Award-Winning Physiotherapy in the Scottish Borders: HomePhysio By Nicola Wins Micro Business of the Year 2026
We are incredibly proud to announce that HomePhysio By Nicola Ltd has been named Micro Business of the Year at the Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards 2026.
For our team, this award represents far more than business growth.
It recognises five years of building a physiotherapy and rehabilitation service with our patients, our team, our values and the communities we serve across the Scottish Borders at the heart of everything we do.
And the timing couldn’t be more special.
Our Micro Business of the Year 2026 win comes as we celebrate one year since opening our specialist physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinic in Selkirk and five years of HomePhysio By Nicola.
From beginning as a small home-based physiotherapy service to becoming an award-winning physiotherapy clinic and rehabilitation team, our purpose has remained the same:
To help people move better, feel better and live better.
From a Bedroom Office and Garden Shed to an Award-Winning Physiotherapy Clinic
HomePhysio By Nicola began with a very different vision of what private physiotherapy could look like.
When our founder and Director, Nicola Cockburn, Specialist Physiotherapist, established the business, she wanted to create a service that allowed her to support someone throughout their rehabilitation journey rather than simply treating a diagnosis or individual symptom.
She wanted the freedom to be innovative and creative with rehabilitation, to look at the whole person and to help people work towards their long-term goals and the life experiences that mattered to them.
There was also an important personal reason behind starting the business.
Nicola wanted to create a career that allowed her to continue developing her passion for specialist physiotherapy while achieving a better work-life balance. She wanted to be a present mum to her three children, spend time with her husband and remain involved in life on the family farm.
So HomePhysio By Nicola began small.
An office in the bedroom.
Physiotherapy equipment stored in the garden shed.
One physiotherapist working three days per week while the children were at school.
And a very big vision for what the service could eventually become.
Five years later, HomePhysio By Nicola has grown into an award-winning physiotherapy and rehabilitation business with a team of eight, supporting people from our specialist clinic in Selkirk and in homes and communities throughout the Scottish Borders.
It has been a journey filled with excitement, challenges, learning, recruitment, innovation, self-doubt and growth.
But at the centre of it all has always been the same question:
How can we help this person achieve their full potential?
An Award-Winning Physiotherapy Clinic in Selkirk, Scottish Borders
Today, HomePhysio By Nicola provides specialist physiotherapy and rehabilitation from our accessible clinic at:
Unit 5, Tweedmill Business Park, Selkirk, Scottish Borders, TD7 5DZ
Our clinic has been designed to provide much more than a traditional physiotherapy treatment room.
It includes private treatment rooms, a large rehabilitation space and specialist equipment to support people with a wide range of physical, neurological and mobility needs.
Our rehabilitation facilities allow our team to work on strength, balance, standing, walking, mobility, transfers and functional independence.
This means we can support people at very different stages of their rehabilitation journey.
For one person, the goal may be standing safely again.
For another, it could be walking independently, climbing the stairs, getting back into the garden, returning to work, getting back onto the farm or even returning to sport.
Our facilities are important.
But the most important part of HomePhysio By Nicola will always be the people within it.
Physiotherapy That Looks at the Whole Person
Our approach to physiotherapy is individualised and holistic.
An injury, neurological condition, operation, fall or change in mobility rarely affects only one part of someone’s life.
It can affect confidence, independence, relationships, family life, work, hobbies and overall wellbeing.
That is why we don’t simply want to know:
“Where does it hurt?”
We also want to know:
“What do you want to get back to doing?”
The answer will be completely different for every person.
Someone may want to walk safely to their bathroom without assistance.
Another person might want to play with their grandchildren.
Someone may want to return to driving or work.
Another may want to get back onto their tractor, return to the golf course or play sport again.
Those real-life goals become part of rehabilitation.
Because ultimately, physiotherapy isn’t just about improving a measurement on an assessment.
It is about helping someone get back to living their life.
Specialist Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Services in the Scottish Borders
Our Selkirk clinic and community physiotherapy service allow us to support people with a wide range of conditions and rehabilitation needs.
Our services include:
Musculoskeletal physiotherapy for joint, muscle and soft tissue problems, sport injuries
Hip and knee rehabilitation
Post-operative and orthopaedic rehabilitation
Neurological physiotherapy
Stroke rehabilitation
Acquired brain injury rehabilitation
Physiotherapy for people living with Multiple Sclerosis
Physiotherapy for people living with Parkinson’s disease
Falls prevention, balance and mobility rehabilitation
Physiotherapy for older adults and people living with frailty
Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for foot drop
Acupuncture as part of physiotherapy treatment where clinically appropriate
Specialist rehabilitation exercise
Rehabilitation and prevention exercise classes
Physiotherapy home visits across the Scottish Borders
Massage therapy
Workplace health, wellbeing and injury-prevention services
Treatment is tailored around the individual rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.
Physiotherapy Home Visits Across the Scottish Borders
Although our specialist clinic is based in Selkirk, HomePhysio By Nicola began as a domiciliary physiotherapy service, and providing physiotherapy and rehabilitation in people’s own homes remains an incredibly important part of what we do.
For some people, travelling to a traditional physiotherapy clinic can be difficult because of reduced mobility, disability, neurological conditions, frailty or transport.
For others, the home is simply the best place to practise the things they actually need to do.
Getting out of bed. Managing the stairs. Walking to the bathroom. Getting outside. Accessing the garden. Moving safely around the kitchen.
Our home visits also allow us to work alongside spouses, families and carers with real-life challenges such as mobility, transfers and maintaining independence safely at home.
Our team supports patients across the Scottish Borders, including areas in and around Selkirk, Galashiels, Melrose, Earlston, Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Peebles, Duns and Berwickshire, alongside surrounding towns, villages and rural communities.
Our aim is to ensure that geography, mobility or disability does not unnecessarily become a barrier to accessing specialist rehabilitation.
More Than a Physiotherapy Clinic
Winning Micro Business of the Year is incredibly special because HomePhysio By Nicola has never been built around simply increasing the number of appointments we provide.
It has been about increasing what is possible for the people we support.
Over the past five years, we have supported people following life-changing illness and injury.
We have helped people regain independence and remain safely within their own homes.
We have worked alongside spouses, families and carers.
We have supported people to return to work, hobbies, farming, community activities and sport.
And sometimes we have simply helped someone regain enough confidence to take their next step.
Our impact extends beyond individual treatment through rehabilitation and prevention classes, falls prevention, workplace wellbeing, collaboration with local professionals and organisations, and education designed to help people better understand and manage their health.
Building a Team Around Our Values
HomePhysio By Nicola has grown from one physiotherapist into a team of physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistants, massage therapists and administrative support.
As the business has grown, creating the right culture has been incredibly important.
We want people to feel valued, supported and able to contribute their ideas.
We want our team to continue learning and developing.
And we want our clinicians to have the freedom to look beyond a diagnosis and provide genuinely individualised care.
Our values of care, compassion and holistic support don’t apply only to our patients.
They also shape the organisation we are building.
Because when our team feels supported, valued and passionate about what they do, that ultimately helps us provide better care to the patients and families who trust us with their rehabilitation.
Micro Business of the Year 2026
Being named Micro Business of the Year at the Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards 2026 is an incredible milestone in our story.
Five years ago, HomePhysio By Nicola was one person with equipment in a garden shed and an ambition to create a different kind of physiotherapy service.
Today, we have a specialist rehabilitation clinic, a team of eight and a service supporting people both in our clinic and in homes throughout the Scottish Borders.
But growth has never simply been about becoming bigger.
It has been about increasing what is possible for our patients, developing our team and making specialist rehabilitation more accessible across our local communities.
To have that journey recognised by being named Micro Business of the Year 2026 is something our whole team is incredibly proud of.
A Team Achievement
Although the award carries our business name, this achievement belongs to far more than one person.
It belongs to our team.
We are incredibly grateful to every member of the HomePhysio By Nicola team for their hard work, compassion, ideas, commitment and belief in what we are creating.
It belongs to our patients and their families, who trust us with their rehabilitation, recommend us to others and allow us to be part of some incredibly important moments in their lives.
We are grateful to the healthcare professionals, case managers, businesses, charities and community organisations who collaborate with us.
And we are incredibly grateful to our families and friends who have supported the journey behind the scenes.
As we celebrate five years in business, one year in our Selkirk clinic and becoming Micro Business of the Year 2026, it feels like a very special moment to look back at where we started.
But we are also incredibly excited about what comes next.
We are still learning.
Still developing.
Still innovating.
And still asking the same question we asked at the beginning:
How can we help people achieve their full potential?
Frequently Asked Questions About HomePhysio By Nicola
What awards has HomePhysio By Nicola won?
HomePhysio By Nicola Ltd is a multi-award-winning physiotherapy and rehabilitation business in the Scottish Borders, with award recognition spanning four consecutive years from 2023 to 2026.
Our Micro Business of the Year 2026 win follows a journey of recognition for our community impact, approach to fair work and growth as a small business.
2026 – Micro Business of the Year
🏆 Winner – Micro Business of the Year, Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards
This marks a significant milestone for HomePhysio By Nicola as we celebrate five years in business and one year since opening our specialist physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinic in Selkirk.
2025 – Highly Commended Micro Business & Female Founder Finalist
⭐ Highly Commended – Micro Business
HomePhysio By Nicola was recognised as Highly Commended in the Micro Business category in 2025, reflecting the continued growth and development of the business.
Founder and Director Nicola Cockburn was also a finalist in the Female Founder Scottish Awards in 2025, recognising her entrepreneurial journey from establishing a small domiciliary physiotherapy service to developing a specialist rehabilitation clinic and growing team.
2024 – Highly Commended Fair Work
⭐ Highly Commended – Fair Work
Our Fair Work recognition in 2024 reflected another important part of our growth: creating a team and workplace culture built around the same values of care, compassion and holistic support that underpin our patient care.
2023 – Highly Commended Community Impact
⭐ Highly Commended – Community Impact
Our Community Impact recognition in 2023 reflected the reason HomePhysio By Nicola was created in the first place: to make specialist, individualised physiotherapy and rehabilitation more accessible to people within their own homes and communities across the Scottish Borders.
Looking back, these awards tell the story of our development:
2023 – Highly Commended, Community Impact
2024 – Highly Commended, Fair Work
2025 – Highly Commended, Micro Business & Nicola Cockburn, Female Founder finalist
2026 – Winner, Micro Business of the Year
From recognition for Community Impact, through Fair Work and Female Founder, to ultimately becoming Micro Business of the Year, these awards chart the development of HomePhysio By Nicola from a small domiciliary physiotherapy service into an award-winning specialist physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinic and team serving the Scottish Borders.
Most importantly, while the business has developed enormously, the values behind it haven’t.
Is there an award-winning physiotherapy clinic in the Scottish Borders?
Yes. HomePhysio By Nicola Ltd is an award-winning physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinic based in Selkirk, Scottish Borders, providing specialist clinic-based rehabilitation alongside physiotherapy home visits throughout the region.
In 2026, HomePhysio By Nicola was named Micro Business of the Year at the Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards.
This followed previous recognition for Community Impact in 2023, Fair Work in 2024 and Micro Business in 2025, alongside founder Nicola Cockburn being named a Female Founder finalist in 2025.
Where is HomePhysio By Nicola based?
HomePhysio By Nicola’s specialist physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinic is located at:
Unit 5, Tweedmill Business Park, Selkirk, Scottish Borders, TD7 5DZ.
We also provide physiotherapy home visits throughout the Scottish Borders.
Does HomePhysio By Nicola provide physiotherapy home visits?
Yes. HomePhysio By Nicola provides private physiotherapy home visits across the Scottish Borders.
Home-based physiotherapy can be particularly valuable for people experiencing reduced mobility, neurological conditions or frailty, people recovering following illness or surgery, and those whose rehabilitation goals are best practised within their everyday environment.
What areas does HomePhysio By Nicola cover?
Our clinic is based in Selkirk, with our team providing community and home-based physiotherapy throughout the Scottish Borders, including areas around Galashiels, Melrose, Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Peebles, Duns and Berwickshire, alongside surrounding towns, villages and rural communities.
What conditions does HomePhysio By Nicola treat?
Our physiotherapy and rehabilitation team supports people with a wide variety of needs, including sport injuries, back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, hip pain, knee pain, ankle pain, musculoskeletal problems, neurological conditions, stroke, acquired brain injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, post-operative rehabilitation, hip and knee problems, falls, balance difficulties, reduced mobility and frailty.
Rather than treating only the diagnosis, rehabilitation is developed around the individual’s symptoms, abilities, circumstances and personal goals.
Does HomePhysio By Nicola provide neurological physiotherapy?
Yes. We provide private neurological physiotherapy in Selkirk and across the Scottish Borders, including rehabilitation following stroke and acquired brain injury and for people living with neurological conditions including Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.
Does HomePhysio By Nicola provide FES for foot drop?
Yes. HomePhysio By Nicola provides Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) assessment and rehabilitation for foot drop from our specialist clinic in Selkirk.
FES may be suitable for some people experiencing foot drop associated with a neurological condition or injury. Suitability is assessed individually.
Do you provide physiotherapy for older people?
Yes. Supporting older adults is an important part of our service.
Our team can support people experiencing reduced mobility, weakness, balance difficulties, falls, loss of confidence and frailty, alongside rehabilitation following illness, injury, surgery or hospital admission.
Treatment can take place at our Selkirk clinic or, where appropriate, in the person’s own home.
We also recognise the important role of spouses, families and carers and take a holistic approach to supporting independence and quality of life.
Do I need a GP referral for private physiotherapy?
Patients can contact HomePhysio By Nicola directly to discuss private physiotherapy.
If your physiotherapist identifies something requiring additional medical investigation or input from another healthcare professional, this will be discussed with you and appropriate onward action recommended.
What makes HomePhysio By Nicola different?
Our approach is built around individualised, holistic rehabilitation.
We want to understand not only a person’s diagnosis or symptoms but how those difficulties are affecting their independence, confidence, family life, work, hobbies and quality of life.
Our ability to provide rehabilitation both from a specialist clinic and within people’s own homes enables treatment to evolve as someone’s needs, abilities and goals change.
Most importantly, we want to know:
What do you want to get back to doing?
And then we work with you towards getting there.
Looking for an Award-Winning Physiotherapist in the Scottish Borders?
Whether you are looking for private physiotherapy in Selkirk, neurological physiotherapy in the Scottish Borders, physiotherapy home visits, rehabilitation following surgery or illness, falls and mobility rehabilitation, or specialist support to regain your independence, our team would be delighted to help.
You don’t need to know exactly which service you need before contacting us.
Tell us what you are struggling with, what you would like to get back to doing and what matters most to you, and we can help you understand the most appropriate next step.
HomePhysio By Nicola Ltd
Award-Winning Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
Unit 5, Tweedmill Business Park
Selkirk
Scottish Borders
TD7 5DZ
Telephone: 01750 491549
Website: www.homephysionicola.co.uk
Move better. Feel better. Live better.
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