Clinical massage therapy is the application of a variety of massage therapy techniques to the solution of medical problems of soft-tissue (muscular) origin.  These problems usually involve pain and/or dysfunction of muscles and/or movement. While chiropractic addresses the joints of the vertebrae in the spine, massage therapy addresses the soft tissues-that is, the muscles, fascia, tendons, and ligaments.  Massage therapy can act as a complement to chiropractic because if muscles are too tight, adjustments either can't be done or will not last.  "Bones go where muscles put them.  Bones stay where muscles keep them."