What's the difference between physical therapy and Chinese massage?

Take the manual therapy in physical therapy as an example, because they are all done on the body by hand and the posture looks similar, so many people will think that this is equivalent to traditional massage. But it's actually different.

The traditional massage method is based on the meridians of traditional Chinese medicine, and massages the points around the spine to achieve the effect of dredging the meridians and relaxing muscles.

The manipulation in physical therapy is based on human anatomy. For example, we often use the spinal joint loosening operation to loosen the spinous process or transverse process on the spine and increase the mobility of the joint.