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Upright Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centre, Hyderabad

Physiotherapy in Hyderabad

We treat the pain, then the reason for it.

Assessment, hands on treatment and a home programme you can keep up with. Clinic and home visits in Hyderabad.

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Six

therapists in one clinic

12 km

home visit radius

Four

languages at the desk

Seven

days open every week

Dr Aravind Kandula standing with a clipboard in his Hyderabad clinic while a patient on a rehabilitation cycle behind him looks over.

A small practice, run at the pace an assessment actually takes.

Upright is a six person clinic in Hyderabad. We see fewer patients a day than most practices our size, because an assessment that is rushed is an assessment done twice. You are seen by the same therapist every visit, and you leave the first one knowing roughly how many more you need.

Six areas we practise in

  • OrthopaedicJoints, bone and soft tissue
  • NeurologicalStroke, nerve and balance
  • SportsInjury and return to play
  • GeriatricOlder adults and falls
  • PaediatricChildren and development
  • CardiopulmonaryHeart and lung rehabilitation

Three ways to be seen

A physiotherapist setting the dial on an ultrasound therapy unit beside an empty treatment couch in a bright Hyderabad clinic room.

Clinic sessions

The full setup. Assessment couch, traction, electrotherapy and enough floor to practise walking on. Most first visits happen here.

  • First visit runs a full hour
  • The same therapist every session
  • Equipment for every stage of recovery
A physiotherapist crouched beside an older woman seated on a sofa in a Hyderabad flat, both looking at her knee.

Home visits

For patients who cannot travel yet. Post surgical, post stroke, and older patients who are steadier on their own floor.

  • Within 12 km of the clinic
  • The family is shown the exercises
  • Evening slots on request
A physiotherapist at a clinic desk demonstrating a movement to a patient on her laptop screen.

Video follow ups

Between visits, to correct an exercise or to settle whether you need to come in this week or wait for the next one.

  • Twenty minutes
  • Telugu, Hindi, English or Urdu
  • Your programme sent afterwards

What actually happens in the room

  1. 01

    Manual therapy

    Joint mobilisation and soft tissue release

  2. 02

    Therapeutic exercise

    Graded strength, range and control

  3. 03

    Interferential therapy

    Deep pain modulation, IFT

  4. 04

    TENS

    Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

  5. 05

    Therapeutic ultrasound

    Deep tissue heating

  6. 06

    Spinal traction

    Cervical and lumbar decompression

  7. 07

    Moist heat packs

    Hydrocollator, before hands on work

  8. 08

    Cryotherapy

    Cold and compression for acute swelling

  9. 09

    Dry needling

    Trigger point release

  10. 10

    Gait and balance retraining

    Walking, stairs, falls prevention

  11. 11

    Kinesiology taping

    Support and offloading between sessions

  12. 12

    Post operative rehabilitation

    Structured protocol after surgery

What we treat

The conditions people walk in with

Low back pain

Lumbar spine

Neck pain

Cervical spine

Sciatica

Lower back and leg

Slipped disc

Lumbar or cervical disc

Knee pain

Knee

Osteoarthritis

Knee and hip

Frozen shoulder

Shoulder

Shoulder impingement

Rotator cuff

Tennis and golfer's elbow

Elbow

Hand and wrist pain

Wrist and hand

Ankle and foot pain

Ankle and foot

Plantar fasciitis

Heel

Cervicogenic headache

Neck and head

Vertigo

Inner ear, BPPV

Stroke recovery

Neurological

Paralysis and weakness

Neurological

Post surgical rehabilitation

Any joint

Sports injuries

Muscle and ligament

Road accident injuries

Multiple sites

Postural pain

Spine and shoulders

Chronic pain

Whole body

General deconditioning

Whole body

The person you see first

I spent my first six years in a hospital orthopaedic unit, and what I learned there is that most people reach a physiotherapist having already been told their scan is normal. They are not imagining it. My job on the first visit is to find what is actually loaded wrong, say it in plain words, and give you a number of sessions to expect. If I am wrong about that number I will tell you at the halfway mark rather than quietly extend it.

Dr Aravind Kandula

BPT, MPT (Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy)

14 years practising

Hands on work first, then the exercises that hold the result. Nothing gets prescribed that you cannot do in your own house.

Dr Aravind Kandula standing with his arms folded beside the parallel bars in his Hyderabad clinic, looking at the camera.

The rest of the room

Dr Sailaja Bandaru standing beside a treatment couch in the clinic, looking at the camera.

Dr Sailaja Bandaru

Senior physiotherapist

Women's health and post natal rehabilitation. Twelve years, six of them in a maternity hospital.

Dr Naveen Gudipati beside a rack of dumbbells, turned back over his shoulder towards the camera.

Dr Naveen Gudipati

Sports physiotherapist

Club cricketers and distance runners. Runs the return to play testing.

Dr Padmaja Nallapati seated on a low bench in the paediatric therapy room, looking at the camera.

Dr Padmaja Nallapati

Paediatric physiotherapist

Developmental delay, cerebral palsy and torticollis. Sees children from six weeks up.

Dr Kiran Marreddy standing in the clinic doorway with a kit bag on his shoulder, looking at the camera.

Dr Kiran Marreddy

Neurological rehabilitation and home visits

Stroke and Parkinson's rehabilitation, most of it in patients' own homes across the city.

Ramesh Vemula turned in his chair at the clinic front desk with an appointment diary open, smiling at the camera.

Ramesh Vemula

Front desk

Books every appointment, chases every report, and knows which slot you will actually keep.

Questions we get asked at the desk

What does a session cost?
A clinic session is Rs 700 and the first visit, which runs a full hour, is Rs 900. A home visit is Rs 1,200 within 12 km. A video follow up is Rs 400.
Are there packages?
Ten clinic sessions are Rs 6,000, valid for three months. We will not sell you a package before the assessment, because until then neither of us knows how many sessions you need.
Do I need a doctor's referral?
No. You can walk in or message us directly. If we think you need a scan or an orthopaedic opinion before we start, we will say so and tell you why.
Do you take insurance?
Outpatient physiotherapy is rarely covered by Indian health policies, so most patients pay cash, card or UPI at the clinic. We give a stamped receipt and a treatment summary for any reimbursement or corporate claim you want to file.
How long is a session and how often will I come?
Forty five minutes for a treatment session, an hour for the first assessment. Most conditions start at three visits a week and drop to one as you improve.
How many sessions before I feel a difference?
For most back and neck pain, something changes within four to six sessions. Post surgical and neurological recovery is measured in months, not sessions, and we will say that at the start rather than at session twenty.
How far do you travel for home visits?
Up to 12 km from the clinic, which covers most of west and central Hyderabad. Message us your area and we will tell you straight away whether it is inside the radius.
Which languages do you speak?
Telugu, Hindi, English and Urdu. Every therapist here speaks at least three of them.
What should I wear?
Loose clothes you can move in, and shorts or a track pant if the problem is in your knee, hip or lower back. If you are coming from work, there is a room to change in.

What patients say

“Six weeks after my knee replacement I could manage the stairs at home. Dr Kandula told me at the first visit how many sessions it would take and he was two off.”
Zarina Begum, TolichowkiKnee replacement rehabilitation
“They came home for my father after the stroke, three days a week for two months. My mother was taught everything so she could carry on between visits.”
Mahesh Tammineni, MiyapurStroke rehabilitation, home visits
“I had been carrying the shoulder for a year and had stopped lifting my arm at all. The exercises were boring and they worked.”
Sridevi Ponnala, KondapurFrozen shoulder
“No one tried to sell me a package. I was told to come four times and then stop, and I stopped.”
Anil Kumar Reddy, GachibowliSciatica

Visit us

Where to find the clinic

The empty reception of the clinic in the morning, with light from the open glass door falling across the tiled floor.

The clinic

Hyderabad, Telangana. Second floor, above the pharmacy on the main road. The lift is at the back of the lobby.

Hours

Monday to Saturday:
8.00 am to 8.00 pm
Sunday:
9.00 am to 1.00 pm

Getting here

Two wheeler parking in front, four wheeler parking in the basement of the building.

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