Human Touch Wellness Council Provides the Experience and Knowledge of Top Athlete, Health and Medical Professionals to Help Educate Public on Benefits of Massage.

Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) October 4, 2008 — Human Touch®, the leading brand of high-performance, design-oriented massage chairs for today’s modern and traditional living spaces is proud to announce the launch of its Human Touch Wellness Council. The eight-member Council will help educate professionals, sports enthusiasts, back pain sufferers and consumers on the proven benefits of incorporating regular massage into their everyday lives.

The Council is comprised …

By John Schumacher – jschumacher@sacbee.com | Photo: Paul Kitagaki Jr.
Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A
Stephanie Brown Trafton, Galt’s gold medalist, believes it takes a village to make an Olympic athlete.
So she relied on an extensive support network to prepare for the Beijing Games: a trainer, a massage therapist, a biomechanist, two former Olympic throwers, an understanding husband and a flexible employer.

Although the INADA Chair is the best-selling luxury shiatsu massage chair in Japan, it has yet to become your favorite. What better massage chair could you have than one that is designed by shiatsu and massage therapy professionals and delivers the benefits of traditional Japanese acupressure to you daily in the comfort of your home or office?

Those who have them say they ease aches and pains.

Human Touch Announces the PC-075 At Las Vegas World Market. A Perfect Blend Of Comfort And Style Delivers The Ultimate Sitting and Wellness Experience.
Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) July 30, 2008 — Human Touch®, the leading brand of high-performance, design-oriented massage and healthy lifestyle chairs has elevated the art of relaxation with its Zero-Gravity Perfect Chair Recliner. HumanTouch is introducing the new Perfect Chair PC-075 at the Las Vegas World Market. Providing a unique blend of comfort, back support, modern style and architectural design, the Perfect Chair’s zero-gravity positioning reduces …

Designed by award winning designer Chiaki Murata
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, IND, 2008-07-15 15:57:07 (IndiaPRwire.com)

OSIM India–the leading distributor, supplier and dealer of life-style products like Foot Reflexology, Oscillating Belt, Massage Chairs etc now launches World’s first designer massage chair “uPilot” in city. Designed by Chiaki Murata, one of the most accomplished and influential designers from Japan, it offers full curative effects of a therapeutic message.
Chiaki Murata was engaged by Microsoft to design the console for the Xbox 360 in 2005. In the same year, he announced the creation of Metaphys, a …

INNOVATIVE GIFTS FOR DAD

Michele Thompson, MS

Before you rush out to buy your dad the usual tie, shirt, cologne or fishing lure, think outside the Father’s Day gift box and surprise him with a present he’ll truly enjoy. These five innovative Father’s Day gifts are more than fitting for the hip and healthy dad as well as a husband who deserves something out of the ordinary this year. Warning, however, don’t expect dad to ever be satisfied with a typical no-thought present again. Give your dad one of these gifts and he’ll know how much he really means to you!

HoMedics iCush-100 Immersive Audio Sync Massage Seat

Give your contemporary dad the ultimate in indulgent entertainment experience. The iCush isn’t one of those boring massage cushions that simply pulse mono-rythymically. The iCush connects dad to his gaming system, MP3 player, and TV, giving him a full sensory experience of his games, music, and movies. Dad can plug in his iPod or MP3 Player or use the included adapter to connect directly to his TV, XBOX, PlayStation or other gaming console. This may not be the place for podcast workouts, but the iCush features are sure to get your dad’s heart racing.

Panasonic Massage Lounger

If your dad is anything like mine, you won’t prove to him you’re a success in your career until you can afford to buy him one of these: the Panasonic EP30006KU/TU Real Pro Ultra Total Body Massage Lounger, with 480 square inches of air massage and 200 square inches of back coverage.

What’s air massage? The chair uses 36 airbags to massage your feet, calves, arms, hands, waist, shoulders, and even your derriere. The bags expand and contract, squeezing your muscles until you melt like butter. It can recline to 170 degrees (you can sleep on it if you really wanted to) and four types of pre-programmed, 15-minute massages: shiatsu, deep, swedish, and arm and leg stretch. (There’s also a 5-minute quick massage if you are short on time, but who doesn’t have the time for a massage?)

Unlike most other massage chairs, this one will “scan” your body for your size and height, so that it can give you a massage that’s contoured to your body. So your massage will feel like the one a real masseuse would give you. If you want to program your own massage, the attached computer panel lets you do just that (up to 24 programs can be set to memory). The chair also has a kneading function called “Junetsu.” It’s available in black or brown leather, and will sell for $4,799.95. Consider it the ultimate TV-watching chair.

June 3, 2008

Americans are among the hardest-working people on the planet, so it’s good news that more of us are learning to savor the stress-dissolving satisfactions of massage.
One-third of American adults have turned to massage for pain relief, often on their physicians’ advice, according to the American Massage Therapy Association. Baby boomers are particular enthusiasts, averaging seven massages annually. They’re followed closely by adults 18 to 44, who averaged five massages in a year’s time.
No matter what age, anyone who has experienced a massage knows the only issue is how long to wait before having another — and that matters mainly because prices can easily top $100 for an hour of kneading and squeezing, stretching and compression.
To the rescue comes the massage lover’s dream — and the ideal Father’s Day gift: a 21st-Century version of the classic recliner.

Bay Area company hopes its chair massage businesses will be in storefronts everywhere
Ilana DeBare, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, January 20, 2008
The San Francisco man who is considered the father of chair massage has a new mission – building a chain of storefront businesses that he hopes will become the Starbucks of massage.
David Palmer brought the then-novel benefit of workplace massage to Apple Computer in 1984 and designed the first massage chair in 1986.
Now he’s started a company called Zubio that could change the business model of chair massage by creating …

Barefoot Deep Tissue Massage, Barefoot Sports Massage, Barefoot Compression Massage, Ashiatsu… These are some of the terms used to describe a modality of bodywork where the therapist uses his feet to apply pressure (usually the heel and sometimes the sesamoid bone) instead of his hands.