Bachelor of Physiotherapy

Bachelor of Physiotherapy

About

What is Physiotherapy?
  • Physiotherapy helps restore movement and function when someone is affected by injury, illness or disability.
  • Physiotherapists help people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice.
  • They maintain health for people of all ages, helping patients to manage pain and prevent disease.
  • The profession helps to encourage development and facilitate recovery, enabling people to stay in work while helping them remains independent for as long as possible.
  • Physiotherapy is a science-based profession and takes a ‘whole person’ approach to health and wellbeing, which includes the patient’s general lifestyle.
  • At the core is the patient’s involvement in their own care, through education, awareness, empowerment and participation in their treatment.

Scope

A Career in physiotherapy can lead to a variety of interesting and challenging job in the health care system.

Physiotherapy gets specializations in the areas such as

  • Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Neurology
  • Geriatrics
  • Neurology
  • Cardio respiratory
  • Orthopaedics
  • Sports physiotherapy
  • Gynaecology
  • Manipulation and Mobilization
  • Hand Injuries

Physiotherapy Jobs

  • NHS is the major employer of physiotherapists.
  • Works in Private Hospitals and clinic
  • Health centers
  • School and Children centers
  • Nursing homes and Day centers of elderly people.
  • Charities and voluntary organization particularly those serving people with disabilities.
  • Sports clinics, Gym, and Professional Sports Club.
  • Researches in the field of Physiotherapy
  • The Armed services.

Laboratories

The laboratories are well equipped with sophisticated instruments to train the learning physical therapists in a competitive manner. This makes them assess and plan a treatment protocol for their patients to deal with. Following are the equipments we have in our laboratories as on date.

S.No. Name of the equipment
1 Tread mill
2 Bicycle ergometer
3 Suspension therapy
4 Traction
5 Ultrasound therapy
6 Interferential therapy
7 Electrical stimulators
8 Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
9 Rehabilitation boards and tables
10 Hydrocollator unit
11 Heat pads
12 Cryotherapy
13 Stair case
14 Wobble board
15 Parallel bar
16 Crutches
17 Canes
18 Walkers
19 Prosthetic devices
20 Mat