What is Chair Massage?

A seated chair massage might be more than a luxury that leaves you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. It can have positive health implications. In just 10 minutes, your blood pressure and heart rate decrease, Dr. Tiffany Field, founder of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine told "More" magazine. Any type of massage, including chair massage, can reduce stress, improve sleep, help sore and tight muscles and enhance immunity.

At the Workplace?

Chair massage offered at the workplace can improve productivity and reduce stress. A study published in the "Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine" in 2011 found that twice a week chair massages decreased musculoskeletal aching and pain and increased range of motion after one month. "Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice" in 2012 reported a study showing that offering 15-minute chair massages to nurses during work hours significantly reduced their stress. When employees aren't hurting and aren't stressed, they're more able to focus on job-related tasks.

Can Corporate Massage Lower Your Company's Health Care Costs?

According to research, companies spend an annual average of more than $4,000 for each employee's health coverage. The number bumps up to almost $10,000 when family members are covered too. Whatever the size of your business is, that's a big chunk of change.Given those numbers, it's no surprise that companies are looking for creative ways to lower health care costs. And this means businesses are increasingly turning to preventative measures, such as corporate massage programs. 

What is preventative health care? 

Preventative health care refers to any measures taken today to avoid health complications, injury, or illness tomorrow. In the long term, taking preventative measures for health care saves a huge amount of time and money later on.

Here are some key preventative health care actions:

• Eating well

• Exercising regularly

• Avoiding smoking

• Having low stress levels

• Sufficient sleep quality and quantity

What does corporate massage have to do with this?

Massage is a preventative health measure. Done in a corporate setting, this means injury prevention for employees. And if employees do get injured on the job, a seated massage program can be an effective part of rehabilitation. Conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome cost businesses a lot of money. Carpal tunnel syndrome happens from over-use of specific muscles over a long period of time. Typing all day and using a computer mouse for 40 hours a week puts the wrist in funky positions which cause pain and injury. Without attention, strained tendons and muscles go from being "a little sore" to a full-blown injury. Regular massage stops that from happening. In a typical chair massage session, the massage therapist will address the most common problem areas:

• Low back

• Upper back

• Shoulders

• Neck

• Wrists

Done a little at a time week after week, massage prevents minor muscle tightness from becoming a health crisis:

• A back that goes out

• Carpal tunnel syndrome

• Chronic headaches

• Chronic upper back tension

Corporate chair massage saves companies money in these ways: 

• Lowers injury risk, reducing number of workers' compensation payouts

• Provides on-site rehabilitation services, reducing money spent on surgery or medications

• Creates a lower-stress work environment, which retains top talent, and reduces risk for stress-related conditions

WHO IS Chair MAssage  NOT GOOD FOR?

M.I.A The Elite Relaxation Chair Massage is not a good options for anyone who is having the following

• Acute pneumonia.

• Active state (acute or flare-up) of contagious diseases.

• Acute skin conditions and diseases (chickenpox, measles, widespread contact dermatitis, ringworm, scleroderma, widespread rashes).

• Advanced kidney failure, respiratory failure, or liver failure (a very modified treatment may be possible with medical consent).

• Anaphylaxis (life-threatening allergic reaction).

• Appendicitis (painful inflamed appendix).

• Atelectasis (a collapsed portion of the lung that does not contain air).

• Autoimmune diseases or acute inflammatory processes during exacerbation or flare-up period.

• Cancer without physician’s approval.

• Diabetes (if severe), without physician’s approval.

• Embolism (stroke).

• Eclampsia (a severe form {life-threatening} of pregnancy-induced hypertension resulting in seizures).

• Epileptic seizure (convulsions).

• Fever (above 38.5 degree C or 101.5 F).

• General acute inflammatory and infectious processes.

• Hemophilia severe type (a hereditary bleeding disorder).

• Hemorrhage (involves rapid and uncontrollable loss of blood).

• Hepatitis (during acute phase).

• Lice.

• Pneumothorax (air or gas within the chest cavity around the lung).

• Recent significant injury (wait 72 hours or until physician’s approval is obtained).

• Recent surgery (wait until managing physician’s approval is given or client is released from physician’s care).

• Rheumatoid arthritis (during flare-up).

• Severe asthmatic attack.

• Severe burns.

• Uncontrolled hypertension (conditions that are not stable, i.e., post-stroke or heart attack).

• Abnormal lumps (undiagnosed).

• Acne vulgaris.

• Acute inflammation.

• Arteritis (inflammation of the arteries).

• Blister (if less than 72 hours old).

• Broken bone.

• Cysts.

• Herpes simplex outbreak.

• Local inflammation.

• Open wounds.

• Phlebitis (inflammation of a vein).

• Phlebothrombosis (blood clots in the veins).

• Shingles outbreak.

• Skin rashes limited to a small area.

• Spina bifida.

• Swollen lymph glands.

• Unhealed burns and abrasions
  warts.

• Varicosities (varicose veins) over sites with deep vein thrombosis.