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Benefits of On-Site Chair Massages There is absolutely no question that healthy people make for a financially expansive workplace.
Chair massage provides hardworking
employees with a convenient method of alleviating the stress
inherent in these competitive times. Massage is well-known
for relieving stress from both emotional distress and physical
tension.
When you offer employees a way to reduce the effects of stress on the job, you can help reduce the costs of dealing with the consequences of employee stress, which include burnout, headaches, neck and back pain, mental health problems and oversuse injuries. LOST PRODUCTIVITY AT THE WORPLACE Of nine hundred workers responding to telephone surveys regarding loss in productive time due to pain, thirteen percent experienced a loss in productive time due to common pain condition including headaches, back pain and arthritis pain. Workers who experienced lost productive time from a pain condition loss an average of 5 hours/week. Lost productive time from common pain conditions among active workers costs an estimated 61.2 billion dollars per year. "LOST PRODUCTIVE TIME AND COST DUE TO COMMON PAIN CONDITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES WORKFORCE," JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, NOV 12, 2003, 290 (18): 2443-54
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Lowers blood pressure
"When chair massage is used preventively, it
allows you to maintain a homeostatic balance that prevents the little
problems from getting worse." |
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