Massage In Corporate America

Massage therapy has enjoyed uncommon popularity within the business world as of late this is largely due to the widely publicized health benefits. Along with other preventative medicines and tools like meditation, massage has been found to reduce stress, by relieving muscle tension, increasing overall flexibility and circulation, and has been proven to trigger the brains chemistry releasing mood balancing hormones and chemicals that lead to overall happiness. For further information on the benefits of massage please visit The University of Miami TR, it was formally founded in 1992 and is funded entirely by Johnson and Johnson, Gerber, and Colgate-Palmolive companies. With the rising cost of Health Insurance in America, Insurance Companies and Businesses is desperately trying to find ways to lower the alarming rise in health care costs. Knowing that the number one reason for health problems is due to the high lingering and dangerous effects of Stress, America is changing the way in which we deal with health related issues. Preventative medicine is no longer looked at as an unusual eccentric and unproven method of treatment, but is slowly becoming an indispensable commodity in the health care industry.

Due to the relaxing-pleasurable effects of Massage Therapy along with its proven health benefits, companies using massage as sales incentives, company perks and or employee rewards are noticing a favorable trend, companies using Massage Therapy regularly report a significant reduction in employee absenteeism. That in turn increases employee productivity and translates to substantial savings for employers. It has been reported that Stress accounts for an estimated $200 billion dollars in lost productivity, work related accidents, workers compensation claims, medical and health insurance related costs. Over 50% of lost workdays and on the job accidents are stress related. There are One million employees missing work per day because of stress and 80% of industrial / construction accidents are stress related.

Massage along with regular exercise, healthy foods high in antioxidant nutrient content and quiet stress free time (meditation), will improves ones overall health leading to longevity and happiness. In a world with ever-increasing economical and geopolitical stressors such as terrorism and war, the world’s inhabitants are in desperate need of coping methods. With this one precious human life we have been provided with, we have a right to be healthy and happy, and a duty to our fellow man to encourage them thru our own wholehearted actions. In order for us to have a harmonious mentally and physically healthy society it is the individual that must adopt this right way of living.