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© Did you know that medical studies have
shown that massage at the workplace reduces stress?
© A study done at Bowling Green State University
in Ohio, in 1997, "evaluated the effectiveness of a 15-minute
on-site Chair Massage on reducing stress as indicated by blood pressure.
52 participants‘ blood pressures were measured before and after a
15-minute massage at work. Analysis showed a significant reduction in
participants’ systolic and diastolic blood pressure after receiving
the massage although there was no control group." (1)
© Did you know that research shows massage
also reduces anxiety as well as enhances alertness?
A study done in 1996 at the University of Miami
School of Medicine in Florida gave 26 adults a Chair Massage while
another group of 24 adults were asked to just relax in the massage chair
for 15 minutes as a control group, two times per week for five weeks.
On the first and last days of the study all of the
participants were monitored for EEG, before, during and after the
sessions. In addition, before and after the sessions they performed math
computations, they completed POMS Depression and State Anxiety Scales
and they provided a saliva sample for cortisol.
At the beginning of the sessions they completed
Life Events, Job Stress and Chronic POMS Depression Scales. The test
results revealed the following:
© Both groups were more relaxed (frontal
delta power increased).
© The massage group tests suggested enhanced
alertness (they showed decreased frontal alpha and beta power; while
the control group showed increased alpha and beta power).
© The massage group showed increased speed and
accuracy on math computations while the control group did not
change.
© Anxiety levels were lower following the
massage sessions but not the control sessions, although mood state
was less depressed following both the massage and control sessions.
© At the end of the 5 week period, depression
scores were lower for both groups but job
stress scores were lower for the massage group only.
This small-scale study suggests that massage
offers benefits in not just alleviating the physiological effects of
anxiety, but also in improving mental alertness. (2)
References:
(1) "Massage Therapy as a Workplace
Intervention for reduction of Stress"; Author: Cady SR, Jones GE;
Address: Department of Management, Bowling Green State University, OH
43403-0270, USA; Source: Percept Mot Skills, 1997, 84:1, 157-8.
(2) "Massage Therapy Reduces Anxiety
and enhances EEG pattern of Alertness and Math Computations";
Author: Field T, Ironson G, Scafidi F, Goncalves A, Burman I, Pickens J,
Fox N, Schanbert S, Kuhn C; Address: Touch Research Institute,
University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA; Source: mi
Neurosci (ENGLAND) Sep 1996,86 (3-4) p197-205.
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