Corporate Massage is usually done with a specially designed massage chair. It is a relatively short massage which usually lasts 10-15 minutes and uses no massage oil. It takes place with the person fully clothed, and covers the head, neck, shoulders, back, arms, and hands.

It leaves employees feeling relaxed, refreshed and ready to return to work, like a nap or a coffee break. It's a wonderful thing to do for your hard-working staff...they will thank you for it and work better too. I've been providing bi-weekly chair massage for the employees of a casino for over four years now and they thoroughly enjoy it.

The results of a recent study were published in the American Massage Therapy Association's Massage Therapy Journal, Spring 2004, Vol. 43. The study examined how a 10-minute massage affected nurses working in the high-pressure environment of a medical center. The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of massage therapy in reducing stress perception in bedside nurses as compared to the standard coffee break traditionally allowed in a nurse's schedule during the day. The findings of this study demonstrated that, at least in the short term, massage therapy can be effective in reducing stress perception among hospital nurses during the course of the workday.