The experience of job stress and burnout in physiotherapy has received only scant attention in the literature. A few studies have been done on physiotherapists, but we do not have any data that would give an insight on the stress the Physiotherapist experience, in the Indian context. This study aims to develop a valid and reliable questionnaire and assess the work-related stress. A need was felt to develop a questionnaire specific to the working environment of our region, which would assess the patterns of stress that our physiotherapists might be undergoing