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| Stress relieving office massage |
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We are living in the boom years of the New Economy and the pace of our life, be it at home or at work, is ever more hectic. Computers rule our waking hours, determining the way we conduct our activities. Disorders caused by a forced working posture (known as repetitive strain injuries) are continually on the rise. Most of these complaints derive from muscular tension in the back, shoulders, nape, arms and hands, which tend to generate acute discomfort, cervical pain, headaches, backaches, etc. In the USA, the carpal tunnel syndrome affects 51% of the workforce, followed by periarteritis, tennis elbow, spinal hernia, tendonitis of the wrist and hand. Eyesight problems are also frequent: the Association of American Oculists deems that 88% of all computer users suffer from the “Computer Vision Syndrome” (eyes sting, water, have trouble focusing, and perceive colors unnaturally). Moreover, forced immobility affects blood circulation in the lower limbs, resulting in venous stagnation, varicose veins, swelling and heaviness.
Another, no less worrisome aspect of the New Economy is that reliance on satellite, web, e-mail and cell-phone communications tend to make us lose touch with our physical self, ignore our body and fail to grasp its primary needs. As we spend more time at the office and less time at home, with our family or friends, we lose the advantages of direct visual and tactile contact.
The situation described above causes serious discomfort to working men and women, resulting in greater costs for companies and governments.
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| Office massage improves the outlook and performance of personnel |
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Staff at work with a lucid mind, feeling well rested, motivated and therefore productive, these are the benefits that accrue to companies who introduce office massage. Office massage brings us back in touch with our inner self, producing a state of wellbeing and awareness that makes us face personal and professional problems with greater calm and creativity. Massage helps us regain our balance and enjoy what we are and what we do. Preventing anxiety and stress from gaining the upper hand, it allows us to consider our work in a more dispassionate light and draw more pleasure from our activities. In a nutshell, office massage puts a smile back on the face of practitioner and patient alike.
All personnel in a responsible position, assigned to duties demanding concentration and long hours at a desk, can take great benefit from this type of massage.
In Europe as in the USA, entrepreneurs have realized that stress at the workplace is bad for employees’ health and affects their productivity. Among the various facilities introduced on business premises, rebalancing rooms equipped for office massage are becoming a popular feature. The demand for expert office massage practitioners on the part of the business community is bound to start escalating before long.
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About office massage |
Office massage, while essentially designed for office use, lends itself admirably to any situation where energy and wellbeing must be quickly restored (for example, before a night on the town, after a hectic working day or a long drive, when cramming for exams, etc.).
The massage itself takes only 15-20 minutes and can be performed on a fully dressed person, comfortably stretched on a massage table, or simply seated on a massage chair (chair massage).
After a series of test maneuvers designed to ascertain muscular tension, the massage therapist uses customized manual procedures to release contracted muscles, loosen stiff joints and induce relaxation.
This result is obtained by oscillation, kneading, pulling, pressing and stretching. Having diagnosed and relieved generic tension, the practitioner focuses on the major problem areas, starting with the head – where thought processes originate – and then tackling the nape, shoulders, arms, hands, back, legs and feet. The treatment is meant to soothe pain, produce a state of relaxation, and generate a global sense of wellbeing.
Benefits are immediately apparent. By relieving muscular tension and inducing relaxation, we clear the path for organic regeneration. By optimizing the circulation of blood and lymph throughout our body, we increase energy levels; our joints acquire greater flexibility, the strain on muscles in the nape of the neck and upper, middle and lower back disappears. The proper harmony between body and mind is re-established, our countenance acquires a calm, luminous aspect, our ability to concentrate improves and the restoration of vital energy circuits unleashes our creativity.
All the massage techniques taught in our school, including office massage, were designed to procure wellbeing to both parties involved: the massage therapist and his patient. Office massage is not recommended for people suffering from a particularly severe pathology, more effectively treated by a customized high-performance therapeutical massage. |
| These subjects are taught in the "basic training course" |
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