Physiotherapy clinic in Bedford

Manor Hospital has an experienced team of physiotherapists ready to help you.

We offer a wide range of treatments to help you recover from conditions affecting your bones and joints, sports injuries, manage any long-term chronic conditions and also help you recover after an operation.

You can either self-refer to see one of the team, or ask your insurer who can refer you also. 

We offer a range of appointment times between the hours of 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday.

PLEASE NOTE - Although our online bookings appear as an option, we do not accept online bookings yet, but we hope that this will be up and running in the near future.

• To book please call 01234 364252 (option 1, then option 3). Our contact centre is open until 8pm in the evenings and on Saturday too. 

At Manor Hospital we offer the following services:

• Acupuncture physiotherapy – can be used on its own or in combination with physiotherapy to help treat a range of musculoskeletal conditions.
• Bracing - you may benefit from bracing if you have been suffering with painful joints, stability issues or have ongoing pain. Braces can also help with rehabilitation and returning to sport.
• Chronic pain management - if you have had persistent or long-standing pain that has failed to respond to previous treatments, then it would be helpful to consult a physiotherapist. This type of physiotherapy has been shown to assist patients with coping strategies that can help improve quality of life.
• Gait analysis – is the assessment of the lower limb biomechanics, e.g. how you stand, walk or run, to help identify problems in your legs, hips or even your back. It can help prevent painful conditions developing or recurring.
• Hand therapy - hand therapy provides assessment and holistic rehabilitation for patients with a hand or upper limb injury or condition. The treatment is tailored to your needs and focuses on helping you get back to the day-to-day activities that you enjoy.
• Pelvic health rehabilitation - pelvic health physiotherapists are specially trained to assess and treat a range of conditions that can cause pelvic problems, such as incontinence of the bladder or bowel, or pelvic pain.
• Physiotherapy for cancer treatments – we offer individual assessments and treatment for a wide range of musculoskeletal problems that can occur as a result of your cancer treatment, such as shoulder pain and stiffness after breast surgery, or lower back pain as a result of being less active.
• Physiotherapy for sports injuries - the diagnosis and treatment of muscle, joint and nerve problems caused by practicing a sport or exercising, including muscle imbalances, joint pain and post-fracture rehabilitation. The aim is to get you back to sport as soon as possible.

Our team

Jonny Swinhoe

Clinical Services Manager at both Manor Hospital Bedford and Saxon Clinic Milton Keynes.

Jonny graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2012 and began working in the NHS at Bedford Hospital where he worked for 7 years, he worked in MSK outpatients and then progressed to become a team leader on the Orthopaedic wards in 2019.

Jonny worked at a number of private clinics in Bedfordshire during this period, and after leaving the NHS, he has continued with his development by doing courses in acupuncture and manual therapy.

To book in with us is easy. You don't need to be a patient, you can call and book to see us independently. The advisors are really helpful and they can advise who will be best for you to book in with based on your problem.

The bonus of us being within a hospital environment, is that we also have close contact with consultants and imaging, so if there is anything that may need surgical advice on, or imaging, we can easily onward refer.

Sophie Pomfrey

Assistant Clinical Services Manager Manor Hospital

Sophie worked here for 4 years across trauma and elective cases seeing both routine joint replacements upper and lower limb and more complex trauma including hip fractures, spinal fractures and some polytrauma, she worked closely with the wider MDT including pain nurses, orthopaedic practitioners, consultants and OT to redesign our hip and knee pathway booklets.

The Movement Class to support hip and knee rehab and prehab is hosted by Sophie too.

Victoria Muir

Chartered Physiotherapist in Women's Health

Victoria qualified in 1993 from Birmingham University and began her career at Bedford NHS Hospital where she set up and developed the Women’s Health and Continence Service now known as the Pelvic Health Service. In 1998 Victoria specialised in Male and Female Pelvic Health and completed her diploma in Continence Treatment and Management at the University of East London.

Alongside Victoria’s work within the NHS she has worked privately for 20 years, first in a family practice and for the last 15 years at Manor Hospital providing a specialist Pelvic Health service to both male and female patients.

Victoria has a wealth of experience and expertise in the treatment and management of conditions that arise when there is a dysfunction within the pelvic floor muscle complex, surrounding pelvic floor or back muscles and soft tissue structures. Her clinical practice is based on the most up-to-date assessment and treatment interventions and her approach is holistic and delivered in a sensitive and empathetic manner.

Physiotherapy can help with a wide range of injuries and conditions including back and neck pain, repetitive strain injuries, joint pain and arthritis, muscle injuries, post-surgery rehabilitation, and sports injuries. There are also physiotherapists that specialise in Women’s Health, acupuncture, respiratory physiotherapy or hydrotherapy. At The Manor Hospital we offer a range of private physiotherapy services for those who live in Bedford, Huntingdon or St Neots.

Your first visit will involve an assessment of your condition so that a treatment programme can be specifically developed for you. We offer a wide range of therapies that are often used in combination in a treatment programme.

Maureen Wicks

 NEWS - New Physiotherapy suite coming Summer 2024!

Payment Options

Accessing private healthcare is easy, whether you choose to pay directly or use private medical insurance.

If you are paying for yourself:

Self-Pay assessment (45 mins): £64
Self-Pay follow-up (30 mins): £50

If you have health insurance either through your place of work or independently, please give them a call as it may be you can claim any physio appointments through them. We advise to always make this call first.

For more information, visit our private medical insurance page.