Employees can pay part or all of the cost. Massages can take the place of break time so no work time is lost. Two massages a month cost much less per employee than most health programs. Results are immediate - most wellness programs take months to show results. It's easy and safe - no special fitness level or training is required to receive a massage.
Effects are cumulative - consistent use reinforces the benefits.
It encourages other steps to wellness - regular massage helps people feel better and can motivate them to take care of themselves with diet, exercise or other lifestyle changes. Today stress is a fact of life, and the workplace is no exception. Deadlines, rapidly changing technology, and unavoidable interpersonal conflicts are just a few of the stresses workers cope with daily. Listlessness, poor concentration, anxiety, depression, irritability, or anger. Lowered resistance to colds and infections, high blood pressure, ulcers and heart disease.