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Stress costs you
money:
Stress on the job
costs U.S. workplaces an estimates $200 billion a year in
reduced productivity, accidents, compensation claims,
absenteeism, employee turnover, health insurance and medical
expenses.
This is more than the
after-tax profits of the Fortune 500 companies and 10 times
the cost of all strikes combined. *Recent studies show:
- Up to 90% of all
visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related
complaints.
- Up to 80% of
industrial accidents are due to stress.
- Over 50% of lost
work days are stress-related
- 14% of workers say
stress caused them to quit or change jobs in the previous
two years.
- Worker's
compensation award for job stress threaten to bankrupt the
system in some states
*Employee Burnout:
America's Newest Epidemic" (Northwestern National Life).
"Job Stress: The 20th Century Disease" (UN
International Labor Organization); "Mitchum Report on
Stress in the 90's."
On -site seated massage is a short massage which
- Comes to your
workplace
- Is given by a
professional massage practitioner
- Lasts from 5-30
minutes, uses no oil, and takes place with the employee
fully clothed
- Usually covers the
head, neck, shoulders, back, arms, and hands.
- Leaves employees
feeling relaxed, refreshed and ready to return to work.
A portable massage
chair, designed for comfort and support, is often used. It is
supplied by the massage therapist and can be set up and
dismantled quickly in almost any location.
- It's convenient:
no need to change clothes, shower or leave work.
- Results are
immediate
- It's easy and safe
- Effects are
cumulative
- People enjoy it
- It encourages
other steps of wellness
- It's motivational
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