What is the difference between a chiropractor and massage therapist?

Many health insurance companies will pay for a certain amount of chiro visits, but they may not cover any massage therapy visits simply because massages are not considered curative medical treatment. Massages just feel good.





Also, I believe the amount of schooling that a chiropractor has to attend is lengthier and more involved than what a massage therapist has to learn. A chiropractor is closer to a doctor, in other words. A therapist is not.What is the difference between a chiropractor and massage therapist?
$20.00 an hour is NOT difference btwn Chiropractor and Massage Therapist. Pay varies depending on your clientale!!!! DUH?? chiropractor can do massage if they want to. There is one form of chiropractic MT can do, an energy form of treatment.

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What is the difference between a chiropractor and massage therapist?
Chiropractor is a Dr (but NOT a MD). Chiropractors cannot presribe medication!! But both MT %26amp; Chiropractor are vital to health care they work as team.

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a chiropractor works with the bones while a message therapist works with muscle
A chiropractor adjusts the alignment of bones, mainly in the back. A massage therapist kneads tight muscles and fascia which could be pulling those bones out of alignment.
About $20.00 an hour.