The Hidden Cost of Desk Work
Workforce Wellness
A data-driven case for workplace manual therapy — built for HR leaders, People teams, and CFOs who need to justify the spend before they make it.
$300B
Lost annually to workplace stress and its downstream effects.
American Institute of Stress
62%
Of employees globally are disengaged - costing 18% of each salary.
Gallup, 2024
6x
Average return on every dollar invested in workplace wellness.
Harvard Meta-Analysis
What’s Inside
A brief your CFO will actually read
Two pages of peer-reviewed data on what chronic desk posture and sustained stress cost organizations — and what the research shows about interrupting it. Built for the internal conversation you have to win before you can run a program.
The physiology of desk-work stress — and why behavioral programs don't reach it
Cortisol, serotonin, and dopamine data from University of Miami research
Chair massage participation rates vs. table format — why format drives ROI
The Harvard ROI framework applied to a 100-person team
Headache frequency data from the American Journal of Public Health
Program design principles that separate effective interventions from ignored ones
What the research shows
Measurable. Within a single-session.
31% cortisol reduction — Measured per session in peer-reviewed trials. The physiological shift begins in a single event — not a 6-month program.
85% stress reduction — Self-reported before and after chair massage sessions. Participation exceeds 80% because the format removes every barrier.
0.68 fewer headaches/week — Average reduction in tension headache frequency among consistent recipients, per the American Journal of Public Health.