What Is Shiatsu Massage Chair

If you already have a massage chair or thinking of having such one, you will definitely heard the word “Shiatsu Massage”. The shiatsu massage chair has been particularly designed to eliminate tension, anxiety, headache, and stiffness and muscle soreness. Shiatsu massage chair is particularly made for providing rolling, kneading and tapping massages to human body. This kind of chair can give almost the same feeling of having shiatsu massage by a human therapist.

In fact, the word “Shiatsu” has been derived from the two different Japanese words, “Shi” and “atsu”, whereas “shi” means finger and “atsu” means pressure. This pressure based massage is sometimes also called as “Zen Shiatsu”. According to the practitioners of Shiatsu, our body perfectly works only it get clear “chi-flow” (Chi means energy).

If it’s not possible for you to get shiatsu massage regularly, then buying a shiatsu massage chair would be the best alternative. There are numerous shiatsu chairs are available in the market including high end chair, low end chair etc.

I am sure, you have already noticed that almost all the top quality massage chairs come with ‘shiatsu massage therapy’ feature, that’s because this ancient but very effective therapy is more faster and effective than any other massage techniques like Thai massage or Reiki massage etc. Yap, it’s true that different types of massages work great with different types of pains and problems. For example, shiatsu massage works most effectively with eliminating anxiety and depression from muscles. 

More interestingly, some chair manufacturers are offering shiatsu massage cushions with heat or non-heat features. People who have already experienced shiatsu massage or using shiatsu massage chair, have found the massage therapeutic and anticipatory.

Massage Chair Health Benefits

Robotic massage chairs can provide numerous benefits more than you imagine. In fact, some surveys showed that regular use of massage chairs can solve hundreds of problems and diseases like from back pain to headache, from insomnia to digestive problems to anxiety and depression. Today I am going to discuss some greatest health benefits of massage chairs.

Helpful for Sore Muscles: Many people have a misconception that sore bones and joints are the main reason of body pains and aches, which is rarely true in practice  Actually stressed and overworked muscles are the main cause of pains and discomfort. A high quality massage chair can greatly works on eliminating such stress and stiffness from muscles and thus help people improve their relaxation.

Improved Blood Circulation: It is medically proven that enhanced blood circulation is the main precondition for having a healthier life. Even improved blood flow also provides some other great health benefits. How? Well, improved blood circulation helps to increase the lymphatic fluid and blood within the system which in turn facilitates the removal of toxins from body. Another great benefit is that optimized blood circulation ensures more oxygen reaches to tissues and organs which ensures faster healing of injury and illness. Most interesting news is that some surveys have proved that modern massage chairs can effectively enhance increased blood circulation throughout the body than that of regular exercise and ordinary massage therapy.

Control Blood Pressure: One of the greatest benefits of massage chair is to promote relaxation and reduce stress and tension. Hence these chairs can effectively control blood pressure by ensuring relaxation and eliminating stress and stiffness from body.

Some Other Health Benefits: Many massage chair users have reported that they are experiencing some other positive results in addition to above benefits. Some are as follows:

• Ensures nutrition in the skin through reducing tension in adjoining tissues.
• Ensures more energy in body which helps people be more productive.
• Pain signals are diverted in neurons, that’s why they don’t reach to the brain which ultimately alleviate some of pains.

In addition to the aforementioned health benefits, these chairs also provide may other benefits too. But these are the most common and great benefits, people usually get by using the massage chairs.