In fact, physiotherapy, a science, is an integral part of Rehabilitation Medicine. Every medical graduate including the postgraduate students of orthopedics, internal medicine and neurology ought to know the fundamentals of physiotherapeutic measures. In the outcoming modern and fast lifestyle most of the health problems caused by excessive stress and strain can be efficiently tackled by the physiotherapeutic measures rather only by pharmacotherapy.

This book is aimed at those, who are not exposed to the light of this subject and this would also benefit the students of physiotherapy.

This book is a great boon for everyone concerned as it is probably the first book to incorporate every aspect of physiotherapy as well as physiotherapeutic measures.

I pray for his success in this endeavor.

Physiotherapists identify and maximize movement potential through health promotion, preventive health care, treatment and rehabilitation. The core skills used by physiotherapists include manual therapy, therapeutic exercises and application of electrophysical modalities. A physiotherapist uses physical means to facilitate and return to functional independence and restoration of normal lifestyle for individual patient.

Keeping in view of the above I was fascinated and thought to circulate the essence of physiotherapeutic approaches to the young students of physiotherapy and to the budding medical graduates, even to the medical practitioners. Often I was asked to name a comprehensive book so that an overall idea on physiotherapeutic procedures can be obtained. It was really a difficult task. Truly speaking physiotherapy is a science which cannot be restricted in one single book. Still I tried to keep the essential parts of this science in a comprehensive manner in a single handbook. I realize by doing this I have done injustice to this science. Many of the sections are either left or are given little importance which should not have been. I may be excused for the unintentional procedure. A constructive criticism is always 7welcome to build the health of this book. This is my humble way of spreading the essence of physiotherapy.

I must show my gratitude to the person who had encouraged me even on the first day of my thought, is Mr Sanat Kumar Guha, my brother in-law. Though is engaged in a profession completely different from medical science he encouraged me off and on, and repeatedly pushed me to go ahead. I am very much obliged to my wife and daughter because without their moral support and active participation in various ways it would have not been possible to bring out this book. They have sacrificed many of their enjoyable times for this work. I am too thankful to my co-author Mr A.K. Bose for his constant help and idea in writing different sections of this book. I must offer my thanks to those who have directly or indirectly associated to bring out this book like M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi and Kolkata Branch.

In working on this book, I had come across a volume of literatures and many books, out of which I could report only some portions that I must acknowledge with no hesitancy. The main aim of this book is to make this subject meaningful and more realistic. However, this is only a handbook, so for detail discussion a textbook is to be consulted.