Corporate Chair Massage In a Challenging Economy

In recent years, there has been a growing trend for progressive companies to either directly sponsor, or at least support, chair massage programs for their employees.

However, in challenging economic times, the chair massage program can easily become one of the first targets for elimination, in the very necessary name of cost-cutting.

Ironically, it may be at exactly such times that chair massage is of the greatest value.

In 1996, the International Journal of Neuroscience published the results of a study researching the correlation between massage and job performance in the workplace, as well as in countering stress(1). The study found that massaged adults:

1. Exhibited enhanced alertness
2. Completed math problems in significantly less time with significantly fewer errors after the massage
3. Experienced decreased anxiety, cortisol (stress hormone) and job stress levels at the end of the 5 week period

In challenging economic times, and with a streamlined workforce being asked to handle an increased task load, the tangible benefits reported on by this study may well cause companies to reevaluate the relatively minor cost of maintaining a chair massage program for employees. The benefits, it seems, accrue not only to the employees themselves, but to the company sponsoring or supporting such a program.

If your company happens to be in Contra Costa County--particularly the cities of Concord, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Martinez, Lafayette or Alamo--please give Aimee a call here at Relevology. We would be more than happy to outline our programs, further discuss the benefits, as well as address any questions or concerns you may have.  

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(1) Field, T., Ironson, G., Scafidi, F., Nawrocki, T., Goncalves, A., Burman, I., Pickens, J., Fox, N., Schanberg, S., & Kuhn, C. (1996). Massage therapy reduces anxiety and enhances EEG pattern of alertness and math computations. International Journal of Neuroscience, 86, 197-205. (Source: http://www6.miami.edu/touch-research/index.htm)