Studies show that a 15-minute chair massage results in decreased job stress, increased alertness and increased speed & accuracy on math computations. (1)

Office workers who receive therapy regularly were more alert, performed better and were less stressed than those who did not receive massage. (1)

Up to 90% of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related complaints. (2)

Stress accounts for $26 billion in medical and disability payments and $95 billion in lost productivity per year. (2)

Over 50% of lost work days are stress related which keeps about 1 million people per day from attending work. (2)		    
 


Health care expenditures are nearly 50% greater for workers who report high levels of stress. (3)

40% of job turnover is due to stress. (4)


1. Field, Ironson, Pickens et al. (1996). Massage therapy reduces anxiety and enhances EEG pattern of alertness and math computations.International Journal of Neuroscience 86, 197-205

2.Occupational Health and Safety news and the National Council on compensation Insurance (U.S.A.)

3..Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

4. American Institute of Stress

  
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