A whopping 60% of us are continuing to work from home after the pandemic. While there are many perks to working from home, 41% of remote employees are more stressed compared to those who work on-site.
If you don’t take care of yourself, working from home could drastically damage your mental health. For example, people are more likely to struggle ‘unplugging’ when they’re not actually leaving an office at the end of the day – simply going from one room in the home to another doesn’t have the same effect. Being unable to switch off and unwind then prevents you from relaxing and recharging. Many people who work from home also lack boundaries between their work and personal lives. Their work duties and home chores become a blur, creating a never-ending list of tasks that is impossible to complete. Being unable to switch off reduces positive hormones like endorphins, serotonin and dopamine, and pumps the damaging hormone cortisol throughout the body instead. Without taking some time out for yourself, higher levels of cortisol can lead to anxiety, depression and a suppressed immune system.
A massage helps your mind and body to relax and unwind
A massage can help muscles relax and eliminate negative hormones and help boost your mental health. The friction encourages the blood to flow throughout the body, making muscle temperature rise. The muscles start to unwind as the raised temperature increases tissue elasticity and stimulates mental relaxation. It also rids the body of cortisol by promoting endorphins, serotonin and dopamine. The three powerful hormones are great for decreasing stress, improving mental health and encouraging relaxation. Taking time to get a massage will not only promote positive hormones, but will boost your quality of life and remind you that you should put yourself first and you definitely deserve to treat your body well.
Get a massage in the comfort of your own home
Mobile spa services now can greatly help relieve the stress and body pain that working from home causes. USPAAH’s 200 highly skilled massage therapists visit clients in their homes, offices, or hotels, anywhere in London zones 1-6 as well as Essex: CM, CO, and SS postcodes. How about a Swedish Relax and Unwind Massage in the comfort of your own home to help you switch off after a long day?
