Employee Appreciation: Massage at Work
Show a commitment to wellness and health by providing chair massages.
- Affordable, memorable & effective
- Fully clothed, no oil
- Minimal disruption to the work environment
- Decreased stress and absenteeism
- One-time or on-going
On-Site massage is cheaper than vacation and childcare. On-Site massage reduces work- related stress, improves alertness, performance and productivity, and even keeps people feeling well enough to stay at work when they would rather go home.
Crain's Chicago Business, February, 1999
According to the AMTA here are the 25 reasons to get a massage: which five describe your justification?
25 reasons to get a massage
- 1. Relieve stress
- 2. Relieve postoperative pain
- 3. Reduce anxiety
- 4. Manage low-back pain
- 5. Help ribromyalgia pain
- 6. Reduce muscle tension
- 7. Enhance exercise performance
- 8. Relieve tension headaches
- 9. Sleep better
- 10. Ease symptoms of depression
- 11. Improve cardiovascular health
- 12. Decrease pain of osteoarthritis
- 13. Decrease stress in cancer patients
- 14. Improve balance in older adults
- 15. Decrease rheumatoid arthritis pain
- 16. Temper effections of dementia
- 17. Promote relaxation
- 18. Lower blood pressure
- 19. Decrease symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome
- 20. Help chronic neck pain
- 21. Lower joint replacement pain
- 22. Increase range of motion
- 23. Decrease migraine frequency
- 24. Improve quality of life in hospice care
- 25. Reduce chemotherapy-related nausea