First Assessment
Free
45 minutes, at home
- Full clinical examination at the patient's home
- The likely cause explained in plain language
- A realistic recovery plan and what it will cost
- No obligation to book any further sessions
After a stroke, a family in Koregaon Park often faces a particular puzzle: the house is large and welcoming, yet it was never arranged for someone who has lost strength on one side. There may be a step at the gate, a polished floor in the hall, a bathroom at the far end of a corridor, and a helper who has never been shown how to support a person who is learning to stand again.
Our stroke rehabilitation page explains the general approach. This page deals with what happens at home in Koregaon Park, and how families here can prepare.
Reading the house as a rehabilitation space
A home visit starts with a walk through the places the patient needs most: the bed, the route to the bathroom, the chair used at meals, the entrance. Larger homes offer room for a walking frame and a caregiver on either side, but they also bring long distances, hard floors and outdoor steps. Smaller flats are the reverse: short distances, tight bathrooms and doorways that a wheelchair may not clear. The physiotherapist notes each of these and adapts the plan, rather than asking the family to rearrange everything.
- Floors. Smooth, polished surfaces are slippery in socks. Rubber-soled shoes or firm non-slip footwear are usually the first change.
- Thresholds and steps. A raised doorway or verandah step can be practised in stages with a rail.
- Bathrooms. A stool or chair inside the shower and a firm grab rail change how safely a patient can wash.
- Garden and compound. Once walking indoors is steady, a short stretch on the driveway or garden path is a gentler outdoor step than a trip to the lane.
What home rehabilitation usually works on
The physiotherapist assesses strength, tone, sensation, balance, coordination and walking, and sets goals that match the patient's priorities, such as standing from a chair without help, walking to the bathroom or using the affected arm to hold a cup. Sessions mix repeated, task-based practice with positioning, stretches for tight muscles and balance work. If swallowing, speech or memory are affected, those are managed by other professionals, and we work alongside them.
Because families in Koregaon Park often rely on live-in helpers or attendants, a big part of each visit is teaching. The helper and family learn how to move the patient safely from bed to chair, how to support a weak arm without pulling the shoulder, and which exercises to repeat daily. Our elderly physiotherapy page for Koregaon Park covers the falls side of this in more detail.
Follow-up trips and conserving energy
Stroke recovery usually involves follow-up visits to a neurologist, scans or blood tests, and each can mean a car journey through traffic. The Sadhu Vaswani Bridge has been closed since May 2024, with its reopening targeted for around January 2027, so some routes are longer and roads near Bund Garden are one-way. Planning the day matters: a patient who has had a hard therapy session will be more tired in the car. We therefore suggest booking physiotherapy for a different part of the day, and we can discuss spacing visits around appointments.
If a fracture from a fall or another operation is part of the picture, post-surgery rehabilitation in Koregaon Park also applies.
Between visits: how the family can help
- Stand on the weaker side when the patient walks, and keep one hand near, ready but not gripping.
- Speak to the patient rather than over them, and give time to respond.
- Keep everyday items within easy reach, and ask the physiotherapist whether some should be placed on the weaker side to encourage its use.
- Check the skin on the weaker side each day, especially if the patient spends long hours in bed or a chair.
- Write down any new symptoms, pain, swelling or falls, and share them at the next visit.
When to call an ambulance
A new stroke can follow an earlier one. Call emergency services at once if there is sudden weakness or numbness on one side, a drooping face, slurred speech, sudden loss of vision, a severe headache, a seizure or a new loss of consciousness. Chest pain, shortness of breath and a swollen, painful calf also need urgent medical care.
Starting at home
To begin, use the booking page and send the discharge summary if you have one. Our Koregaon Park page has more on routes and visit windows.