Physiotherapy is the system of treatment of various diseases and disabilities using physical exercises, electrotherapeutic modalities, and manual therapy techniques. One of the fastest growing health care areas of medicine, it is provided as both a referral and first contact clinical practice. Physiotherapy is integral in rehabilitating any individual, whether hospital-based or in the community. Being in the healthcare sector, it is essential for a physiotherapist to have a thorough knowledge of the human anatomy, biomechanics, and pathological conditions with their medical and surgical managements to devise appropriate rehabilitation programmes.

Physiotherapists treat a wide range of ailments; hence specialization is available in areas such as Paediatrics, Geriatrics, Orthopaedics, Cardiopulmonary Therapy, Women’s Health, Sports Physical Therapy, Neurology, Clinical Electro Physiology, Hand Rehabilitation, Biomechanics, Manual Therapy and Ergonomics. Physiotherapists have a wide range of scope in India as well as abroad. Physiotherapists are appointed in government hospitals, corporate hospitals, primary health centres, educational institutions, research centres, community centres and in sports teams.

A physiotherapist has a challenging, though lucrative, job while working on health promotion, disease prevention, and personalised rehabilitation.

To receive a bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy, the candidate should pass higher secondary (Std. XII) in the Science stream and give the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).

• Clinical scope : Employment with Hospitals, Private Clinics
• Educational scope : Continue with post-graduate studies in Physiotherapy, branch out into health care management, health care advocacy, public health, health care education technology
• Academic scope : Educational Institutes
• Research scope : Clinical research, Collaborative research, Research coordinator
• Public health : Post-graduate public health degree, Community health degree
• NGOs : Collaborative work with NGOs, Employment by local, National, international NGOs
• Miscellaneous : Health care industry, Electromedical devices industry, Medical coding, Medical-IT collaborative projects