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If you've ever been laid up in bed because of a broken leg, or with an arm in a cast, you'll know how limp that limb feels when it is finally out of bandages. That's because the muscles in that particular part of the body have not been used for so long that they've 'forgotten' how to function. They need to be re-taught their work, and this is where physiotherapy comes in. Physiotherapy is that branch of medicine, which makes use of physical agents or exercises to treat a disease or an injury. It is also called physical therapy Doctors who specialize in this branch of rehabilitation medicine are called physiotherapists or physical therapists