| Getting a massage at work is rapidly becoming a | | | | prevent and alleviate symptoms of CTS. Other |
| highly sought after employee benefit in the UK. | | | | benefits of massage at work include temporary |
| For both employees and employers, massage | | | | relief of tension headaches, neck pain and back |
| therapy at work has important benefits that can | | | | pain. |
| increase productivity and help retain valued | | | | Testimonials - Successful Massage Programs in |
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| massage that you might find interesting. | | | | There is a growing number of companies, big and |
| How Getting A Massage in the Workplace is | | | | small, that believe in the benefits of massage |
| Different | | | | therapy at work and offer it to their employees |
| Massage in the workplace is somewhat different | | | | on a regular basis. The list is impressive and |
| from traditional massage. First, you don't have to | | | | includes companies like Eddie Bauer, one of the |
| undress. Second, it's performed in a special chair, | | | | 100 best companies to work for, according to |
| not a table, as in traditional massage. Third, chair | | | | Fortune Magazine. These companies recognize |
| massage at work does not use any creams or | | | | that massages at work will help lower stress, |
| oils. To get a massage in the office, the employee | | | | improve productivity and reduce absenteeism. An |
| simply sits in the comfortable massage chair and | | | | article in the magazine American Psychologist, the |
| leans forward, placing their head in the padded | | | | official journal of the prestigious American |
| cradle. The cradle has a cover that's changed | | | | Psychological Association, discussed the results of |
| after every massage. | | | | a study in which one group of employees were |
| Benefits of Massage at Work | | | | given a 15-minute rest and another group were |
| Since many massage therapists are specially | | | | given a 15-minute massage. The study found that |
| trained for chair massage, you can expect | | | | the massage group "performed significantly better |
| benefits that are practically identical to traditional | | | | on complicated tasks like math problems". |
| massage. The only exception is that chair | | | | Workplace Massage Is Both Flexible and Beneficial |
| massage focuses on the upper body, including the | | | | Many companies in the UK utilise massage at |
| arms and hands. This makes workplace massage | | | | work for special events like employee appreciation |
| an ideal tool for helping to relieve and prevent | | | | days or in-house health fairs. Massage in the |
| carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition that effects | | | | workplace is also highly customisable and can |
| many office workers. Carpal tunnel syndrome | | | | include relaxing music and aromatherapy. Also, |
| (CTS) symptoms include weakness, soreness and | | | | companies have learned that massage improves |
| tenderness of the muscles of the middle finger, | | | | creative thinking and relieves fatigue. Workplace |
| index finger and thumb due to pressure on a | | | | massage is a benefit that's well received by |
| nerve in the wrist. It's thought that 3% of | | | | employees while remaining cost-effective for |
| women and 2% of men will be diagnosed with | | | | employers. |
| CTS, so massage therapy in the office will help | | | | |