Pay What You Can Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Rehab

Everyone deserves access to quality sports injury rehab and physiotherapy advice without long waits or financial barriers.

Our Pay What You Can service connects people waiting for NHS physiotherapy with private clinician’s who volunteer a small number of appointments each month.

I have been hearing the same story throughout my career, people want to look after themselves but are stuck navigating a busy NHS.

This service is my way of giving back to help people like yourself suffer for any longer than you need to. This will also help to prevent the physical deconditioning and the psychosocial effects of not being able to do what you love or need to do for long periods of time.

Who it’s for

Anyone that meets BOTH of the following criteria:

Currently on an NHS physiotherapy waitlist.
Identifies as unable to afford private physiotherapy.

What to expect

A single appointment focused on assessment and advice
Guidance to help you manage your condition while waiting for NHS care
No need to provide proof of income. We trust you to know your own situation.

How it works

You’ll complete the short form below to confirm you meet the criteria.
We’ll match you with an available physiotherapist or graduate sports therapist.
You’ll attend your appointment - and pay what you can.

This service is built on trust, compassion, and community. It’s about helping people get the advice they need, when they need it most.

Apply

To apply for this service, please fill out the form and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

Updates

31 March 2026

The service has been created and currently has 2 clinicians with a total of 8 pay what you can appointments available per month.

This is a passion project alongside my current clinic commitments and work at Taunton Rugby Club. Please bear with me as I get the ball rolling.

The next steps are to:

Build a bespoke website
Decide on a name
Set up a Community Interest Company with said name
Recruit more clinicians to add to the pool of appointments
Roll out nationally, eventually. I’m already talking with physios in Glasgow, Liverpool, and Gloucester!

I can’t wait to see how far this can go and please take a look below if you’d like to help out.

All the best,

Dan @ Hands Down

How you can help

We are calling out for:

Physiotherapists and Graduate Sports Therapists that would like to offer some time each month
Financial contributions towards growing this into a national initiative with a bespoke app and booking system

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to daniel@handsdowntherapy.co.uk

Or donate here

Any donations made through this link will be processed by Stripe and paid into the Hands Down Sports Therapy business account, minus Stripe’s processing fee, before being moved into a separate pot and used only to help grow our Pay What You Can Physiotherapy initiative.