From one leader to two winners, Human Touch® congratulates what many call the greatest beach volleyball team of all time - Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor.

 

We have been busy this summer attending golf tournaments, demonstrating the Human Touch massage chairs to golfers, young and old. We are quite impressed with the increased flexibility that golfers feel after even just one 15 minute session in a massage chair.

 In September, we will be showcasing the chairs at the PGA Championship Tour at Willow Creek Country Club, here in Salt Lake City. We went to the Press Conference yesterday, had a fantastic breakfast, and were introduced to the tournament director. Then we went golfing, which, I might add, was quite a humbling experience for me (I think I deserve to get to know Tim Clark, PGA professional and one of my fellow Human Touch Wellness Council members, for some tips to prevent complete and utter humiliation next time!). One of our HT-1650 massage chairs will be in the player’s lounge for their enjoyment during the tournament. We will also be one of 7 vendors at the 18th hole for visitors and players alike to peruse and try these beautiful massage chairs.

We are also working on an endorsement/advertising arrangement with Real Golf Radio, hosted by Brian Taylor and Bob Casper. They broadcast from right here in Utah, and have an estimated audience of 200,000 golfers across the nation and in the armed forces overseas. We are looking forward to this relationship. Bob and Brian are great fellows and are fast becoming great friends to Massage Chair Relief.

Our showroom continues to grow. We boast the largest massage chair showroom in the state of Utah, if not most of the surrounding states as well. Of course, the vast majority of massage chairs in our showroom are Human Touch massage chairs. They outsell the other manufacturers by far, from our experience. We will be introducing the iJoy and Perfect Chair in August to our showroom, bringing our total number of display massage chairs to 13.

Looking forward to an exciting August!!

Dr. Alan Weidner
http://www.massage-chair-relief.com

The last three months have been incredibly hectic for me.

I accepted a new job with a startup company near San Francisco at the beginning of April.  Two weeks later, I headed west, leaving Colorado behind with only the following possessions in the back of my Toyota Matrix: 3 bicycles, 3 pairs of running shoes, one suitcase full of clothes – and my Human Touch massage chair!

I wish I had a photo of it – it was impressive that I could fit it all in.  However, the chair packed down quite nicely and could be carried easily by two people (in this instance, by my friend Lauren and me).

I still do not have permanent residence, so my massage chair has been temporarily residing in Oakland with my friend donWolf, who suffers from a painful back disease called Spondylitis.  The Human Touch chair has been offering him quite a bit of relief from debilitating spasms related to this condition.  The spasms can often be most painful at night, so he is able to use the chair not only to dial in specific massage to address these spasms, but to also offer him the ability to use the recline mode to find the optimum sleep position when he is having a lot of symptoms.

On my side of things, I’ve been using the massage chair a lot to help recover from some of the races I’ve competed in during the last several weeks, as well as to help relax from the combined stress of moving to a new city and starting a fairly hectic job.

My adventure racing team competed in three events during the last three months.  The most notable of these was a grueling 500 mile adventure race in Montana called Primal Quest, which involved 9 days of trekking, biking, paddling and climbing over mountainous terrain.  The majority of the race was on foot, involving very little sleep.  The last time I competed in such a race, I developed a very painful IT band inflammation which really slowed down progress.  I am happy to report that I did not suffer any tendonitis during the race, which I can partially attribute to a steady regimen of massage leading up to the race. 

Now, I am just recovering from Primal Quest, trying to be easy on my body and let it completely heal from the rigors of that race.  I will be switching gears in my training, to allow me to start gearing up for some of my solo races – a hundred mile foot race in August, as well as Ironman Hawaii in October.  I will still be doing adventure racing with my team, though, but nothing as intense as Primal Quest.

I’m throwing a lot at my system on all levels: athletically, emotionally, and mentally.  I do not think I would be able to face up to all of these challenges without a good action plan for recovery.  My Human Touch massage chair certainly factors into this. 

A manufacturing engineer by trade, turned triathlete and adventure race competitor, Iona Mackenzie has built a reputation as one of the toughest competitors on the circuit. She has been dubbed the “Queen of the Machine,” for her machine like ability to overcome physical pain during races.

“Our bodies are the vessels which house our souls, hearts and minds. They are here for us to live through, not just to hang clothes on.  Play hard, work solid, eat well – and REST.  For me, that’s the quickest recipe to happiness.”

- Iona MacKenzie