Corporate Chair Massage
Why Chair Massage?
Tense, aching muscles are an all too common side-effect of the daily grind. A soothing, relaxing corporate chair massage sounds like just the thing to smooth away those pent-up tensions.
Yet for most people in busy offices and other workplaces, a conventional, full body massage is too time-consuming, impractical and expensive as a regular stress-busting therapy. The answer – coming soon to a desk near you – is the corporate chair massage.
More than 1,000 massage therapists are now thought to be visiting workplaces throughout the UK – from high street stores to call centres, local authorities to hospitals – offering corporate chair massage to busy office staff and other workers. A typical session takes just 15-20 minutes – so it can easily be fitted into a lunch hour or tea-break. The cost is relatively inexpensive and is subsidised by some employers. There are no messy oils or lotions. And you don’t even need to take your clothes off.
The Basics
Many corporate chair massage therapists use acupressure, a Japanese style of massage using the same pressure points as in acupuncture. This is very different to traditional couch massage, which is often known as ‘Swedish massage’. Acupressure, sometimes dubbed ‘coffee break massage’, originated in the US, where it was devised as a quick stress-reliever for high-powered professionals too busy even to leave their desks.
Corporate chair massage focuses on muscles in the back, arms, hands, shoulders, neck and head, where tension and pain often build up in desk-bound staff working under pressure. Corporate chair massage uses more than 100 different stress release points on the head, neck, shoulders, arms and back. This is intended not only to relax tense and aching muscles, but to release energy and invigorate both mind and body.
The masseur uses hands, thumbs and even elbows to knead, prod, pull and stretch the muscles. This can feel a little painful but should not be uncomfortable. Some chair masseurs combine acupressure with more traditional massage methods or with aromatherapy.
Corporate chair massage is a quick and convenient way of releasing pent-up tensions and soothing aching muscles without spending a fortune or going too far – especially if the masseur comes to you.
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