How Corporate Massage Benefits Your Company
Improve Problem Solving
Massage can significantly improve employee problem solving abilities. A recent study in American Psychologist gave one group of workers a 15 minute rest, and another, a 15 minute massage. The group that received the massage performed significantly better on complicated tasks like math problems. Massage also improves creative thinking and relieves fatigue. It's better than a cup of coffee!
In addition, by lowering stress, massage helps eliminate absenteeism, making your team more competitive. "Massage addressed the symptoms of stress," says Bruce Kelly, a consultant with William M. Mercer, the benefits firm, about massage at one company. "It offers people relief and helps them perform better."
Improve Health
Massage can help keep your employees healthy as well as happy. Massage has been shown to reduce blood pressure, relieve arthritis, improve joint and muscle aches especially in painful areas of the neck and back, and even increase immunity to colds and flu! In addition, massage can play a very important role is preventing and treating the pain and numbness associated with excessive keyboard and mouse use.
Massage creates a positive workplace culture, and let's employees know you really care about their wellbeing. Want to see how other companies are using Stress Recess corporate massage to improve employee retention? Please read articles in the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Can Stress Recess corporate chair massage benefit my company?
What kind of companies offer Stress Recess massage?
Fortune Magazinehe number of companies that offer massage to lower stress and improve productivity is growing every year. So, do such people-friendly policies result in higher revenues? You bet, says Fortune Magazine. In fact, Eddie Bauer, one of Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For, provides on-site massage twice a week at corporate headquarters.
Stress Recess corporate massage specializes in working with national companies with multiple offices. We provide consistent, quality chair massage services from Seattle to Atlanta, from New York to San Diego. Our experience includes national programs for companies like JetBlue, The Weather Channel, Delta Airlines, SunTrust Bank, IBM, and Deloitte and Touche.
Whether you provide a Stress Recess corporate massage weekly or monthly, just during "crunch" times, or an an employee appreciation treat, massage can really make a difference in productivity, job satisfaction, and health. Here are some of the ways massage helps our clients:
Employee Hiring and Retention:No matter what the economy, valuable workers can take their pick of jobs.
With the sky-rocketing costs of health insurance, many companies struggle to find benefits to help attract and retain employees.
Stress Recess Massage programs increase job satisfaction and create a caring environment that employees appreciate. In research Stress Recess conducted with clients like Bell South and Georgia Pacific, employees chose massage over more expensive benefits.
Want to see how other companies are using Stress Recess corporate massage to improve employee retention? Please read articles in the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Stress-related employee turnover, absenteeism and waning morale all affect the bottom line. Job stress and related problems cost companies an estimated $200 billion or more annually, based on information from the American Institute of Stress and the American Psychological Association.
At Stress Recess, our clients tell us that after our visits they can feel the morale lift in the office. Our corporate massage techniques measurably lower the day to day stress of the competitive workplace. Relaxed workers are more likely to cooperate with each other, and lowering stress lowers both anxiety and hostility, improving the work environment for everyone.
Deal with a Crunch or a CrisisMassage can help your team get through a demanding time or reward them for their extra effort. A number of our customers use massage to relieve the stress of restructuring, moving, budget season, or other hectic times of the year. Others call us in to help keep everyone healthy and on the job when a deadline or product launch is causing stress.
Some of our clients even send Stress Recess therapists as a gift to their clients to show support during stressful times!
Massage can significantly improve employee problem solving abilities. A recent study in American Psychologist gave one group of workers a 15 minute rest, and another, a 15 minute massage. The group that received the massage performed significantly better on complicated tasks like math problems. Massage also improves creative thinking and relieves fatigue. It's better than a cup of coffee!
In addition, by lowering stress, massage helps eliminate absenteeism, making your team more competitive. "Massage addressed the symptoms of stress," says Bruce Kelly, a consultant with William M. Mercer, the benefits firm, about massage at one company. "It offers people relief and helps them perform better."
Improve HealthMassage can help keep your employees healthy as well as happy. Massage has been shown to reduce blood pressure, relieve arthritis, improve joint and muscle aches especially in painful areas of the neck and back, and even increase immunity to colds and flu! In addition, massage can play a very important role is preventing and treating the pain and numbness associated with excessive keyboard and mouse use.
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