Healthy Advice
The benefits of providing corporate fitness and well being
In today's ultra competitive and value driven business environment, corporate wellness is no longer a luxury extra; it's a necessity. Stress is the number one reason for absence from work; 80% of people feel stressed at work, and 40% say they need help in managing stress*. It's widely recognised that employees are at their most productive when they're healthy, have low stress levels, and feel that their employers care about their well being. Providing an in-house corporate fitness package is one of the best ways in which your company can increase your employees' overall well being.
Reducing stress; increasing well being
Dangerous stress levels, in conjunction with our increasingly sedentary lifestyles, leads to illness such as back pain, depression, migraine and cardiovascular disease, which lose companies thousands of man hours every year.
Exercise is proven to be the most effective method of reducing stress, and helping to reduce the onset of stress-related illness. Holistic well being therapies such as reflexology and massage are also proven to reduce stress, relieve pain (particularly back pain) increase well being, and even boost immunity, keeping your employees healthy, happy and balanced.
Providing corporate fitness and well being facilities is an investment in both your employees' health, and your company's future
take as published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Many large companies in Britain encourage healthy lifestyles through offering a gym to improve the overall health of their workforce.