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
When a stroke strikes a family in Manjri, the hospital is often a drive away along the Solapur highway, and the return home is only the start. Someone has to arrange the bed, the bathroom, the meals, the medicines and the next appointment, and most of the work falls on relatives who also have jobs to go to.
The stroke rehabilitation guide outlines the general stages of recovery. This page shows what home rehabilitation involves for a family living a good distance from the city's main hospitals.
Turning the home into the therapy space
Practice that happens in the patient's own room carries over to daily life far more directly than an exercise done in an unfamiliar place. The physiotherapist walks through the house with you and notes the height of the bed and toilet, the width of the doorways, any step at the bathroom or entrance, and the floor surface. Small adjustments, such as a raised seat, a rail or the removal of loose mats, often decide whether the patient can use the toilet with one helper or two.
What a stroke session covers
- Assessment. Strength, tone, sensation, balance, coordination and the ability to roll, sit, stand and walk. Concerns about speech, swallowing or mood are passed to the doctor.
- Practice of daily tasks. Getting out of bed, standing from a chair, reaching for a glass and moving to the bathroom.
- Walking. Weight-shifting and stepping, then short walks indoors with the family beside the patient.
- Arm and hand work. Positioning to protect the shoulder and tasks that ask the weak hand to take part.
- Teaching the household. Safe ways to help a transfer and a short routine for the days between visits.
We change the plan at each visit and do not promise a recovery date. Progress depends on the type of stroke, the time since it happened and how much practice the household can manage.
Sharing the load across the family
In a joint household there may be several people who could help, which can be an advantage and a source of confusion. Agree on who is the main helper, and ask the physiotherapist to show that person the transfers. Others can learn the exercises. Write the daily routine on a sheet and fix it where everyone can see it. For a patient who is older and frail, elderly physiotherapy in Manjri adds work on balance and falls, and if an operation was also involved, see post-surgery rehabilitation in Manjri.
Planning the trip to follow-up appointments
A trip from Manjri to a hospital means a car or autorickshaw, a kerb or step, and sometimes a wait in a crowded corridor. Plan the route in advance: how the patient will leave the house, who will help, where the vehicle will stop. The physiotherapist can rehearse the steps from bed to gate with you. Allow extra time for traffic on the highway, and carry water, medicines and the earlier reports.
When to call an ambulance
New weakness on one side, a drooping face, slurred speech, sudden loss of vision, a severe sudden headache, confusion, a seizure or chest pain needs an ambulance straight away. Physiotherapy waits. Tell the doctor promptly about a swollen painful calf, a fever, or choking while eating.
Starting at home
Book on the booking page and have the discharge summary and scan reports ready. The wider picture of our visits is on home physiotherapy in Manjri.