Career in Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy helps in the treatment of a person affected by injury, illness or disability. This is a science-based profession and involves the betterment of a patient’s lifestyle.
- Clinical Electrophysiology
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
- Integumentary
- Geriatrics
- Orthopaedics
- Neurology
- Sports Physical Therapy
- Paediatrics
- Women's health
Top Colleges

USA
University of Michigan | University of Minnesota | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | University of Pennsylvania
UK
University Of Edinburgh |University Of Glasgow | University Of Portsmouth
INDIA
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) | Christian Medical College Vellore | Christian Medical College | Madras Medical College
Career Prospects
- work as a self-employed physical therapist to offer services to individual patients
- work as a physical therapist with hospitals, health agencies, nursing homes, home adult day care programs, and rehabilitation centers on a contract basis.
- establish a solo practice
- join a consulting group
- take up research work
- teach in academic institutions
Jobs & Salary

- Hospitals
- Medical groups
- Community care
- Outpatient clinics
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Pros & Cons
Many think that a profession is physiotherapy is much less attractive than that of a medical science graduate or a software engineering. The truth is any job is great if you like what you’re doing. Physiotherapy gives you a job satisfaction of a different sort. It’s often said: “there is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving”. Here, you’re helping people improve their lifestyle. So, if you consider yourself a people person then opting for a profession is physiotherapy is a good choice. But like every other job, it too has its fair share of advantages and disadvantages.
- Flexible working conditions
- Chances of continued education in most cases
- Variety of tasks and specialisation to choose from
- A strong sense of satisfaction from helping people
- Social prestige
- Erratic and long hours at times
- Stress
- Unsocial hours, especially when you are travelling with sports quads for competition and camps
- Spending a lot of time away from family and friends
- Missing out on family and social occasions (birthdays, anniversaries, festivals etc)