Research + References On Corporate Massage

CORPORATE CHAIR MASSAGE WELLNESS BENEFITS

1. Wellness Strategies to Improve Employee Health, Performance and the Bottom Line. David Chenoweth, Ph.D., FAWHP. Society for Human Resource Management Foundation and Humana, 2011.
2. Financial Impact of Health Promotion Programs: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature. Steven G. Aldana, Ph.D. American Journal of Health Promotion, May/June 2001.
3. National Institute for Health Care Management and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2011.
4. What’s the Hard Return on Employee Wellness Programs? Harvard Business Review, December 2010.
5. Stocks of companies winning the Corporate Health Achievement Award from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine outperformed the overall stock market 3%-5% a year since 1990. – Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sept. 2013.
6. Massage Therapy can be a Valuable Component of a Wellness Program, American Massage Therapy Association, September 2008.
7. Get the massage! American Psychological Association. Monitor on Psychology, Vol 33, No. 7, July/August 2002.
8. Massage! It’s real medicine. Health Magazine, March 8, 2007.
9. Massage Therapy Reduces Anxiety and Enhances EEG Pattern of Alertness and Math Computations, Tiffany Field et al. University of Miami Touch Research Institute. International Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 86. pp. 197-205, 1996.

HEALTH CARE COSTS

1. The Job Stress Epidemic Is Making Us Sick, Cheryl Conner, Forbes.com, October 23, 2014.
2. Research demonstrates that stressful working conditions pose a threat to worker health and are directly associated with increased absenteeism, tardiness, and intentions by workers to quit their jobs – which all have a negative effect on the bottom line. – Stress… At Work. Publication 99-101. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999.
3. Workplace Stress: Digesting the Statistics, The American Institute of Stress.
4. Workplace Stress Strains Organizations’ Bottom Lines, Jacquelyn Ferguson, M.S., Corporate Wellness Magazine.com, January 29, 2014.
5. Characteristics of Successful Wellness Programs, Don R. Powell, Ph.D., President, American Institute for Preventive Medicine, 2014.
6. Is Work-Related Stress Making Your Company Sick? Cedric Hutchings, Forbes.com, June 23, 2015.
7. The Job Stress Epidemic Is Making Us Sick, Here’s What You Need To Know! (Infographic), Reuben Yonatan, Founder and CEO, Get VOIP.

STRESS + IMMUNITY

1. America’s Number One Health Problem. The American Institute of Stress.
2. The Relationship Between Stress and Disease, an excerpt from “The Cortisol Connection.” Shawn Talbott, Ph.D., 2002-2007.
3. Stress in America™ survey. American Psychological Association, 2014.
4. Workplace Stress Strains Organizations’ Bottom Lines, Jacquelyn Ferguson, M.S., Corporate Wellness Magazine.com, January 29, 2014.
5. Massage Research Abstracts pre- and post-2010, Touch Research Institute, University of Miami.
6. Massage Therapy Can Relieve Stress, The American Massage Therapy Association, October 2006.
7. Massage Therapy can be a Valuable Component of a Wellness Program, American Massage Therapy Association, September 2008.
8. Adults Demonstrate Modified Immune Response After Receiving Massage, Cedars-Sinai Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, September 2010.
9. Massage Therapy Reduces Anxiety and Enhances EEG Pattern of Alertness and Math Computations, Tiffany Field et al. University of Miami Touch Research Institute. International Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 86. pp. 197-205, 1996.

PRODUCTIVITY

1. Workplace Stress Leads to Less Productive Employees, Karen Higginbottom,Forbes.com, Sept. 11, 2014.
2. Studies show workplace stress has a direct and negative influence on work performance. – Massage therapy in the workplace: Reducing employee strain and blood pressure, A.L.Day et al., Dept. of Psychology, St. Mary’s University, Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia, Supplemento B, Psicologia, Vol. 31, N. 3: B25-B30, 2009.
3. America’s Number One Health Problem; Workplace Stress, The American Institute of Stress.
4. Stress in America, American Psychological Association, 2009.
5. The most commonly reported symptoms of stress include feeling: irritable or angry; nervous or anxious; a lack of interest or motivation; fatigue; overwhelmed; depressed or sad. – A Stress Snapshot: Stress in AmericaTM survey, American Psychological Association, 2014.
6. Stress…At Work. Publication 99-101, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,1999.
7. Is Work-Related Stress Making Your Company Sick? Cedric Hutchings, Forbes.com, June 23, 2015.
8. Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem. Editors: Harvey R Colten and Bruce M Altevogt. Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research, National Academies Press (US), 2006.

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

1. How Stress Affects Attitudes & Behaviors in the Work Environment. Candace Webb, Demand Media for Chron.com, Houston Chronicle.
2. Nelnet, an education finance firm, asks departing employees in exit interviews what they will miss most. The number one answer: the wellness program. – What’s the Hard Return on Employee Wellness Programs? Harvard Business Review, December 2010.
3. Massage Therapy can be a Valuable Component of a Wellness Program, American Massage Therapy Association, September 2008.
4. Massage Can Improve Health and Wellness. American Massage Therapy Association, September 2014.

CORPORATE CHAIR MASSAGE WELLNESS SERVICES

1. A Preliminary Study of the Effects of Repeated Massage on Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal and Immune Function in Healthy Individuals: A Study of Mechanisms of Action and Dosage. Mark H. Rapaport, Pamela Schettler, and Catherine Bresee. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, August 2012.