A fairly considerable proportion of the working population of the world now has a desk job, requiring them to be sat down for at least eight hours every day, generally with few breaks. It’s well known that sitting for that amount of time is bad for you, as proved by increasing rates of obesity and…
4 Stretches to Relieve Neck and Shoulder Tightness
When you last went to a luxury spa in Phuket, you probably found that the work the masseuse did to your neck and shoulders had the most beneficial impact, right? It’s hardly surprising – with most of us now spending our time looking at computer screens and smartphones, we’re putting a lot of pressure on…
4 Tips to Improve Your Posture
While a visit to a Phuket spa will certainly give you some relief from a stiff neck and aching shoulders, bad posture is commonly the root cause of such pain. You’ll find much greater and more lasting relief from improving your posture to prevent the pain in the first place, though there’s no doubting that…
Can Massage Help You Live Longer?
While a visit to a Phuket spa can seem like nothing more than a simple holiday indulgence, the health benefits of regular massage treatments are well-documented. However, you might not be aware that it could help you to live considerably longer. This revelation comes from a study conducted by National Geographic in 2015. An expedition…
How to Slow Things Down in a World That Never Stops
It’s all good and nice when people tell you that you need to relax and slow things down, and doing so on holiday can be easy enough. A visit to a Phuket spa is no big deal if the only other items on your calendar for the day are lounging by the pool or walking…
5 Ways to Make a Home Spa Retreat
We’d all love to include a visit to a Phuket spa in our day, but between work, family, social life and everything else, it seems like it’s always the first thing to get cut from your schedule. However, it’s also the one thing that shouldn’t be – you always need to make time to look…
3 Wellness Tips on How to Start Your Day Right
There are very few people who are at their best first thing in the morning, and even fewer who have the time for a massage before heading to work (unless they happen to work in a Phuket spa, of course). Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to make your morning a little…
Treat “Text Thumb” With Massage
Yes, “text thumb” is actually a thing. Recent studies have found that people are using their mobile phones for over five hours every day and the continuous texting, tweeting, emailing and whatever else is starting to have an effect. Repetitive strain injuries are among those effects, and they can be very painful. Fortunately, a visit…
How Massage Helps in High-Stress Jobs
Everyone knows that a visit to a Phuket spa is great for stress-relief, but how great there are certain professions in the world where the stress levels are taken to 11 on a regular basis, then taken up a few notches further. Rescue personnel like firefighters, first responders and nurses, in particular, experience an unusually…
5 Reasons to Have a Massage
It would be very easy to argue that you don’t really need a reason to have a good massage, particularly in so synonymous with the art as Thailand. However, there are five main reasons why people seek out a Phuket spa. And so they should, because massage can help with all of these reasons. Do…