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 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 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 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 Cronic 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.

 

Sources:
1. Field, Ironson, Pickens et al. (1996). 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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Related Studies

Massage Confirmed to be Effective Treatment for Neck and Back Pain

Group Health Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA 98101, USA. (2009) sherman.k@ghc.org

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=19333174[uid]

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Enhances Eeg Pattern of Alertness and Math Computations

Field, Ironson, Pickens et al. (1996). International Journal of Neuroscience 86, 197-205

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a783334326~db=all~order=page