This article examines the biomedical and socio-cultural perspective on manual therapy within the physiotherapy profession. An important aspect of qualitative research is to provide perspectives, promote a questioning response in the reader and to encourage further inquiry on the topic. As part of my MSc study into this area, I undertook the qualitative research process to obtain, record, interpret and present the data and, in developing my research question, I wondered if the topic of manual therapy could be investigated differently, and I attempt to explore that possibility in this presentation of my research results, and conclusions drawn.