Physiotherapy is a science-based healthcare profession which views movement as   central to health and well being. Physiotherapists aim to identify and make the most of movement ability by health promotion, Preventative, treatment and rehabilitation.
           
Core skills used by chartered physiotherapists include manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and the application of electro-physical modalities. Systematic clinical reasoning is used in a problem-solving approach to patient centred care.
           
 Definition taken from www.thephysiotherapysite.co.uk