Home visits in Kiel
When coming to the practice isn't possible right now, we treat you in your own home – with the same programme of physiotherapy exercises, manual therapy and lymphatic drainage as on-site.
Who a home visit makes sense for
We travel to people who currently can't make it to Holtenauer Straße – whether temporarily after a procedure or on a long-term basis.
Limited mobility
Anyone who can no longer safely manage stairs, buses or a car often has to stop therapy at exactly the moment it matters most. We take over the journey and continue the work in your home: walking, standing up, balance, fall prevention.
After surgery
After a knee or hip replacement, shoulder or spinal surgery, the first few weeks are crucial. We start at home and move to the practice as soon as you can manage the journey again – including the equipment there.
Home care
In a care situation, we coordinate with family members and the care service: positioning, contracture prevention, respiratory therapy, lymphatic drainage for oedema. We're happy to show relatives techniques for everyday use.
What we bring – and what helps on site
Our therapists bring everything a treatment needs – a few square metres of free space in your home is all we need.
What we bring along
- Treatment pad and fresh sheet cover for bed or sofa
- Theraband, small equipment and positioning materials for seated exercises
- Bandaging material for compression after lymphatic drainage
- Massage oil and towel as well as disinfectant
- Documentation for the prescription and a written exercise plan for you
This helps us help you
- About two by two metres of open space so we can move around you
- A sturdy bed or couch we can access from both sides
- Non-slip shoes or grip socks for walking and balance exercises
- Comfortable clothing that isn't constricting
- Please keep dogs and cats in another room, with house number and doorbell clearly visible
On the road Tuesdays and Thursdays
Two days a week are reserved for home visits, so we can bundle our routes and you don't have to wait for a gap between two practice appointments.
Therapy comes up the stairs
Fourth floor with no lift, rear building, a care bed in the living room – these are everyday addresses for us. What matters isn't the journey, but that the treatment doesn't get missed.
Request a home visitFrom the call to the treatment
Four steps separate your first call to +49 30 23125107 from the first treatment in your home.
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Enquiry
You call us or write to us via our enquiry form. We ask for the address, floor, diagnosis and who can be reached on site. Family members or the care service may also submit the enquiry on your behalf.
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Checking the prescription
We look at the medical prescription: does it state "home visit", is the type of therapy and number of sessions noted, is it still valid? If anything is missing, we clarify this directly with the prescribing practice.
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Appointment confirmation
You receive a slot on a Tuesday or Thursday, along with a time window and the name of your therapist. We also schedule the follow-up appointments for the prescription right away, so the series isn't interrupted.
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Treatment at home
We ring the bell at the agreed time, set up the space and begin treatment. At the end, you receive exercises for the days in between, and we sign off the session on the prescription.
Requirements and service area
Two things determine whether we can come: the note on the prescription and your address.
The home visit must be prescribed by a doctor. On the prescription from your GP or specialist practice, the "home visit" box must be ticked – without this note, treatment may only take place at the practice, and the health insurer won't cover the travel. Ask your doctor's practice about this before you collect the prescription.
We travel within Kiel. Our service area is the Kiel city area around our location at Holtenauer Straße 100. If your address is outside this area, feel free to call us – we'll tell you honestly whether a visit is possible, and otherwise point you to practices near you.
Questions about prescriptions, co-payments and billing are answered on the page Prescription and billing.
Ready for a home visit?
We'll quickly go over your requirements and find a suitable appointment on one of our visiting days.