Medical & Therapeutic Massage

Provide medical massage therapy working with healthcare providers on rehabilitation, chronic pain, and injury recovery with insurance billing

Startup Cost
$10,000-$35,000
Difficulty
Advanced
Time to Profit
6-12 months
Profit Potential
$5,000-$16,000/month

Overview

Medical massage therapists provide therapeutic massage for medical conditions - working with doctors, physical therapists, and chiropractors on patient rehabilitation, chronic pain management, and injury recovery, potentially accepting insurance.

You integrate with healthcare treatment.

Medical massage bills at $70-$140 per session or insurance rates.

Providing 20-30 sessions weekly with insurance reimbursement generates $70,000-$200,000 annually with 50-70% margins navigating insurance billing.

Target clients include chronic pain patients, post-surgical rehabilitation, injury recovery, doctor and chiropractor referrals, physical therapy patients, and insurance-covered massage.

Services include therapeutic pain management, injury rehabilitation massage, post-surgical recovery, chronic condition management, trigger point therapy, and myofascial release.

Success requires massage license and medical massage training, understanding of medical conditions and contraindications, working with healthcare providers and referrals, potentially insurance credentialing and billing, documentation and treatment planning, and demonstrating medical necessity and outcomes.

Required Skills

  • Medical Massage
  • Healthcare Collaboration
  • Insurance Billing
  • Treatment Planning
  • Medical Documentation

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Work as part of healthcare team
  • Insurance reimbursement possible
  • Medical necessity creates demand
  • Referrals from healthcare providers
  • Meaningful therapeutic outcomes

Cons

  • Insurance credentialing and billing complexity
  • Lower insurance reimbursement rates
  • Need medical massage specialization
  • Documentation and treatment planning
  • Building healthcare referral relationships

How to Get Started

  1. Obtain massage therapy license
  2. Get medical massage therapy training
  3. Learn insurance billing and documentation
  4. Build relationships with healthcare providers
  5. Consider insurance credentialing
  6. Develop medical treatment protocols
  7. Market to medical community and patients

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