Tone Your Muscles With Massage Therapy Chairs
With today's long working hours, endless commute times and fat-induced dietary habits, people are turning in greater numbers to alternative medicine to relieve them from the stresses of every day life. Massage treatments are a favourite to take the burden off the muscles and release the strain of a day's work. It seemed only a matter of time before technology muscled in to replace the human touch. Today, there is a wide array of massage chairs to suit all price ranges and individual preference.
Massage therapy chairs are designed with both the customer and the therapist in mind. For therapists, lightweight and bulky chairs save space and offer convenient transfer and storage. For the customer, the focus is on offering something comfortable and ergonomic, yet effective in treating headaches and back pains.
One of the most popular designs among therapists is the portable massage chair. Made from aluminium, these chairs are lightweight and can be hauled from place to place with ease. This flexibility and ease of transport has opened up a whole new world of options to both therapist and consumer. You don't need to make it through the rush hour to get in time for your massage session; you don't even need to leave your house or change work attire. You just pick up the phone, make an appointment and the massage therapist comes to you. This flexibility has sprung a new type of massage called "corporate massage", where therapists take their business just about anywhere: work offices, shopping malls, grocery stores and even the beach. This gives massage therapists a greater visibility and client base and increased income with sessions lasting on average 15 minutes.
For a soothing massage with an extra touch, it's hard to beat the "shiatsu" chair. These chairs imitate the "shiatsu" technique to such a degree that you'd be forgiven if you thought you were getting the actual massage from a therapist. It is equipped with options to reproduce the rotating, patting, vibrating and sweeping characteristics of this popular Asian massage. You can also have the chair on you back - the so-called "barefoot shiatsu" to dig deep into the muscle tissue to ease out any knots and remove tension.
If you have extra money to spare, then you could go the whole log and buy yourself the most technologically advanced chair available in the market. The "Human Touch" chair, manufactured by iJoy, is the closest a machine can come to the firm kneading of a professional massage therapist. The chair is so flexible it can move in three dimensions. It comes equipped with four different mode settings to closely resemble the human touch and imitate different massaging techniques. They can be especially helpful in treating headaches and relieving back pain.