Let's face it we live in a time of increased stress. As an employer this realization becomes even more relevant when you understand just how much stress affects your business productivity and profits. The good news is that there is research data which proves that you can do something about it by offering seated massage to your employees. It's inexpensive, it's easy and you will actually see the results immediately.

• At Reebok and Boeing, back strain, headaches , and fatigue have all fallen since these companies started bringing in massage therapists… Doctors are prescribing massage to help patients manage stress and pain. "The Magic of Touch", Newsweek, April 6, 1998
  
  
• By including 15 minutes of free massage therapy once each week, the Calvert Group, an investment firm in Bethesda, MD, reduced it's turnover rate to 5 percent in an industry where the norm is 20 percent. HR Focus, September, 1997: 1-3
  
  
• Employees that receive massage work as part of a corporate well ness program feel less stress, are more productive on the job and are less likely to take unplanned time off from work. HR Magazine, October, 1998

• Recent studies reported work-related stress rates of 30 to 46 percent. In a study of 28,000 workers in 215 different organizations, Kohler and Kamp reported that stress at work was associated with employee burnout, acute and chronic health problems, and poor work performance. In this California study, on-site massage helped to maintain employee's job satisfaction and more, while control-group job satisfaction diminished., University of California, Davis - Medical Center
  
  
• In a study conducted at the University of Miami's Touch Research Institute 26 employees received 15 minute on-site chair massages while another group of 24 employees were allowed to sit in a dimly lit room, told to close their eyes and relax. The two groups were tested using electroencephalographs to study brain wave activity and saliva stress hormone tests to measure stress along with both subjective and objective tests of the effects of the two relaxation methods.
  
  The group receiving chair massage had:
  
  Lower stress
  Reported that they felt more alert
  Performed significantly better on a math skills test, while completing the test in half the time of the control group.
  Stated that they felt less fatigued and more clearheaded
  

By providing onsite seated massage for your employees you can actually save money on costs related to job stress such as: repetitive stress injuries, employee turnover, diminished productivity, absenteeism, and waning morale.