Background: A profession’s values guide their daily practice and professional behaviors. There has been limited research into the values and professional self-concepts of the German physiotherapy profession, and as such, the values that guide practice and constitute professionalism are not explicit. To promote professionalism in German physiotherapy and to develop and refine educational programs, it is necessary to fill these gaps in research. Purpose: This thesis aims to make preliminary identification of a habitus structure in German physiotherapists. It is guided by the concept of habitus as formulated in the theory of Bourdieu,which could be regarded as a theory of socialization. The authormakes the assumption that the different types of education systems in Germany may support the socialization of diverse habitus structures and therefore may cause different levels of professional behavior. Methods: The author analyzed basic parameters of daily practice of German physiotherapists, the curricula from two different forms of educational systems in Germany, and academic studies about socialization and professional identity. Based on this the author aimed to evolve a hypothesis of the typical and collective habitus structures of German physiotherapists. With regard of these emerged structures, two forms of socialization were contrasted. Results: The emerging habitus structures formed eight main themes: view of mankind, individual personal positions, body and lived body, humanmovement, closeness and distance, time, communication, case approach. In terms of practice these habitus structures form thinking, perception and appraisals of German physiotherapists and guide daily practice and behavior. There are identified references that may show potential differences between habitus structures emerged from the diverse forms of socialization in degree of differentiation and awareness. Conclusion(s): The results contribute to research orientated towards identifying values of German physiotherapists that guide professional practice. It could be illustrated that the habitus concept from Bourdieu is suitable for examining the German physiotherapy profession. The identified habitus structures seem to be highly affected by basic parameters of daily practice in Germany and the curricula and forms of education received. Nevertheless this approach seems to be able to used in any different cultural context in order to become aware of structures that influence typical and collective values. Implications: It appears that there is a special need for further investigation in order to evaluate the impact of these findings and increase the knowledge about these structures to refine education programs – for instance – and to promote professionalism of physiotherapy. Furthermore, the findings reported in this paper highlight the importance of identifying the values of the profession not only within the German context. In terms of practical implications, physiotherapists may be prompted to reflect on their values and how these values align with those of their patients.