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For a long time Mohammadwadi was a village on the edge of Pune. Descriptions of the locality say it was a panchayat village until 1996 and came under the Pune Municipal Corporation in 1997, and it has since filled with apartment towers beside the older houses. If you are looking for home physiotherapy in Mohammadwadi, Pune, that mix is the first thing to know: some patients live in societies with lifts and tiled bathrooms, and others in houses with steps, slopes and lanes that have never been levelled.
Proper Care Physiotherapy visits both kinds of home. The assessment starts from where the patient lives and moves, and the plan is built around the steps, the gate and the slope outside, not around a textbook house.
A hilly edge of South Pune
Property guides describe Mohammadwadi as sitting on Pune's south-eastern fringe, bordered by Undri and Kondhwa, with about 200 acres of forest land under the National Institute of Bank Management and a hilly texture in places. Anand Van, a nature park created from 46 acres of reserve forest, is named as a local landmark, and Dorabjee Mall as the main retail address. The postal code is 411060, from the Mohamadwadi sub post office.
The terrain is useful to know for rehabilitation. After a knee or hip problem, a slope is a harder walking surface than level ground because it asks more of the thigh muscles and balance. We do not send a recovering patient out to the slopes early. Walking practice begins indoors or in a flat corridor, then moves to the society's internal road, and only later to gradients, once the physiotherapist is satisfied with strength and balance.
Longer distance, wider window
Our physiotherapists start from the base on Katraj–Kondhwa Road and travel along NIBM Road, so Mohammadwadi is towards the far end of a long ride. An April 2025 local report named Jyoti Chowk, Sarvodaya Chowk and Bakers Point as congestion points, and the Katraj–Kondhwa corridor is being widened. For both reasons we agree a time window, with extra margin here, and we call if the physiotherapist is running late. A map pin sent on your phone avoids wrong turns in a locality where roads and societies are still being added.
Who calls us here, and why
- Knee and hip pain in older residents. Slopes, steps at the gate and sitting on low floor seating all add strain. See knee pain physiotherapy on NIBM Road.
- Back pain in commuters. Daily trips to Hadapsar, Magarpatta or the city centre involve long sitting on the road and again at the desk. See back pain physiotherapy on NIBM Road.
- Stroke recovery at home. The first weeks are mostly about transfers, bathroom routines and safe walking. See stroke rehabilitation on NIBM Road.
- Recovery after surgery. See post-surgery rehabilitation on NIBM Road and the guide to hip replacement rehabilitation.
Old house, new tower: two kinds of home visit
In a newer apartment, the questions are about the lift, the bathroom door width and whether a walker fits between the sofa and the table. The building is usually safer, and the main effort goes into building strength and confidence.
In an older house, the physiotherapist pays closer attention to the surroundings. Is there a step at the main door? Is the bathroom floor wet and smooth? Does the bed sit low enough that standing up is a struggle? Is the lane outside uneven? Some answers can be fixed cheaply, with a rail, a firm chair or better lighting, and others only managed through technique. We would rather tell you honestly what is a risk than leave it unspoken.
Walking outdoors: the forest edge
People like having green space nearby, and Anand Van and the forest land around it are a draw for walkers. Whether a particular path is suitable for a patient recovering from a stroke, an operation or a fall depends on surface, gradient, lighting and who is with them, and we do not know the opening hours or the current state of every track. Check access before you plan to go, and ask the physiotherapist whether the patient is ready. Early on, a flat stretch of society road is a safer place to practise.
Also see
For neighbouring pockets, read about NIBM and Lullanagar, and the wider NIBM Road page. Residents on the Undri side may also want to read about home physiotherapy in Undri.
When to ring a doctor or ambulance
New weakness or numbness on one side, drooping of the face, trouble speaking, chest pain, a sudden severe headache, or a limb that looks deformed after a fall are emergencies. So is back pain with loss of control over the bladder or bowel. Do not wait for a physiotherapy visit in those cases.
How to book
You can request a home visit online. Include your society or house name, a map pin, who will be at home and what the patient finds hardest. We will confirm the time window and tell you what to keep ready for the first visit.