Physiotherapy is a medical science field which uses physical agents like exercise, massage and other modalities for providing treatment to those patients whose movement and function are threatened by ageing, injury, disease or environmental factors. Bachelor of Physiotherapy is an Under Graduate Degree which is awarded for a course or program in Physiotherapy. It is also known as BPT which is an abbreviated form of Bachelor of Physiotherapy degree. The duration of BPT is 4½ years including internship of 6 months. Physical Therapy Programs provide core skills like manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and the application of electro physical modalities, to the prospective students.
There are various Physical Therapy Colleges which offer Physiotherapy Courses.
Patna Medical College, Patna.
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh.
Amar Jyoti Institute of Physiotherapy, Delhi.
Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute for Physically Handicapped, New Delhi.
J.S.S.College of Physiotherapy, Mysore.