Massage for Stress

 

 

"Massage reduces production of specific stress hormones and improves the functioning of the immune system."
Maria Hernandez-Reif, Director of Massage Studies, TRI

 

“Studies have shown that massage improves bottom line of employers because massage recipients were more alert.”
Touch Research Institute and the Univ. of Miami

 

"The healing power of a simple massage is so great that it deserves to be an integral part of medicine and health care."
Dr Mark Bricklin, Editor, Prevention, America's Leading Health Magazine, February 1996

 

"It's increasing in popularity. It's become a definite part of disease prevention and health promotion programs in the workplace."
Matthew Guidry, senior advisor to the director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  

 

Massage in the Workplace

 

"Massage was something we wanted to incorporate in our HR list of benefits that we could offer to employees. My manager was familiar with other companies that had a massage therapist and believed it would be good for us. So we tried it out, and it was quite popular. We have more than 3,800 employees and have had no problem filling every available appointment each week"
Leslie Orlando, HR specialist with Intuit in Mountain View, CA

"Our employees seem rejuvenated after the massage, They are invigorated. The feedback we get from people is, `This is the best thing that has happened to me today, and I'm ready to go back and tackle the day.'”
Patricia Bucaccio, assistant director of the Working Well program at Cigna Corp