Comments on: Massage Jobs – Working for chiropractors

By: Julie Onofrio

Julie Onofrio — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:03:27 +0000

I am not totally following you – you have a second location where she want to refer people to you and you pay her a fee? You would have to ask an attorney but it sounds like a kickback to me. This is one of the confusing things in the massage profession.

Julie

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:25:40 +0000

I am thinking of working for a chiropractor as an independent contractor. I will be doing regular massages at her office per set fee. She wants to refer her patients to my location for other sessions and charge a fee. Is this legal?

By: Hans Albert Quistorff, LMP Antalgic Posture Pain Specialist

Hans Albert Quistorff, LMP Antalgic Posture Pain Specialist — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:02:22 +0000

I had a fairly successful employment with a chiropractor. I wrote about it at http://www.male-massage-therapist.com/hans-albert-quistorff-lmp-massage-therapist-in-wauna-wa.html
Working as an employee was advantages because I learned all aspects of the business and developed skills that I now do for him one day a week as an independent contractor on an hourly basis. I proved to be very good at measuring ROM and translating it to a customized report of progress. This is a very important aspect if you take motor vehicle insurance cases in your personal practice.
http://hansmassage.blogspot.com/index.html

By: Jody Hutchinson

Jody Hutchinson — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:54:26 +0000

I worked in a DC/MD office for 14 years. I finally left after the docs were scheduling patients who frequently missed their appointments and also were charging office visit fees when the patients only received massage. The DC was ethical in that he didn’t over treat patients but was unresponsive to any complaints by MTs.
It is important to really “vet” the chiro before agreeing to work. There are some who will work over the MT, promising everything, and expecting work for slave wages.
Look before you leap – is the best advice.