Spoiler: yes.
We’ve all been there…
Your day started out awful. Everything annoys you. The Wi-Fi is slow, someone gave you a dirty look on the way to work, and your neck hurts like you slept in a chair.
But here’s the question:
What if all you need is someone to squeeze your shoulders for a few minutes for everything to feel better?
But work is still crazy and you just can’t carve out a few hours to come see us.
DID YOU KNOW…we can come to you at your workplace???
Enter: chair massage. Chair massage focuses primarily on relaxing tense muscles in the shoulders and back, which are the main areas of tension for people who work at desks for long hours. Healing Hands has an entire mobile team of licensed massage therapists who are ready to come to your office or event to perform this service!
Chair massage is comfortable, beneficial, and convenient. Even though you can’t get a full body massage on the chair due to the nature of the seated position, your massage therapist is still able to target the key back and neck muscles where most people carry tension. Circulation is stimulated and relaxation hormones get triggered just as they do with a table massage, even though a typical chair massage is just 10-20 minutes long.
It’s not magic, it’s science. When you get a massage, your body starts releasing endorphins (the ones that make you feel like you just watched a heartwarming movie with your favorite snack). Your serotonin levels also go up – this is the chemical that basically tells you, “Everything’s going to be okay.”
Massages also lower cortisol levels, which is the stress hormone. Less cortisol = less mental drama. Your body literally goes into zen mode while your muscles say, “Thank you, we finally get to relax!”
But instead of feeling dreamy and sluggish after your chair massage, just the opposite happens: the lowered stress levels help clear out any brain fog and help you reset. So when you return all too soon to your desk, you’ll notice a renewed sense of clarity and focus.
This blog answers the top 5 questions we get about this service, and this blog discusses how even a short chair massage helps employees reset physically and mentally. You can also read here about how Healing Hands is often able to bill insurance carriers directly for chair massages, if Wellness Dollars are included in your company’s healthcare plan.
Sometimes, a quick shoulder or head massage is enough to reset your day.
So if you’re cranky and everything feels wrong… maybe you don’t need coffee, or a motivational speech, or to quit your job and move to the woods.
You might just need someone to gently squeeze your trapezius.
Contact us to request this service at your office, trade show, or other company event (it’s a big hit during happy hours too!).