Studies on nurses working in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) have\nfound that those receiving massage therapy see a huge reduction in work-related\nstress. In a job where your every minute can involve a split-second\nlife-or-death decision, there\u2019s no doubting the emotional strain such people\nare under, but taking care of their stress with even something as simple as a\n10-minute chair massage resulted in an improvement in both their own health and\ntheir ability to care for their patients.<\/p>
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMassage for Firefighters and First Responders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Much like nurses, fire and ambulance workers can be required to\nendure long and extremely stressful shifts, up to and including 24 hours on\nduty. However, a study of members of Ohio\u2019s Forest Park Fire Department found\nthat massage therapy helped to reduce stress and increase well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because of the traumatic and often fatal injuries that First\nResponders and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are required to work on,\nPost Traumatic Stress Disorder is comparatively common among such people, but\nresearch found that those who received massage therapy alongside typical stress\ntreatments responded better than those on just the standard treatments.<\/p> Massage for Office Workers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n While working in an office perhaps means fewer life-and-death\ndecisions, it doesn\u2019t necessarily mean less stress. Combine poor posture with\nlong hours and high expectations and you\u2019ve got a recipe for severe neck, back,\nhead and shoulder pain. Fortunately, massage can help. Studies have found that\nthose office workers getting the benefits you\u2019d get at a Phuket spa saw huge\nreductions in pain, blood pressure and stress hormones.<\/p> Massage for Models<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Admittedly, this one is fairly niche – there aren\u2019t that many of us who can claim to be models, particularly compared to the number of people who are office workers. However, what you might not realise is just how challenging the job really is. Being required to hold extreme poses for protracted periods of time, working long days, constant exercise and dieting all take their toll. When you\u2019re fighting the effects of ageing to maintain your income but everything you do amplifies its impact, you\u2019ve got a lot of stress to contend with, too. However, research has shown that massage therapy can have the desired anti-aging effect, as well as relieving muscle and joint pain and improving sleep quality, helping to maintain good physical and emotional well-being. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[44,43,19],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/channspaphuket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/High-Stress-Jobs.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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