Picture a massage. What suggests itself are pictures of somebody lying on a table, partially covered with a sheet, being kneaded. But one of the more recent and now similarly common forms doesn’t employ a table or mat in any way.
The recipient is not even prone. 
He is sitting. Chair massage has come of age. Chair massage is commonly called company massage since it’s often practiced in the workplace. But it can be performed anywhere with the right apparatus. It involves the use of a specially-shaped chair that allows the customer to sit nicely, face-forward at a slight downward angle. The legs are bent, knees supported and the entire body is relaxed although the person isn’t lying but sitting. Gravity relief is like specialized office chairs that prop the knees up, lying back at an angle. This eases stress on the lumbar region and the neck.
Specialised chairs of that type are occasionally utilised by SOHO office employees who spend tedious hours at the PC. In this situation, the body is just flipped 180 degrees, to face down rather than up. That permits simple access to the neck, shoulders, back and arms, which are the main areas of chair or company massage. Leg, glute and feet work are far less often found in these circumstances. The advantages are common.
Work-related stress is one of the most typical illnesses, accounting for billions in lost productiveness each year. Although sessions are shorter – 10-30 mins instead of the common hour – they’re valuable in relaxing and re-energizing the recipient. The practice has a few advantages for the therapist too. Chair massage practice demands that doctors make ‘housecalls’, but many do that anyway. When journeying to the recipient’s home, there’s additional time and bother required, and the occasional risk. Regularly it’s tough to charge enough additional to make the added effort advantageous. In a company setting, many clients can be accommodated in a central area in a shorter time. That increases earnings and produces more happy employees, too. The same practice can be carried out at the consultant’s office also. But chair massage may also be performed in the customer’s home if dragging the chair isn’t too troublesome. Since the chair provides a useful angle for work, elbow and forearm work gets simpler. That saves lots of tension on the hands, always a worry for massage doctors. Giant force isn’t needed to provide the desired result. A straightforward lean with the consultant’s knees, permitting gravity to work instead of muscly strength, is all that is required. Putting the leg nearest to the customer behind, align with the customer’s back, with approximately a foot of space between, and an easy natural angle is attained. Be certain not to hunch over, keep the line of the shoulders open and parallel to the customer. Then let your body weight sink into the customer. Gravity does lots of the work for you. This decreases any arm or hand pressure needed, saving the consultant effort and possible work-related stress injury. Hands become active during work on the neck, but even here the forearm can be made use of, again saving those vital hand and finger muscles for when they are actually required. The customer receives a brilliant massage and the consultant decreases effort.
