It's pretty much how cathie described it.
You didn't say whether it was upper or lower back.
I have regular physio on my lower back (tried to stop a hockey ball with it and caught both the ball and stick!!!) for that, a hard massage is the best description really.
For the upper back it is a lot more manipulative as they often try to crack your rib cage to loosen everything - this isn't as vicious as it sounds. Bascially it is just lots of twisting and stuff to realign it all.
You will find you spend a lot of time being told about how to bend, lift things and sit etc to avoid aggravating anything. Also you will find that the world and his wife will make syuggestions as to what would help - ignore them!! Only do the exercises and stuff that the physio recommends as it is very easy to do real damage other wise.
And don't be afraid to ask the phsyio questions - they are generally nice folks who will explain things for yu!
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