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PUC Science · pathway 23 of 50

Physiotherapy

BPT · 4.5 Years (4 + 6 month internship)

Recovery happens at home, between your sessions, so persuading people is part of the job.

Seeing a person improve week by week, measurably, is what drives you. You need strength, confident hands and the patience to count a small gain as a win: progress after a stroke is measured in months.

Back-to-back sessions: assessing how a joint moves, treating with your hands, supervising exercise. In neurological work you may take the weight of a patient learning to stand. Sports work keeps the team's hours: early mornings, evenings, weekends.

Back and knee pain are everywhere, so an orthopaedic clinic is the easiest kind to open, though posts with professional sports teams are very few. NEET UG is becoming the entrance for BPT, so plan to sit it and check the current rule with NCAHP; the course takes four and a half years after Biology in PUC.

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Go deeper — Inside the Courses: Orthopaedics · Neurology · Sports Physiotherapy · Paediatrics · Cardiopulmonary

pathway 23 · Physiotherapy

The road

  1. SSLCClass 10
  2. 2 yearsPUC Science
  3. 4.5 Years (4 + 6 month internship)BPT

Where it goes after that

Work

  1. Physiotherapist
  2. Sports Physiotherapist
  3. Neuro Physiotherapist
  4. Rehabilitation Specialist
  5. Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapist
  6. Paediatric Physiotherapist
  7. Ergonomics Consultant
  8. Years later — HOD Physiotherapy
  9. Years later — Clinical Director
  10. Years later — Professor

Study further

  1. MPT (2Y)
  2. PhD in Physiotherapy
  3. Manual therapy certifications
  4. MPT dissertation
  5. PhD in rehabilitation sciences
  6. Clinical rehabilitation trials

Government

  1. Govt hospital physiotherapist
  2. ESIC / Railway physiotherapist
  3. Sports Authority of India
  4. District rehabilitation centres

Your own

  1. Private physiotherapy clinic
  2. Sports rehabilitation centre
  3. Home-visit physiotherapy service
Who can apply
Passed Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology, minimum 50% for most colleges.

Where to study it A shortlist of well-regarded places, not every college. The full list for any year is the KEA seat matrix at cetonline.karnataka.gov.in.

In Karnataka · by district

BelagaviKLE Belagavi Deemed university
UdupiManipal College of Health Professions Deemed university
Bengaluru UrbanRamaiah Medical College Bengaluru Private / aided

Other places to study: CMC Vellore