Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit at Brookfields Hospital on Mill Road, very often after a fall or fracture treated at Addenbrooke’s.
This is the gap we close. We can usually be at the door within a few days of discharge, while there’s still strength and confidence to build on. Call us as soon as you have a date.
“10 days of bed rest in hospital ages the muscles by the equivalent of 10 years in people over 80”
That is how East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust explains deconditioning to its patients. The weeks after coming home are when that strength can be won back.
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, information for patients on deconditioning
How we close the gap
Usually within a few days
Call us with the discharge date and we book around it.
No referral, no waiting list
You don’t need a GP or consultant to refer you.
Rehab in your own home
Built around the actual stairs, chair and bathroom.
Assessment before discharge
With the ward’s agreement, so the plan is ready.
Areas we cover in and around Cambridge
- Chesterton
- Arbury
- King’s Hedges
- Cherry Hinton
- Trumpington
- Newnham
- Romsey Town
- Coleridge
- Histon and Impington
- Milton
- Fulbourn
- Great Shelford
- Girton
- Sawston
- Waterbeach
Meet your Cambridge physio team
Helping you recover using physiotherapy in the comfort of your home
FAQ - Your local questions
Can you help my relative come home from Addenbrooke's?
Yes. We support families across Cambridge whose relatives are leaving Addenbrooke’s Hospital after a fall, fracture, surgery or serious illness, including those stepping down through the Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit at Brookfields Hospital on Mill Road. We aim to start home rehabilitation as soon as we can, usually within one to five days of your first call. The first fortnight at home matters most: routines are being set, and it is easy for a chair by the window to become the whole day. Call us as soon as you have a discharge date, and we will plan the first visit around it and agree with you what to aim for first.
Can you visit someone at the Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit before they're discharged?
Yes — with the ward’s agreement, we can assess your relative at the Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit at Brookfields Hospital before they come home, so their home programme is ready from day one. Seeing someone before discharge tells us things a phone call cannot: how they stand, how far they walk with the therapy team, and what they are like when they are tired. It also means the first visit at home starts where the unit left off rather than from the beginning. We speak to the staff, with your permission, so that what we plan fits with what has already been done.
How quickly can someone be seen in Cambridge?
As soon as we can, usually within one to five days of your first call. We have no waiting list of our own and no GP referral is needed — you contact us directly and we arrange a first visit at a time that suits your family. If your relative is already waiting for NHS physiotherapy, we can start in the meantime and work alongside it. Our physiotherapists visit homes right across Cambridge, from Chesterton and Arbury to Cherry Hinton and Trumpington. If there is a discharge date, tell us when you ring and we will plan around it.
My mother lives in a village outside Cambridge. Will you still come?
Yes — we cover the villages ringing the city, including Girton, Histon and Impington, Milton, Fulbourn, Great Shelford, Sawston and Waterbeach. A village address changes nothing about the visit: the session is the same length, and the work is done on her own stairs, her own garden path and the lane outside, because those are what she needs to manage. If your village is not listed, call us. Coverage depends on which physiotherapist is nearest, and we will give you an honest answer rather than a maybe. We would rather tell you on the first call than keep you waiting.
Do you visit people in care homes in Cambridge?
Yes — we visit residents in care homes across Cambridge and the surrounding villages, working alongside care staff so that everyday routines support a resident’s mobility rather than working against it. A session usually takes place in the resident’s own room and is built around something specific: standing from the chair with less help, walking to the dining room, or feeling steady again after a fall. We leave the team a short note of what helps between visits. Families can arrange this directly, and care home managers can contact us about regular visits for several residents.
Can physiotherapy help someone with dementia at home in Cambridge?
Yes. Dementia rehabilitation is one of our specialisms, led by our Clinical Director Will Ferguson. We help people stay mobile, reduce their risk of falling and keep their independence for longer, working across Chesterton, Arbury, Cherry Hinton and the surrounding villages. Many families come to us after a fall or a hospital stay at Addenbrooke’s, when confidence has dropped and walking has become harder. We practise familiar movements in familiar rooms rather than relying on remembered exercises, and we show whoever is at home how to keep it going between visits.
My father has had two near-misses on the stairs but no fall yet. Is it too early to ring?
No. A near-miss is the warning most families wish they had acted on, and before the fall is the time to ring. Catching the rail or stumbling on the top step usually means strength or balance has dropped a little, and both respond well to practice at this stage. We would watch how he manages his own stairs, check the things that commonly sit behind it, and start work on them in the same visit. Putting that right now is much less work than recovering the ground lost after a fracture and a stay at Addenbrooke’s. If he turns out not to need us, you will hear that from us on the day.
The Caring Physio Partnership Network in Cambridge
The Caring Physio doesn’t just treat you — we connect you with trusted local services across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire, so every aspect of your care and recovery is covered. Some are organisations we work alongside directly; others are local charities and support groups we point families towards.
Accora — postural equipment and hospital discharge
Accora are based just outside Cambridge in Orwell, and design 24-hour postural equipment used across the NHS and in homes nationally. They are genuine innovators in the field — their FloorBed was the first floor-level nursing bed of its kind, lowering to 71mm to reduce falls and fall-related injury, and their Configura range of tilt-in-space seating supports people with complex postural needs.
They also employ their own clinical team — occupational therapists, tissue viability nurses and moving and handling trainers — who provide training and support to the people prescribing and using the equipment. Our physiotherapists have attended their 24-hour postural care conference, and that shared understanding is part of why the relationship works.
We work alongside Accora to get the right bed or chair into someone’s home quickly, which is often what stands between a patient staying on a ward and getting home. The right seating and sleeping position matters as much as the exercises we do — good posture through the twenty-four hours protects skin, supports breathing and swallowing, and keeps people comfortable enough to keep moving.
🏠 Care homes across Cambridgeshire
As well as visiting people in their own homes, we provide physiotherapy in care homes for self-funding residents across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire. Families often ask us to continue rehabilitation after a relative moves into a home, and managers bring us in where residents need more than the level of input the home can provide itself.
We work regularly with homes run by the larger national groups, including Hamberley, Barchester and Care UK, as well as independent homes. Sessions can be arranged for an individual resident, or as a regular visiting service for a whole home.
Care-home managers in Cambridgeshire — get in touch to discuss a regular physiotherapy service for your residents.
Cambridge sits at the heart of our Cambridgeshire coverage, alongside home visit physiotherapy in Peterborough to the north. We also cover Newmarket, just over the Suffolk border. Not sure if we reach you? See all the areas we cover.