Massage Advantage

Many corporations, small businesses, and municipalities have found therapeutic massage to be a benefit that helps to attract and retain quality employees and help them achieve peak performance. Providing this for employees has been a low cost benefit for the employer. Massage Advantage provides these programs so that it is an advantage not only for the employee, but also for the employer with rates that are feasible to add or create a wellness program with. Contact a location nearest you to organize a time for Massage Advantage to create a wellness program for your business or simply to schedule a one-time in-office program for your employees. 

Massage Advantage works with your business and schedules appointments with employees during their breaks. The recipient is seated in a specially designed chair which allows the certified massage therapist to work on the back, neck, shoulders and arms addressing the common problem areas of today's workers. There is no oil used and the worker is fully clothed. The massage session usually lasts 10- 15 minutes, the time for a coffee break.

One of the main contributors to our everyday stress is our workplace. 70% of workers surveyed by a national survey stated that their job is very stressful. Stress is the #1 cause of disability. It costs employers billions of dollars a year on lost productivity and healthcare costs. Since the workplace is stressful, it seems commonsense to provide some means of stress relief at the workplace. More and more employers are recognizing that a regular massage can reduce the physical and mental effects of stress, thus reducing burnout and stress related diseases.

"More and more companies offer massage therapy not only as a perk, but also to increase their employees' productivity and morale," said E. Houston LeBrun, president-elect of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA). "You get immediate results — the employees experience stress reduction and greater satisfaction with their jobs."

Indeed, studies have shown that massage improves the bottom line of employers. A study by the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami found that after five weeks, a group of 26 employees who had twice-weekly, 15-minute massages in the office fared better than a control group of 24 employees who were just told to close their eyes and relax. The massaged group experienced reduced stress and improved performance, while the control group did not. Using electroencephalograms (EEG), researchers measured alpha and beta waves in both groups, and found massage recipients to be more alert. Stress hormones in the saliva of the massaged group were lower than in the control group. The massaged workers completed math problems in half the time as normal and with half the errors they had before they were massaged. The math skills of the control group did not improve. The massage recipients also said they were less fatigued and more clear-headed.

Every year, more companies are heeding the call. There are no statistics on the number of companies that offer massage therapy onsite, but those that have offered it include law firms, hospitals, manufacturers and major corporations, such as Boeing, Apple Computer, PepsiCo, Sony Music and United Airlines.

The benefits of Therapeutic Massage in the Workplace with Improvements to employee Potential:

• Reduced Headaches
• Reduced Back Strain
• Reduced Fatigue
• Reduced Stress
• Decreased Absenteeism
• Greater Company Appreciation
• Lowered Blood Pressure
• Increased Employee Retention
• Improved Employee Morale

Massage Therapy Combats Physical Threats in the Workplace:

Contact a location nearest you to organize a time for Massage Advantage to create a wellness program for your business or simply to schedule a one-time in-office program for your employees.