Which Massage Chairs Can Contribute Best to Men’s Health?
Men and women can benefit from a home massage. Immediate benefits include muscle and pain relief, but many people don’t go to see a therapist often enough to experience the long-term perks of a massage.
Studies (here and here) show that massage can:
- Provide short-term relief from low back pain
- Help alleviate neck pain
- Relieve knee pain
- Ease headaches, although the results are inconsistent
Evidence also suggests that a healthy massage can relieve stress, anxiety, muscle tightness and tension and even increase blood flow.
For an active man, massage chair benefits can be even more impressive.
However, if you’re not using your home massage chair properly, it won’t provide the same benefits for you. You can’t just use your massager for one week and then ignore it for months to achieve long-term benefits.
Best Tips from Men on How to Use Massage Chairs
and Stay Healthy
Do you know how to use a massage chair? If you think “just turn it on and sit down,” you’re partly right. However, there is a lot more that you can do to maximize the benefits the chair offers.
Follow these few tips to master using your chair:
- Duration: A full-body massage can last for an entire hour, but a 15 – 30-minute massage will work just as well. If you don’t know what duration to choose for your massage, choose one of the chair’s built-in programs.
- Choose a specific program: Certain massage programs are designed for different purposes. For example, sore muscle relief or recovery may be a program to choose if you just spent hours in the gym and want to recover as quickly as possible.
- Frequency: Most massage parlors recommend coming in once a week at most, but you can enjoy a session in your chair two or three times a week. You can also shorten your duration. For example, a 20-minute massage every other day is a great option instead of an entire hour in the chair.
- Heat: If the chair offers lumbar heating, be sure to put it on to increase circulation and relieve sore muscles. Many chairs in our collection have built-in lumbar heat that will help you melt away stress, pain, tight muscles and more.
If you want to stay healthy and maximize the benefits of a massage, following the four tips above can help. Massage offers numerous other perks that often compound over time. Let's explore what some of these are.
Massage Chair Benefits
Recovery is key to health, whether you play sports, exercise, walk your dog or run around with your kids. A quick pain massage can speed up recovery and prepare your body for another amazing day ahead.
Massage has been shown to offer many benefits, including but not limited to:
- Stress reduction. Everyone experiences stress in their lives, but you can overcome it with a simple 10-minute massage. One study found within 10 minutes, a massage can help your body start releasing dopamine and serotonin.
- Improve cognition, according to one study from the University of Miami. The study found that a quick 15-minute massage helped improve the study participants’ test scores compared to a control group.
- Relieve anxiety and fatigue by promoting your body’s “feel good” chemical production. The study found that cortisol levels fell while serotonin and dopamine levels rose by 28%.
- Improve sleep quality, according to the American Massage Therapy Association. The improvement in sleep is associated with less stress and anxiety, but lower pain levels also play a major role in sleep quality increases.
- Pain relief is a major focus of many studies, and the literature suggests that people experience different levels of pain relief in their neck, back and other areas of focus.
- Circulation improvements are also the main focus of many studies because better blood flow fuels your body with more nutrients, may remove toxins and helps alleviate swelling, too.
Massage may also help with high blood pressure, recovery and more. If you have the right massage chair, it can offer a life-changing experience
Different Types of Massage Chairs to Improve
Health & Well-being
Which massage chair should you choose? The gold standard in massage therapy is the zero gravity chair, which is designed to alleviate all of the pressure and stress on your joints. These chairs accelerate healing and are known to provide fast pain relief.
A whole-body massage is recommended, and there are many chairs to choose from:
WholeBody® 5.1 is designed from the ground up to simulate expert massage techniques. This chair offers:
- 3 auto programs
- Foot and calf massager
- 55-degree base swivel
- Retractable ottoman
- Dual-motor function
Certus is an eye-catching, feature-rich massage chair that offers dynamic stretching, foot and calf massage and zero-gravity positioning. The chair’s full set of features include:
- 11 auto-wellness programs
- S- and L-track massage
- Calf and foot massager
- Dual lumbar heating
- Foot heating
- Premium sound system
Super Novo 2.0 is one of our leading chairs, offering state-of-the-art features that mimic a professional massage perfectly. This chair offers:
- Unique S- and L-Track System
- Extending Foot and Calf Massager with Heat
- 3D and 4D Massage Programs
- 38 Auto-Wellness Programs
- Intellitrack Massage Technology
- Full-Body Stretch Functionality
- Rapid Acupoint® Body Sensing
- So much more
Price Guide
Massage chairs can range from $1,000 to $10,000+. You can also find financing options from some of the top lenders in the world. We’ve partnered with Affirm to offer rates as low as 0% for 6, 12 or 18 months.
Where to Buy?
Click here to look through our complete collection of massage chairs.
Final Thoughts
A home massage is one of the top gifts for men of all ages. If you’re a man and thinking that you want to be healthier, sleep better and be pain-free, you can. The right chair will offer short- and long-term benefits that you’ll notice in your personal and professional life.
Follow the tips above to make the most out of your chair and experience the benefit of massage for yourself.