Chiropractic treats specific illnesses and afflictions.
Massage therapy treats injuries caused from work, recreational activities, and other activities. In addition to the well-known treatments, chiropractic massage relieves arthritis symptoms, migraines, immune system disorders, insomnia. In fact, there are only few known afflictions that massage therapy cannot improve.
A pinched nerve is just that. It is a severely compressed nerve, usually caused by a misaligned vertebra.
When nerves get pinched they become severely inflamed and muscles may spasm, causing even more discomfort.
The pain is usually so severe that you can't move that part of the body and it can cause other symptoms as well.
There can be several causes of the pinched nerve; a proper examination is needed to determine the exact cause.