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How reflexology can improve business health

More and more companies are reaping the benefits of allowing their employees to receive reflexology treatment at their places of work. Relax and Enjoy is pleased to offer this service to businesses in the Greater London area. An individual session takes just 30 minutes, but the effects are much more enduring.

Giving staff access to reflexology has been shown to:

• increase morale, satisfaction and loyalty
• enhance concentration, accuracy and efficiency
• improve creativity, planning and decision making
• foster better relationships among staff and between staff and management
• enable staff to perform better under pressure
• speed up recovery and return to work after illness, accident or surgery
• relieve pain in stress-related conditions such as headache and migraine
• boost resistance to infection and disease.

Employers benefit from a reduction in sickness and absenteeism, an increase in productivity, and a more powerful financial performance.

On this page you will find information on:

• The financial impact of stress in the workplace
• How businesses are fighting stress
• How you can help your employees
• Testimonial

If you have any questions not covered here, please contact us. We will be glad to help.

The financial impact of stress in the workplace

MORI research shows that stress adversely affects over a third of the UK's working population, or around 8.5 million people. It impairs efficiency and accuracy, performance of physical tasks, planning, decision making and creativity. It increases tiredness and irritability, and weakens the immune system.

Of the 360 million working days lost every year in the UK - at a cost of £8 billion - half are stress related. As well as suffering this direct financial loss, companies may face legal claims for stress-related conditions.

How businesses are fighting stress

A number of overseas countries have been addressing the problem of stress in the workplace for several years. In Denmark, for instance, occupational health services have worked closely with employers to develop a flexible approach involving complementary therapies, particularly reflexology. The results have been impressive.

Odense Post Office has employed a full-time reflexologist since 1990. A 13.3% reduction in sickness and absenteeism has produced savings of around £100,000.

Ishoj Municipal Health Department recorded 2,499 fewer sick hours over a six-month period in which employees received reflexology treatment. Savings amounted to £21,490.

SAS Cargo saved an estimated £2,000 a month by giving staff access to reflexology.

Fonss and Hove, a firm of solicitors in Kolding, found greater motivation and enhanced performance in employees receiving reflexology treatment. After four years the need for treatment declined, owing to minimal sickness and absenteeism.

In the UK, the Danish example is now being followed by large and small businesses of all kinds, as well as city and borough councils, schools, hospitals and football teams.

How you can help your employees

Relax and Enjoy can help you bring the benefits of reflexology to your staff and your organisation in a variety of ways. All you need do is make a room available for treatment.

• Employees can pay for their own treatment, or you can subsidise the cost either in part or in full.
• To raise awareness, you can invite a reflexologist from Relax and Enjoy to come and talk to your employees.

If you are interested in enhancing the wellbeing of your employees and your business, please contact Relax and Enjoy. We will be delighted to offer you a free consultation, and to suggest a suitable scheme tailored to your circumstances.

Testimonial

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