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

 

 



BENEFITS TO THE BODY

Lowers blood pressure
Provides relief of muscle 
   tension and stiffness
Enhances joint flexibility 
  and range of motion
Promotes sense of 
  well-being
Stimulates release of the 
  endorphins (your
body's 
  own pain killers)
Helps relieve chronic 
  headaches
Improves circulation

 

"When chair massage is used preventively, it allows you to maintain a homeostatic balance that prevents the little problems from getting worse."

David Palmer, co-developer of the first massage chair