Chair Massage For A Fun and Relaxing Day At The Office

Everyone has heard of casual Fridays at work, where everyone gets to dress casually since it is Friday and the last day of the week. What about Chair Massage Mondays? This could be an excellent new trend for companies to start for their workers.

If every company brought in a chair massage therapist on Mondays, this could definitely become the hottest new trend. Word of mouth would spread quickly in every industry, and employers who have implemented it would become the hottest companies to work for . Everyone would want to be employed by them.

Just think, with Chair Massage Mondays, your employees would get to start their work week off on the right foot, with relaxation and stress relief, leading to increased productivity. Many studies have shown that when employees receive chair massages at work, the opposite of the expected effect is engendered. Their productivity is increased rather than decreased!

So, if your company already has a high level of productivity, and the boss brought in chair massages on Mondays, just imagine how high your productivity level could become! Then, in the alternative sense, if your company has been struggling with low productivity, and you brought in chair massage, imagine how the productivity would soar. Your employees would have fewer sick days, greater productivity, and more employer loyalty. They would never want to leave your company, and others would be envious and want to work there too.

So if you really think about it, Chair Massage Mondays really should become a new trend in the business world. Employees would be happier, more productive, less stressed and anxious, perhaps even have fewer depression symptoms, along with other benefits that have yet to be discovered.

Your company could be the one starting this new trend right now, by implementing Chair Massage Mondays. What about this Monday coming up? It would be a great day to start!

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Corporate Chair Massage - Rest Improves Performance and Play Is Important

Today, many employees and employers feel that they must push as hard as they can, as continuously as they can, until they collapse from sheer exhaustion. New evidence is actually contradicting this belief, making the case that rest periods, breaks, and vacations from work will actually have the opposite of expected result: greater productivity!


When looking at studies that have been performed on workers in the workplace, some interesting facts have been found. Studies have shown that worker performance actually increases when staff members are allowed to take naps or otherwise relax without an expectation of performance during the time they are given.


This increase in work performance and productivity reported by the articles in the foot of this blog are generally overall, and over the course of the year. For example, a study spoken of in the New York Times article referenced below showed that when air traffic controllers were allowed to take a 40 minute nap, their response time and vigilance were markedly improved.


A similar study in a laboratory environment found that taking a short nap of an hour to an hour and a half improved memory test results as much as a full night's sleep. These studies and many others are turning the traditional beliefs about work and rest, vacations and relaxation, upside down. However, it may take a long time before many companies start adopting policies based upon them.


There are a number of large companies that everyone can recognize who are leading the way in encouraging napping (and thus increasing their own productivity). According to an article posted on guycodeblog.mtv.com, such companies as British Airways, Time Warner, Nike, Google, Zappos, and AOL, among many others, have adopted a napping policy. Some allow employees to nap in a lounge full of nap pods, while others allow employees to nap on couches or at their posts.


As a mobile massage therapist specializing in corporate chair massage, this is very encouraging news. It means to me that employers are coming to understand the value of relaxation with regard to job performance. When you take it to another level, such as encouraging employees to get a chair massage during work time, whether on a staff appreciation day, a health fair, or simply for no occasion at all, the results may be surprising.


In previous articles, I have referenced studies demonstrating that chair massage, even brief sessions, show a marked increase in productivity and a decrease in anxiety. These increases are actually statistically significant, making them worthy of mention by the study authors. What that means is, it was not just one or two people who had an increase in their productivity, but many of the employees receiving chair massage had such an increase.


Any company who is looking at their bottom line in terms of costs for productivity in their employees will find that chair massage is actually a low cost and extremely effective way to accomplish their goals. In these studies, it is not known why chair massage has such an effect. In some staff members, it may be that they want to feel appreciated, and having chair massage at work makes them feel that their employer truly does appreciate them. Everyone wants to feel accepted, understood, and cared for, and this is one of the most cost effective and extremely appreciated ways to do that.


As therapists, it has amazed us time and time again how many of the staff members whose employers have brought in chair massage express incredible gratitude. It is also amazing to us how very much each of these individuals already accomplish in their work day. And when they receive a massage, they always return to work and work even harder. This is probably a big factor in why the productivity for the whole company goes up.


From large multinational corporations to the small business down the street, we have had clients in every type of business and from all walks of life, and they all see the same result. When they bring in chair massage, their staff members work harder. And I don't think that it is just to encourage the boss to bring in chair massage again. It seems to be a genuine appreciation, and a recognition of the acknowledgment that the boss is showing by bringing in the chair massage.

For more information, and to learn if chair massage might be right for your company, please check out our webpage at chair-massage-nj.njmassage.info. Also, take a look at the articles and studies referenced just below to get a better idea of everything that has been spoken about in this blog.

References:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00702.x/full
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/opinion/Sunday/relax-youll-be-more-productive.html?pagew anted=all&_r=0
http://guycodeblog.mtv.com/2013/02/19/napping-at-work/
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/ban-social-media-as-a-distraction-no-it-b oosts-productivity/1610
http://www.sparringmind.com/productivity-science/

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