Premier Massage Chair Blog

Massage chairs have been known to offer some very excellent health benefits.  They improve blood flow, loosen up your body, relieve muscle tension, improve your spine and even put you in a better mood.  Another thing massage chairs can do is help relieve the symptoms of fibromyalgia.  Fibromyalgia is a very annoying and disheartening condition, especially since there is seemly no cure.  The symptoms include things such as aches, pains, fatigue, stiff muscles and limbs, depression and anxiety.  Fibromyalgia can also affect one’s sleep. This condition affects about three to six million Americans.  Most of the afflicted are women.  One of the main sources of relief for fibromyalgia is massage.  Of course professional massage can be very expensive and time consuming.  That is why many fibromyalgia sufferers opt for owning their own massage chair.  This way they can receive a massage from their massage chair in the comfort of their own home at their leisure.  A five week study was conducted with 20 adult sufferers of fibromyalgia.  The study participants received massage therapy twice a week.  One of the massages was Shiatsu massage.  Most massage chairs are in fact Shiatsu massage chairs. At the end of the study, researchers observed a decrease in the fibromyalgia sufferer’s anxiety and depression.  They also noticed that the participants were sleeping better and experiencing less pain.  Massage chairs work for fibromyalgia because they massage the muscles and body.  This allows for better circulations of blood so there is increased nutrient absorption.  Also, the massage chair causes the body to release endorphins which is the body’s natural happy chemical. It is very interesting that something so simple and easily accessible as a massage chair can yield such fantastic results, even on an affliction so serious as fibromyalgia.  Perhaps every one should own a massage chair.