Get a Stress Relief Massage
There is likely nothing more relaxing than a good massage. Having someone rub the tension from all of your muscles and physically extract the knots that form from your clenching those muscles. It is obviously best if you can get a full body rub down, but even if all you can work into your schedule is a stress relief massage of your shoulders you should do it.
As we work at our desks we hold our heads at odd angles, and we hold our shoulders at odd angles, and we sit in strange positions that cause our spines to ache from the strain. During the day as problems arise we can actually feel the tension mounting as a knot seems to form between our shoulders. We get that burning sensation in our necks and the tension headache begins. A stress relief massage can remove all of those uncomfortable feelings and leave us feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.
A stress relief massage can be gotten in less than thirty minutes so it is possible to get this done on your lunch break and return to the office ready to take the world on with a whole new outlook during the second half of the day. Your coworkers will be amazed at the way you are able to focus and apply yourself afterwards. Best of all they will all notice how pleasant your attitude and outlook becomes after the stress relief massage.
We do not always realize that when we are feeling stressed out we allow this feeling to leech out and infect the way we treat other people around us. People that have nothing to do with the stressful way we are feeling will pay for our frustration. We become snappy and get bad attitudes. If someone approaches us to do something we are more likely to tell them that we cannot do it than we would be if we were not stressed when they asked. So getting a stress relief massage will assure our coworkers and our families that we will be more pleasant to be around.
If you really cannot afford to go to a masseuse to get a stress relief massage then you can have a friend do this for you and you can return the favor. Of course the ones given between amateurs are in no way as good as the ones the professional masseuse will give but they will be somewhat effective. Have your friend rub your shoulders and work the knots that form in the shoulder area and the back of the neck out for you. You can also have them massage your temples and forehead to help you reduce the frequency of those stress related headaches that come in the afternoon.
In a pinch you can even rub your temples for yourself and you can buy massagers that will allow you to work the muscles at the back of your neck and relieve the strain that accumulates in them. The most important thing is to make some time for you to forget the troubles of the day.