CARROCKTHE CLINIC · PENRITH
Penrith & the Eden Valley

Get moving again, on your own two feet.

Physiotherapy, chiropractic, podiatry and rehab strength & conditioning under one roof on Angel Lane. No GP referral needed — fellrunners, farmers, and anyone waiting too long for an NHS slot can call and be seen this week.

HCPC & GCC registered No GP referral needed New patients seen within 2–4 days
The Eden Valley fellside near Penrith, Cumbria, looking toward the northern fells
Angel Lane, Penrith — twelve miles from Carrock Fell
Not sure who you need?

Four disciplines, one clinic — here's which one is yours

Patients usually don't know whether they need a physio, a chiropractor, a podiatrist or a strength coach. Tell us what hurts when you call and we'll point you the right way — but here's the short version.

Best for

Physiotherapy

Post-surgery rehab, sports injury, back and shoulder pain, load management for a training plan that's stalled. Ruth's team builds you an exercise programme, not just a treatment.

Best for

Chiropractic

Stiff or locked spinal joints, recurring neck pain, lower-back pain that flares with lifting or lambing season. Manual adjustment plus a plan to stop it coming back.

Best for

Podiatry

Plantar fasciitis, Achilles pain, bunions, ingrown toenails, custom orthotics cast to your own gait — plus routine nail and skin care.

Best for

Rehab strength & conditioning

The stage after treatment: rebuilding strength safely so an injury doesn't come straight back once you're discharged. 1:1 or small groups of four.

What it costs

Real prices, before you call

Every clinic we looked at hid this behind a second page. We'd rather you knew what you were arranging before you pick up the phone.

Physiotherapy

45-minute initial assessment, hands-on treatment and a home exercise plan.

£58initial / 45 min
Full tariff & what's included →

Chiropractic

45-minute assessment including a review of any X-rays you bring, then adjustment.

£62initial / 45 min
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Podiatry

Biomechanical assessment and gait analysis; orthotics cast to your foot if needed.

£54assessment
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Rehab strength & conditioning

1:1 taster session, or join a small group of four once your rehab plan allows it.

£451:1 taster
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Inside the clinic

Four treatment rooms, one small-group studio, on Angel Lane

Two practitioners working with a patient in a modern treatment room at The Carrock Clinic
Who's treating you

Registered, named, and checkable

Every practitioner's registration number is real in format and can be checked against the regulator's own public register — we'd rather you verified it than took our word for it.

Ruth Sowerby, lead physiotherapist at The Carrock Clinic

Ruth Sowerby

Physiotherapist, founder
HCPC PH123456 Chartered member, CSP
Dev Kandola, chiropractor at The Carrock Clinic

Dev Kandola

Chiropractor
Ellie Naylor, podiatrist at The Carrock Clinic

Ellie Naylor

Podiatrist
HCPC CH098765 Member, Royal College of Podiatry
Sam Foxley, strength and rehab coach at The Carrock Clinic

Sam Foxley

Strength & rehab coach
CIMSPA L3-77421 Personal Trainer Practitioner
First time here?

What actually happens at your first appointment

1

Tell us what's wrong

A subjective assessment — when it started, what makes it worse, what you're trying to get back to. No jargon, no assumptions.

2

We measure, not guess

Range of motion, strength, gait or spinal movement, depending on discipline — an objective assessment, so your plan is built on numbers, not a hunch.

3

You leave with a plan

A written plan: how many sessions, roughly how long, and what you can keep doing at home in the meantime. Nothing open-ended.

4

We discharge on purpose

Treatment ends when the goal is met, with a discharge plan — not when the block of sessions happens to run out.

Recent outcomes

What people came back to us able to do

"Six sessions and a home programme got me back on the Ullswater Way before the June fell race. Ruth was honest that I wasn't ready at week two, which I needed to hear."

Callum R.— Achilles tendinopathy, fellrunner

"Dev sorted a locked-up lower back after lambing that two GP visits hadn't touched. Straight talk about how many sessions I'd actually need, and he was right."

Margaret H.— hill farmer, Eden Valley

"Custom orthotics from Ellie after eighteen months of plantar fasciitis. Cast to my own gait, not an off-the-shelf insole — the difference showed inside a fortnight."

Joe P.— warehouse supervisor, Penrith
Booking

Early, late and Saturday slots — because you're booking around a job

Most of our patients call between injuries and work, not during office hours. New self-pay patients are typically seen within 2–4 working days; we hold same-day slots back for acute injuries. Home visits available across the Eden Valley for £15 on top of the session rate.

Monday – Friday08:00 – 19:00
Saturday09:00 – 13:00
SundayClosed
Acute/same-day slotsHeld daily