Tis The Season for Tension Headaches

holiday tension headache

Do tension headaches have a season? Maybe not. But tension runs especially high at some times of the year, creating headaches. And a trip to your massage chair can help! Why Stress Now? Every day at this time of year, most of us are multitasking. Yes, “the holidays” are multiple and demanding. We may be […]

Workplace Massage Chairs Deliver Big Benefits

Massage chairs in the workplace

Increasingly we are seeing companies buy workplace massage chairs for their employees to utilize. Not only are massage chairs a fantastic company perk, they are an investment to help reduce the costs associated with workplace stress. Long hours, seemingly impossible demands, and uncertain job security can take their toll on employees’ mental and physical well-being. […]

The Mental Benefits Of Massage Chairs

Mental Benefits of Massage Chairs

You may not realize that massage chairs deliver as many mental benefits as physical. Perhaps you are in the market for a massage chair. Maybe you’ve seen them at Costco special events, or you passed by those massage chairs rentals at the mall or airport. Wherever you saw them, maybe you were intrigued by the […]

Massage Chairs and Stress Relief

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Can Massage Help You Manage Stress? Recently, we wrote about stress as a probable cause of TMJ syndrome and, because massage therapy is effective in addressing various ways stress can affect the body, we suggested that massage can benefit those who suffer from TMJ. Great. But maybe it would be wise to explore the reasons […]

Massage Chairs and Migraines

Massage chairs and migraines

Massage and Migraines Any kind of pain can be debilitating, and for people who suffer from migraine headaches, pain can disrupt both their personal and professional lives. Whether migraine occurs infrequently or on a regular basis, finding dependable relief is a top priority. What Relief Can Look Like Migraine is a complex condition that can […]

Massage Chairs and TMJ

massage and TMJ

Can Massage Therapy Take a Bite out of TMJ? While chronic stress is known to cause a wide range of health problems, stress has not been thoroughly considered as the root of TMJ problems. “But I thought TMJ syndrome was all about jaw muscles and joints!” Certainly that is where the symptoms occur—the ones that […]

Massage Chairs Relieve Depression

massage chairs help with depression?

Can Massage Relieve Symptoms of Depression? Depression can be an expensive and devastating condition, in part because of the effect depressive illness can have on overall health. According to the Centers for Disease Control, “Depression can adversely affect the course and outcome of common chronic conditions, such as arthritis, asthma, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and […]

Frequent Massage Is Best For “Text Neck”

text neck pain

UCS or upper crossed syndrome sounds obscure, but we see it every day. First dubbed “Text Neck” by Dr. Dean Fisher in 2008, the condition is seen by many as a scourge of 21st-century technology. Fishman coined the term when a mother brought in her 17-year-old daughter who was complaining of headaches and neck pain. As […]

The Top Stressors at Home

dealing with stress at home?

In our last blog post, we talked about the top stressors at the office and how they can affect your daily life. In this post, we’ll take a look at stressors at home and how they can affect your life in various ways. At World’s Best Massage Chairs (WBMC), we want to help every customer […]

How Massage Chairs Help with Headaches

Massage chairs and migraines

For many, a headache is a rarity. It might follow a night of excessive celebration, a long day at work, or a difficult conversation with a family member. But for others, headaches pose a chronic problem—always a possibility and always totally disruptive of normal, daily activity when they occur. Scientific research on the benefits of […]

What About Contraindications for Massage with Hypertension?

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Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a serious condition affecting one in four American adults. Some information suggests that people with hypertension should not use massage as a treatment. Fortunately, research contradicts this finding. Any kind of massage flushes stagnant blood and floods a tightened area with new, fresh blood. This increase in circulation can increase […]

Beyond Stress and Muscle Pain: Many Health Benefits of Massage

Health Benefits of Massage

As many of us can attest, massage is good medicine for stress, muscle tension, and pain. Not only does body work itself have benefits, the caring attention of another human being supplies psychological comfort and a sense of connection. According to the Mayo Clinic, massage, together with standard treatments, is a beneficial “complementary and alternative […]

Dealing with Stress Through Massage

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Everyone experiences stress at some point in their lives, and everyone deals with it in different ways. There are positive and negative ways of dealing with stress, and some cope with it better than others. At The World’s Best Massage Chairs (WBMC), we want everyone who uses one of our chairs to feel relaxed and […]

Stress As An Evolutionary Adaptation

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Imagine yourself hundreds of thousands of years ago, a newly evolved Homo sapiens sapiens, striking out on the African plain intent on scouting out sustenance for yourself and your kin.  Your muscular and lithe body moves with the wind as you track your prey off in the distance and you’re careful to not let your […]

A Witness To Stress: My Personal Story

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By Dr. Ron I personally saw the effect of stress on my late father, a hard-working man who regularly put in 16 to 18 hour days in a profession he hated. He felt stuck, driven by the necessity to provide for family, putting off his personal dreams of getting the education that would land him […]

Massage Chairs and Headaches

massage chairs and stress

By Dr. Ron Headaches are one of the most annoying and sometimes debilitating conditions a person can deal with. Migraine sufferers have been known to literally “not be able to function” due to the severity of their migraines. Cluster headaches are also incredibly distracting and when they become chronic, they are even more debilitating as […]

Good Rest and Why It's Important To You

good rest is important

Science has proven that “good rest” is not only how the body recovers from daily life, but also something that is incredibly vital to helping our immune systems function optimally. Without proper rest, we see people develop: illnesses, irritability, infections, headaches, poor sleeping habits and they become an overall slave to their stress. The question […]