Physiotherapy in Kiel – regaining movement
We treat both statutory and private patients with a doctor's prescription – at our practice on Holtenauer Straße or as a home visit at your place.
Our practice
One assessment, one plan, one dedicated companion.
We treat on medical prescription and tailor each series to your assessment – differently after surgery than for back pain from office life. Treatment takes place at our practice on Holtenauer Straße or, if coming to us isn't possible, at your home.
Services
Six forms of treatment under one roof.
Which form is stated on your prescription is decided by the medical practice – how we shape it follows from the initial assessment and from what should work again in everyday life.
Physiotherapy
Active exercise treatment for back, joint and posture complaints, with exercises for home between appointments.
Manual therapy
Targeted hands-on and mobilisation techniques for blocked or painfully restricted joints.
Lymphatic drainage
Gentle techniques to reduce swelling, for example after surgery or with lymphoedema.
Massage
Classic massage techniques for tense neck, shoulder and back muscles.
Equipment-based physiotherapy
Strength-building training on medical exercise equipment under therapeutic guidance.
Home visits
Treatment in your home when travelling to the practice is not medically advisable.
Two paths to treatment
Train at the practice or be treated at home.
Some complaints call for equipment and resistance, others mainly need someone to come to you. We offer both – your prescription determines which path can be billed.
Equipment-based physiotherapy
After surgery, with chronic back complaints and during recovery from sports injuries, you train with us on medical equipment. The training plan is built from the initial assessment and adjusted during the series as load tolerance and mobility allow.
- Cable pulley, leg press and ergometer for strength and endurance
- Therapeutic guidance throughout the entire session
- Plan adjustments as your load tolerance increases
Home visits in Kiel
When travelling to the practice isn't possible after surgery, with severe difficulty walking, or in older age, we come to you. Treatment uses whatever the home offers: bed, chair, stairs – along with hand-held equipment from our bag.
- Requires the doctor's note "home visit" on the prescription
- Fixed weekdays and times for recurring appointments
- Exercises that can be continued in your own home
Process
How your treatment unfolds
From the first call to the last session, every therapy with us follows the same transparent path. From the start, you'll know how much time to plan for, what happens in each session, and how we measure progress.
Appointment and prescription
You call or write to us. For scheduling, we need the details from your prescription: the prescribed service, the number of sessions and whether a home visit is noted. The issue date matters, as a prescription must generally be started within 28 days. Please bring the original to your first appointment, as we need it for billing.
You call or write to us. For scheduling, we need the details from your prescription: the prescribed service, the number of sessions and whether a home visit is noted. The issue date matters, as a prescription must generally be started within 28 days. Please bring the original to your first appointment, as we need it for billing.
The first session begins with an assessment. We ask about your medical history, pre-existing conditions, medications and daily life, then check mobility, strength, joint play and pain response. The treatment goal is derived from the assessment and medical diagnosis – for example, free overhead shoulder mobility, pain-free stair climbing, or a return to running.
A session lasts 20 to 30 minutes depending on the prescription, or 30 to 60 minutes for manual lymphatic drainage depending on scope. We work with passive techniques on joints and tissue as well as active exercises that you carry out yourself. Intensity increases gradually so that tissue under strain after surgery isn't overloaded.
You'll be given a few precisely explained exercises to take home, usually three to five. We demonstrate them, you perform them under supervision, and we correct you until the execution is right. Regular short sessions at home tend to be more effective than one long session a week.
Roughly halfway through the prescription, we measure again: mobility in degrees, load tolerance, pain levels. If the approach isn't working, we adjust technique or dosage. At the end, we discuss whether a follow-up prescription makes sense, whether equipment-based training would help further, or whether you can continue independently. On request, your doctor receives a brief report.
Formalities
Prescription, co-payment and billing
The guiding principle of the practice
The real work lies between the prescription and everyday life. This sentence has hung in the treatment room since the practice opened and describes what we measure every therapy plan against.
An exercise only works once it succeeds at home without us.
Questions about: physiotherapy, manual therapy
Briefly describe what it's about – Physiopraxis Nord will get back to you with an assessment.