Studies show that office workers who are massaged regularly are more alert, perform better, and are less stressed than those who are not massaged


Did you know....
 

• Stress accounts for $26 billion in medical and disability payments and $95 billion in lost productivity per year

• Over 50% of lost work days are stress related, which keeps about 1 million people per day from attending work

• 40% of job turnover is due to stress

• 80% of industrial accidents are due to stress

Research Shows...
 

• Massage at work has been shown to significantly relieve stress as well as helping to prevent work related disorders, such as repetitive stress injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome

• Research indicates that a 15-minute office chair massage results in increased alertness and increased speed and accuracy on math computations

• Massage therapy has been shown to strengthen the immune system, according to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience, 1996

Benefits of Chair Massage
 

• Improve Productivity

• Improve Morale

• Improve Retention

• Reduce Stress

• Become Employer of Choice

• Enhance Employee Rewards Programs

• Prevent and Manage Repetitive Stress Injuries

Massage gets results

The Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, has shown that office massage therapy:

• lowered job stress scores

• heightened alertness; raised speed and accuracy at math calculations

• lowered migraine headache pain, distress, and sleep disturbances

• decreased depression, anxiety, stress, pain and insomnia in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients

• increased immune function in women diagnosed with breast cancer

In a two month study of low back pain at University of Guelph, Ontario, 63% of subjects reported no pain after six massage therapy treatments.