Online worldwide · Home visits in Guwahati
Recovery doesn't need a waiting room. It needs someone who shows up.
One-to-one physiotherapy with Dr. Chayanika Changkakoti (PT), Consultant Physiotherapist — over video wherever you are, or in person at your home. Neurological, post-surgical, respiratory, women's health, sports, geriatric and paediatric rehabilitation.
Tell me what's happened
Short description is enough. You'll get a reply and a fee — before anything is booked.
Two ways to work together
Pick whichever fits your situation
Both are one-to-one with me. Neither is a lesser version of the other — they suit different problems.
Online consultation
Video · Anywhere in the world
A full assessment over video, then a home program built for the space and equipment you actually have.
- 60-minute video assessment
- Exercise plan with video for every movement
- Live technique correction, not a PDF
- Scheduled around your timezone
Physiotherapy at home
In person · Guwahati & nearby
I come to you — with the equipment and the time. For anyone who finds travelling to a clinic difficult or painful.
- Hands-on treatment in your own space
- We adapt your actual stairs, bed and bathroom
- Family shown how to assist safely
- No travel, no waiting room, no rush
Main Portrait — Working, Not Posed
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Adapting actual home environment — stairs & bedGuwahati & Online PracticeClinical Patient Consultation
One therapist, start to finishConsultant PhysiotherapistWho you'll be working with
I'm Dr. Chayanika Changkakoti (PT).
Consultant Physiotherapist
Follow me on InstagramMost of my patients just call me Dr. Chaya.
I trained in a government hospital setting, where you see everything — strokes, spinal injuries, joint replacements, children with cerebral palsy, athletes, and a great many older patients whose families were quietly terrified.
That range is deliberate. I've since worked in private practice, visited patients at home, and consulted online for people in several countries. What hasn't changed is the format: one therapist, start to finish, who knows your history without reading it off a chart.
Start here
Where does it hurt?
Tap the area that's bothering you — or the area that's bothering the person you're arranging this for.
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Select an area on the diagram to see what I treat there.
What I treat
One therapist, across the full range
Most of my work is helping people get movement back after surgery or neurological illness. But I trained across the whole spectrum, and I treat well beyond those two.
Neurological rehabilitation
Regaining movement and independence after stroke, Guillain-Barré or spinal injury. Slow, patient work with the family involved.
Post-surgical rehabilitation
Structured recovery after joint replacement, ligament repair or fracture — starting from where you actually are, not from a protocol.
Geriatric physiotherapy
Balance, falls prevention and staying independent at home. Often arranged by a son or daughter rather than the patient.
Sports injury & return to play
Getting back to training without re-injuring the same thing. Load management rather than blanket rest.
Paediatric physiotherapy
Working with children and their parents — developmental delay, posture and post-injury recovery, at a pace that suits the child.
Orthopaedic
Bones, joints, muscles and tendons — fractures, arthritis, and the everyday back, neck and shoulder problems. Treated with graded loading, not rest.
Antenatal & postnatal
Pregnancy-related pain and postnatal recovery, including pelvic floor rehabilitation — in a setting where you can speak freely.
Respiratory & cardiopulmonary
Breathing exercises, airway clearance and graded activity for people recovering from chest illness, ICU stays or long-term lung conditions.
Vertigo & balance
Vestibular rehabilitation for dizziness and spinning. BPPV in particular often resolves in very few sessions, and is regularly missed.
Posture & workplace pain
For desk and remote workers — the slow-building neck, shoulder and back pain that comes from a workstation that doesn't fit you.
Persistent pain
Pain that has outlasted the original injury and stopped responding to rest. Paced, graded return to activity rather than avoidance.
The honest version
Can physiotherapy actually work over video?
It's the first thing everyone asks, and it deserves a straight answer rather than a sales pitch.
Assessment
You move, I watch. Most physiotherapy assessment is observation and questioning — how you stand, walk, reach, compensate. That translates to video almost fully.
Your program
Built around the room you're actually in and whatever you have to hand — a chair, a wall, a water bottle. Every exercise comes with video.
Correction
The part people underestimate. I watch you perform each exercise live and correct the technique — which is where most home programs quietly fail.
Progression
We review, measure and change the plan as you improve. Rehab is a moving target; a static PDF stops being right after week two.
Where online doesn't work
Hands-on techniques — joint mobilisation, manual therapy, dry needling — cannot be done over video, and I won't pretend otherwise. If your problem genuinely needs hands on it, I'll tell you in the first session and help you find someone local. For a large share of rehabilitation, though, the exercise plan and the correction are the treatment, and those travel fine.
Alongside your rehabilitation
Recovery is also what you eat
MSc NutritionMost people in rehabilitation get a physiotherapist and, separately, someone who tells them what to eat — and the two never speak to each other.
I hold an MSc in Nutrition alongside my physiotherapy practice, which means the exercise plan and the nutrition plan are built by the same person, for the same goal, at the same time.
After surgery
Rebuilding muscle after a joint replacement needs adequate protein. Under-eating during rehabilitation is common and quietly limits how much strength you get back.
Older patients
Age-related muscle loss makes every other part of rehabilitation harder. Nutrition and loading work together here, or neither works well.
Knee & hip osteoarthritis
Reducing body weight measurably reduces load through the joint. It's one of the better-evidenced things you can do for arthritic knee pain.
After a stroke or neuro illness
Swallowing difficulty and unintentional weight loss are common after neurological illness, and both slow recovery down considerably.
What I don't do
I work on nutrition as part of rehabilitation. I don't treat eating disorders, and I don't manage diabetes, kidney disease or other conditions where diet is the primary medical treatment — those need a doctor or a registered dietitian, and I'll tell you if that's what you need.
30 seconds
Is online right for your problem?
Three questions. No email required, nothing stored.
Experience
Conditions I've treated
Across neurological, orthopaedic, sports, paediatric and women's health caseloads.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Rebuilding strength and walking after acute inflammatory neuropathy. Measured in months, with the family part of the plan.
Stroke recovery
Regaining movement, balance and independence on the affected side.
Cerebral palsy
Long-term work with children and families on movement, posture and function, paced to the child.
Bell's palsy
Facial exercises and neuromuscular retraining while the nerve recovers.
Gait training
Relearning how to walk safely — after surgery, stroke, or a long hospital stay.
Sciatica
Leg pain from an irritated nerve root. Responds to graded loading far more often than to rest.
Frozen shoulder
Slow by nature and measured in months. Honest timelines from day one.
ACL reconstruction
Structured return to sport, with objective testing before clearance.
Elbow fracture
Restoring range and strength after immobilisation, without forcing the joint.
Wrist fracture
Getting grip, rotation and confidence back after the cast comes off.
Migraine & headache
Where headaches have a neck-related component, treating that component can reduce how often they come.
Varicose veins
Exercise, calf pump work and activity advice to support venous return — alongside medical management, not instead of it.
Cancer rehabilitation
Deconditioning, fatigue, shoulder restriction and lymphoedema during and after treatment. Physiotherapy supports recovery; it does not treat the cancer itself.
Antenatal care
Managing back and pelvic pain through pregnancy, and staying safely active.
Postnatal recovery
Core and pelvic floor recovery, and a safe return to exercise.
In more detail
Recoveries, start to finish
Anonymised summaries of completed treatment. No names, no identifying details.
If you're consulting from abroad
What happens to your information
Plainly stated, because online healthcare should be clear about this and often isn't.
Your information stays with me
What you send through the intake form is stored on a secured, encrypted database that only I can access. It is never sold, shared or used for advertising — and you can ask me to delete it at any time.
Clinical notes stay private
Your assessment notes are kept securely and are never shared with anyone without your consent — including family members, unless you ask me to.
Sessions on standard video
Consultations run on an encrypted video call. Sessions are not recorded unless you ask for a recording of your own exercises.
Testimonials only with consent
Nothing about your treatment is published anywhere without your written permission. The case studies above are anonymised.
Post-surgical rehabilitation at home
Adapting actual stairs and bed for safe recovery after knee surgery.
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Home Visit Rehabilitation
In-Home Physiotherapy & Family Guidance
Most home visit patients are arranged by a family member after a surgery, stroke, fall, or hospital discharge. One therapist, start to finish, adapting your actual home environment and teaching your family how to assist safely.
Ask about a family memberBefore you book
Questions people actually ask
For a lot of conditions, yes — because the exercise program and the technique correction are the treatment. Where it doesn't work is anything needing hands-on manual therapy. I'll tell you in the first session which category you fall into, rather than stringing you along.
A video can't see you. It doesn't know that your knee collapses inward on the third rep, or that you're compensating with your back. Most home programs fail on technique, not on effort — watching and correcting you live is the entire point.
Yes. I consult online with patients in several countries. We agree a time that suits your timezone, and you can pay in your local currency. The plan is built around whatever equipment and space you have.
Most musculoskeletal and rehabilitation problems are. Conditions needing hands-on assessment, or anything with warning signs that need a doctor first, are not — and I'll say so plainly at the first session rather than taking your money.
Yes — home visits are currently available in Guwahati and the surrounding area. If you're elsewhere, online covers most of the same ground.
Fees depend on the condition, the session length, and whether it's a home visit or online — so I quote after understanding what's going on. Message me with a short description and you'll get a straight figure before booking anything, with no obligation.
Just message with what happened and roughly what they can and can't do right now. I'll tell you whether physiotherapy will help, how many sessions it might take, and how to raise it with them — a lot of older patients resist the idea at first, and that's manageable.
Yes, though it works best alongside rehabilitation — that's the point of having both from one person. I hold an MSc in Nutrition and focus on recovery: protein and muscle rebuilding after surgery, weight reduction to take load off an arthritic joint, eating well through neurological recovery. I don't manage diabetes, kidney disease or eating disorders, and I'll say so if that's what you need.
No, you can approach a physiotherapist directly. If I find something during assessment that needs medical investigation or a specialist opinion, I'll say so plainly and tell you who to see.
It depends heavily on the condition — a straightforward post-op knee is different from neurological recovery, which is measured in months. I'll give you a realistic estimate after the first assessment and revise it as we go, rather than selling a package up front.
Once we've done the in-person work, most rehabilitation continues perfectly well online — same therapist, same plan, same progression. Continuity is the point.
Home visits
Do I come to your area?
Currently working in Guwahati. This is the area I cover for in-person visits — online sessions have no boundary.
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A coverage area, not a clinic address — I travel to you.
Areas covered
Roughly a 25km radius. If you're just outside it, ask anyway — it often works.
Usually replies the same day
Tell me what's happened
A short description is enough — what the problem is, how long it's been going on, and whether it's for you or someone you're caring for. You'll get an honest answer about whether physiotherapy will help, and a fee, before anything is booked.
Emergency? Call 112 (India) or your local emergency number.
