San Diego Massage

2006-11-14T06:58:00Z

There are many benefits of massage therapy. Chair massage is a form of masssage therapy that can provide many benefits in a short amount of time. A typical chair massage lasts 10-20 minutes. Business owners should seriously consider the benefits of chair massage for their employees. Workers will be excited to have someone come in and provide massages. It shows that their manager cares about their health and wants to reward them for all the hard work they do.

The following are benefits from chair massage shown through research studies:

-Research indicates that a 15-minute chair massage results in decreased job stress, increased alertness and increased speed & accuracy on math computations. (1)

-Office workers massaged regularly were more alert, performed better and were less stressed than those who weren't massaged. (1)

-Up to 90% of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related complaints. (2)

-Stress accounts for $26 billion in medical and disability payments and $95 billion in lost productivity per year. (2)

-Over 50% of lost work days are stress related which keeps about 1 million people per day from attending work. (2)

-Health care expenditures are nearly 50% greater for workers who report high stress levels. (3)

-40% of job turnover is due to stress. (4)

Sources:1. Field, Ironson, Pickens et al. (1996). Massage therapy reduces anxiety and enhances EEG pattern of alertness and math computations.International Journal of Neuroscience 86, 197-205 2.Occupational Health and Safety news and the National Council on compensation Insurance (U.S.A.) 3..Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 4. American Institute of Stress

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