Ellie Marchant
Clinical director, musculoskeletal physiotherapist
HCPC PH074512
Back and neckShoulderPost-operative
Bath · since 2012
Pain has a plan. You should have one too.
Riverside Physio assesses you properly, tells you how long it will take, and loads you back to the thing you stopped doing. Assessments most weeks within three days, prices on the page, no GP referral needed.
4.9 from 271 Google reviewsHCPC registered physiotherapistsBupa, AXA and Aviva recognised
Book an assessment
£68 for 45 minutes, including treatment on the day.
Take Tue 8:00Or call 01225 480 190. No referral needed.
Where does it hurt?
Pick the part that is stopping you.
Four areas cover most of what walks through the door. Each one tells you what your first visit involves and roughly how many sessions it takes, before you book anything.
Back pain, neck pain and sciatica
Most back pain settles faster with the right movement than with rest. We work out what your back does not like yet, then rebuild the load it can take.
Sound familiar?
- Pain that eases when you move and stiffens when you sit
- Pain down one leg past the knee
- Waking with a locked neck
- Desk pain that arrives every afternoon
Your first visit
Book for thisForty five minutes: history, movement screen, hands-on treatment, and three exercises you leave with.
Typical course: 3 to 5 sessions over 6 weeks
How recovery runs
Four stages, and we tell you which one you are in.
Hands-on treatment settles pain. Loading keeps it away. Plenty of courses stop after the first part, which is why the problem comes back in the spring.
Day one
Assess and explain
We test, we tell you what we think is going on in plain words, and we treat in the same session. You leave with two or three exercises, not twelve.
Week one to two
Settle the pain
Hands-on work, load management and short daily exercise. The aim is sleeping better and moving without guarding.
Week three to six
Load and strengthen
The part most plans skip. We add weight, speed or distance every week and re-test the numbers so progress is visible.
Week six onwards
Return and keep it
Back to your sport, your job or your garden, with a maintenance plan and an open door if it flares.
Prices
Everything we charge, on one page.
No consultation fee on top, no assessment you have to pay for twice. Blocks are cheaper if you already know you need a few sessions.
Single session
£68
Assessment first, then pay as you go at £52.
- No commitment
- Written plan after the first visit
- Insurance receipts on request
Recovery block
£230
Assessment plus four follow-ups, saving £26.
- Valid for four months
- Strength numbers at session one and five
- Suits most injuries
Runner’s package
£340
Gait analysis plus four follow-ups and a review.
- Treadmill video and written report
- Training plan week by week
- Review eight weeks before your race
Who you will see
Four physiotherapists, each with a specialism.
You are booked with the person who treats your problem most often, and you stay with them through the course.
Sam Okonjo
Sports physiotherapist
HCPC PH089341
RunningKnee and hipReturn to sport
Priya Raman
Physiotherapist, clinical Pilates lead
HCPC PH061208
Back and neckPilatesPregnancy and postnatal
Dan Whitcombe
Physiotherapist, shockwave and needling
HCPC PH098776
Achilles and footTendon painShoulder
Patients
4.9 out of 5 across 271 Google reviews.
★★★★★Six months of shoulder pain and nobody had told me how long it would take. Ellie gave me a timeline at the first visit and it went almost exactly to it.
Rachel D., Bathwick
★★★★★Went in with Achilles pain twelve weeks before Bath Half. Sam filmed me, cut my mileage for a fortnight, then rebuilt it. Finished in 1:38.
Marcus T., Combe Down
★★★★★Nine weeks after my knee replacement and I am doing the stairs properly. They kept my surgeon updated without me having to chase anyone.
Joan P., Weston
3 daysaverage wait for a first assessment
92%of patients finish inside their planned course
4physiotherapists, all HCPC registered
Also in the diary
Beyond the treatment couch.
Shockwave therapy
For stubborn Achilles, plantar and tennis elbow pain that has not moved in three months. Booked as a course, never one at a time.
£85 per sessioncourse of 3 to 5
Acupuncture and dry needling
Used alongside exercise for muscle pain and tension headaches, never on its own. Optional at any point.
£5230 minutes
Running gait analysis
High-speed treadmill filming, strength testing and a written training plan. You get the video and the report the same day.
£12075 minutes
Clinical Pilates, small group
Six people at most, led by a physiotherapist, in our studio. One assessment first, then join any class.
£18 per class50 minutes
Get assessed this week.
Tell us what hurts and when you are free. We call back within one working day with a slot and a name.