Chair Massage is fast becoming a new trend in the world of business, all the way from Fortune 500 companies, to independently owned and operated local small businesses. Corporate Chair Massage has grown in popularity largely because of the positive feedback received from employees, both executives and workers alike.
Onsite chair massage is appreciated by corporate clients because of the portability and small size of the massage chair, as well as the fact that clients need not disrobe, and set up is less than thirty seconds. Portable Massage Chairs have a much smaller footprint than portable Massage Tables, making Chair Massage Therapy ideally suited for integration into a busy, work-intensive environment, as may be found in many successful companies. Massage Therapists like the chairs because they are lightweight, and easy to carry when folded.
Seated Chair Massage is also preferred by many employees because many individuals in corporate settings feel more comfortable sitting, as on a bike or motorcycle, rather than lying prone or supine on a portable massage table with co-workers all around. This was proven when clients chose, by a wide margin, to have chair massage when both chair massage and massage on a portable table, side-by-side, were offered. Even without the need to disrobe, many will forego a session of massage therapy simply because they would rather not lie down in front of their peers.
Portable Massage Chairs have not been around for a long time, and are a relatively recent
Bryden Therapeutic Chair – 1968 Image Credit Google Patents
innovation, though not quite as recent as the cultural phenomenon of Corporate Chair Massage gaining ubiquity. There have been a good number of patents submitted for different designs, the oldest of which was filed in the 1980s. Before these massage chairs, other designs existed for physical therapy chairs that were only somewhat similar, dating all the way back to the mid-twentieth century.
Of course, the more contemporary designs for Massage Chairs look somewhat different
Oakworks Massage Chair – Contemporary Design
from the earliest models, as one would expect. Even so, the basic idea, that a client sits while receiving Therapeutic Massage, remains fundamentally the same, as is the ability of the Massage Chair to fold up for storage and transport. Oakworks™, the best-known and most reputable Massage Chair manufacturer, was the first to patent and produce a design that looks like what we think of when we think of a massage chair today, back in 1992.
Onsite Chair Massage for Businesses owes its popularity to these ingenious designs, many of which are modifications of a few basic themes, all sharing the key characteristics of having the client positioned leaning forward, as well as portability, and a relatively small footprint.
Office Chair Massage, as a popular means of keeping a staff feeling focused and calm could not have become, prior to the creation of these designs. Of course, other, cruder designs did exist before the 1992 Oakworks design, but none were nearly as portable, and were clunky by comparison.
Seated Chair Massage was something most of us first observed in our local mall decades ago, curious at how strange it seemed for clients to be worked on in a seated position. Was it comfortable? Did it feel strange? In all reality, most did not find out the answers to these questions until office chair massage came to a cubicle near them!
The answers to the questions? Yes; chair massage is quite comfortable, described by more than a few clients as ‘feeling like floating’ as they leaned forward. Others liken it to riding a bike or motorcycle. Is it a strange experience? Indeed, it is quite different than anything else! Strange, but only at first, and in a completely good way.
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for a chair massage session. Mountainside On Site Massage Therapy provided chair massage on the lawn in front of the Paul Robeson Campus Center, inside the 
Campus Center itself, in the lounge of Stonsby Commons, as well as in the S.I. Newhouse Law and Justice Center.
great many, it’s a great new discovery, a means of relaxing 
that they had never encountered in their own lives.
with a lot more focus. The De-Stress Fest, as well as the recent Rutgers-Newark Health Fair, were both a great success, in terms of helping students find new resources for dealing with their life stress, an important skill necessary for navigating life in general, as well as succeeding in their studies. Massage Therapy is not 
the only answer, but rather a great place to begin discovering other healing modalities and activities that help foster inner calm and relaxation. 
