The office masseur: here at the business unusual desk we are always looking at ways of making the working day somewhat easier to handle. One bright idea certainly has to be the office massage service.
| Auteur | O'Brien, Tom |
| Fonction | Business Unusual |
This 31-year old Lausannois, runs Amma, a company that specialises in seated massage and shiatsu; and all of these treatments can he carried out in the comfort of your very own workspace. The massage costs no more than 50 CHF for a thirty-minute treatment, and the more people in a company who take part the bigger the discount that can be offered.
Happy And Healthy Workforce
Sensible business chiefs have always recognised the importance of a happy and healthy workforce. It's suggested by some that offering a massage service to stressed out executives can increase their output. Certainly offering a therapy such as this within the office cuts down the time employees will be taking off to visit similar practitioners off-site.
Yves Richoz
He works mainly in the French-speaking part of Switzerland visiting offices and factories, as well as receiving clients in his private clinic in Lausanne,
When called to the office, Richoz arrives with Swiss precision, within minutes he had his massage chair in place and our tense and anxious guinea pig, otherwise known as Alice, in position. Surprisingly the chair fits into a remarkably small space. Ideally a private room allows Yves and the client the privacy to relax fully, but He is equally at home working in an open plan office, such as ours.
The Treatment
Even though Richoz is a tall and powerful man, his touch is sensitive to the client and he likes to take his time to get to know each person individually before he starts the treatment.
All the effort certainly paid off; within fifteen minutes our guinea pig was floating on air, stress levels reduced and comfort levels on high. After her full thirty minutes in the "chair" Alice was ready to return to the fray, noticeably recharged and full of vigour.
We were all impressed by the ease of which Richoz set up for the session, no hassle and no fuss. Equally impressive was the way in which his technique managed to distress the client while leaving them ready to return energy levels raised to work.
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