http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:16:47 +0000 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:58:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.03 360 www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2 http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/forum_images/pt_logo.gif http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/ http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2&PID=2&title=massage-therapy#2 Author: Ask a PT
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Posted: Jul 07 2008 at 11:58pm

Our user asked "What is your opinion about massage therapy and massage therapists as a compliment modality to physical therapy? How do you feel that PTs and MTs compliment and/or differ in their treatments?"

Ask a PT Response: "As a PT we do have some training in massage therapy which we utilize in conjunction with our services. There are continuing education courses we can go to to obtain further training that utilizes a manual approach. Given the diagnosis and the problem that a patient is having, soft tissue mobiization is utilized as treatment. Massage therapy alone is not considered a skilled service. Given the condition and circumstances involved for a patient seeing a massage therapist may be beneficial in order to help a patient maintain the gains that they have acquired from physical therapy services. I hope this answers your questions. For further input please feel free to post this question on our message board. Thank you for visiting CyberPT."]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:58:33 +0000 http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2&PID=2&title=massage-therapy#2