I am sure that all of you have experieced the sense of relaxation, comfort and mobility of your joints after having a good massage. Often we ourself massage an area of our body, that is causing us discomfort.

So massage can be defined as "the treatment and practice of manipulation of the soft body tissues with physical, functional, i.e. mechanical, medical/therapeutic, and in some cases psychological purposes and goals." ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massage

Reiki and massage are two different healing modalities, both in intention and in practice.

Reiki is a spiritual healing system. Reiki is intended to affect the energy fields or 'auras' around the human body.

Massage therapy deals with only physical healing.
It is more of a 'manipulative system' for the physical body and is not directed at the auras.