The days after leaving hospital are critical. Confidence drops quickly, NHS community input can take time to start, and a short period of focused rehabilitation can be the difference between regaining independence and losing it.
We can usually visit within 48 hours of discharge, often sooner. Your first session focuses on the essentials, such as getting in and out of bed and chairs safely, managing the stairs and moving around the home, and builds from there.
Where useful we liaise with the hospital team, your GP and any care agency so that everyone is working to the same plan.
The first visit concentrates on the essentials: getting in and out of bed and chairs safely, managing the stairs, and moving confidently around your own rooms. From there the programme widens: longer walks, outdoor surfaces, and the specific tasks you want back, whether that is cooking a meal or getting to the paper shop.
Available across Southampton, Portsmouth, Fareham, Winchester, Salisbury and everywhere in between.
A typical programme after discharge looks like this:
Anyone leaving hospital after surgery, infection, a fall or a long admission, especially people who live alone, or whose family are worried about how they will manage the first weeks at home.
Deconditioning after a hospital stay is fast but very reversible: the sooner structured rehabilitation starts, the more completely strength and independence return.
Related: Pre & Post Op Rehab · Post Hospital Support · Falls Prevention & Balance
Anything else? Ask us directly. A physiotherapist answers every enquiry.
Usually within 48 hours, and sometimes the next day. If you call us before discharge we can often have the first visit booked for when you get home.
Yes. We work from your discharge summary and any protocol the ward physiotherapists set, then progress it as you improve.
With their permission, we update family after every visit and flag anything that needs attention early. Many of our post-hospital clients are booked by a son or daughter living elsewhere.
Yes. We simply coordinate so the programmes complement each other, and we can hand over cleanly when NHS input begins or ends.
No. You can start privately as soon as you are home, and the first fortnight is when input matters most, while strength and confidence are at their lowest. If NHS community physiotherapy begins later, we coordinate around it.
Very little: your discharge summary if you have it, any walking aid the hospital gave you, and the exercise sheet from the ward. We assess everything else in the room it actually happens in, from the bed to the stairs.
Strength lost in hospital returns more slowly than it left, so expect steady weeks rather than instant results. Most people see meaningful change within a month of regular practice, and we measure progress at every visit so you can see it too.
Charlie has been fantastic after my hip replacement, just can't recommend him enough. He was very patient with me while encouraging me with new exercises, and has really helped my confidence to move forward. I've made progress much quicker than I thought I would and that's all thanks to Charlie.
Emily is a lovely, engaging, patient and knowledgeable physiotherapist. Her time with my husband during his acute stroke recovery phase has been invaluable. Emily researched and adapted her sessions and exercises to my husband's specific requests and needs. Thank you Emily :-)
I had my first appointment with Charlie last month after coming out of hospital with 5 vertebral fractures. Barely able to walk or do anything for myself. Now 7 weeks later I'm able to walk unaided and do everything to look after myself.
This year my long term orthopaedic conditions and my vestibular migraine have been particularly troublesome. But thanks to Charlie's professional guidance my mobility is greatly improved and I am feeling much more confident when out and about.
After being let down by the NHS I was delighted to find South Coast Physio and it was a real bonus that they come to the home. Emily is skilled, helpful, friendly and solutions focused, providing the 1-1 support my daughter needs.
Professional, reliable and caring. The support from Charlie, our physio, has been invaluable.
Cannot praise them enough! Comprehensive and professional treatment plans that inspire you.
Enormously helpful advice and encouragement. I couldn't recommend more highly.
With South Coast Home Physiotherapy you get ongoing support to stay mobile and independent in daily life. Every session is planned around you and aims to:
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