Chair Massage Reduces Stress

By | August 30, 2011

Massage Therapy Englewood Colorado

Economical and effective

Employers and employees alike are finding that chair massage at the work site is one of the most economical and effective ways to help reduce the effects of stress.

What is chair massage?

A chair massage is a massage routine given to a fully-clothed employee in a specially designed chair with comfortable support for the face, arms, legs, and torso. The chair allows the professional massage practitioner to easily give a relaxing, yet energizing routine to the neck, head, shoulders, back, arms, and hands. In only 10-20 minutes, a chair massage can break the cycle of tension and increase a feeling of physical relaxation and mental renewal.

How chair massage can help

Chair massage helps employees cope better with everything from deadline pressures to environmental factors such as background noise. Massage has been shown to help reduce accumulated muscle tension, muscle stiffness, mental fatigue, back and neck pain, anxiety, depression and fatigue. Massage quiets the nervous system, improves energy levels and mental clarity, and helps prevent overuse syndromes such as tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome and headaches.

Because chair massage guarantees the immediate result of decreased mental and physical tension, it is always a popular program. And if the stress relief and increased body awareness from regular chair massage helps a single employee avoid a job related injury, a massage program could pay for itself in future medical costs avoided. 

Beat workplace stress

Employers are increasingly taking steps to prevent stress overload and promote morale and productivity. Chair massage is one step that can lower health care costs while it increases job satisfaction. In a Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine report, the authors stated, “Health care expenditures are nearly 50% greater for workers who report high levels of stress.” Equally as telling, the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. reported that “problems at work are more strongly associated with health complaints than any other life stressor … more so than even financial problems or family problems.”

Many stress-induced symptoms and conditions are preventable. Chair massage is very effective in helping people cope with both physical and emotional stress.

 

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Susan Clingman, RMT, A Healing Experience Massage, 5031 S. Federal Blvd., Suite 3, Englewood, CO 80110, (303) 726-2575; susanclingman@gmail.com; www.ahealingexperiencemassage.com

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