| Many people go through their daily routines | | | | stress, enhances blood circulation, prevents |
| in the home and office without rest. They are | | | | muscle cramps and spasms, relieves pain |
| so focused on their work trying to accomplish | | | | especially for people with arthritis and |
| their tasks and meet deadlines as soon as | | | | sciatica, helps speed up recovery from |
| possible and this may go on for weeks, months | | | | injuries encountered at work, accidents or |
| or even years. What they're forgetting is | | | | sports, strengthens the immune system, |
| that all work and no leisure will result in | | | | relieves skeletal problems and improves |
| aching bodies. | | | | posture and promotes body awareness. |
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| So the best way to pamper one's self these | | | | If, however, you are not used to having |
| days is through a body massage. Old as it may | | | | somebody massage your body, there is a good |
| seem, massage is still considered an | | | | alternative nowadays and that is to use a |
| effective form of medical care with lots of | | | | massage chair. With this device, you can get |
| health benefits. No need to spend so much | | | | a body massage right in the comfort of your |
| money on medicines, all you have to do is go | | | | home or office. Chair massage is growing |
| to a spa and get yourself massaged. | | | | rapidly in the U.S. and Britain as well as |
| | | | other parts of Europe are starting to utilize |
| The origin of massage dates back in the | | | | it too. In fact, this can even be experienced |
| ancient times. It was widely used then by the | | | | these days in shopping malls and airports. |
| Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks, Romans and | | | | |
| Indians. A Chinese book on internal medicine | | | | Introduced in the late 1980's, the massage |
| described massage of skin and flesh as well | | | | chair is designed to follow the motions and |
| as breathing exercises as suited for treating | | | | techniques of a real masseuse to relieve body |
| paralysis, chills and fever while Greeks and | | | | aches and pains. With advancements in |
| Roman physicians used the method in relieving | | | | technology, they have also been improved |
| pain. In India, their traditional system of | | | | through the years and many models now can do |
| medicine called Ayurveda involved therapeutic | | | | the Shiatsu and Swedish massage. |
| massage using aromatic oils and spices. The | | | | |
| Swedish massage emerged only in the 19th | | | | Basically, massage chairs have three major |
| century and used techniques similar to that | | | | parts - motors, preset patterns and programs |
| of China, Egypt, Greece and Rome. | | | | and nodes and rollers. These essential |
| | | | components all contribute to giving the user |
| Today, intensive care units use massage in | | | | a good body massage notably for the neck and |
| treating children, elderly people, babies | | | | back part depending on his or her needs. The |
| being incubated and patients suffering from | | | | chair can automatically adjust for the |
| heart attacks, strokes, AIDS and cancer. | | | | weight, height and width of the user and it |
| Also, several kinds of massage techniques | | | | can be programmed to specific levels of |
| have been combined with other therapies like | | | | massaging such as the tapping, rolling or |
| aromatherapy, reflexology, osteopathy, | | | | kneading motions. |
| Rolfing and Hellerwork. | | | | |
| | | | Investing in a massage chair is ideal for |
| Massage indeed provides great health benefits | | | | people who frequently experience body aches. |
| to the body. It relaxes the nervous system, | | | | And if maintained well, users can even hand |
| eases tension and anxiety thereby relieving | | | | it over in the future to their children. |