Benefits of The far-Infrared Sauna
Unlike a traditional sauna, infrared saunas don’t heat the air around you. Instead, they use infrared lamps. This heat easily penetrates human tissue, heating up your body before heating up the air. An infrared sauna can operate at a lower temperature (usually between 120˚F and 140˚F) than a traditional sauna, which is typically between 150˚F and 180˚. The heat of an infrared sauna is reported to penetrate more deeply than warmed air. This allows you to experience a more intense sweat at a lower temperature. The heat is more tolerable, which allows you to stay in the sauna longer while increasing your core body temperature by two to three degrees.
Burns Calories & Controls Weight
With the infrared sauna, your heart rate, cardiac output and metabolism rate increases to improve your overall cardiovascular fitness. You can burn 600 – 900 calories in just one 30-minute session. You lose weight, not just water.
Increases Blood Circulation
As your body increases sweat production to cool itself, your heart works harder pumping blood at a greater rate to boost circulation, supplying the conditioning benefits of continuous exercise. Heart rate, cardiac output and metabolic rate increase, while diastolic blood pressure drops, for improved overall cardiac health.
Boosts Immune Response
Heat has been used throughout history to enhance health and well being. Viruses and other pathogens are sensitive to and may be destroyed by heat levels that are tolerable to humans. The far-infrared therapy may shorten your recovery time due to colds and flu and improve immune response. It is reported to stimulate your own natural healing process. Combined with the elimination of toxins and wastes produced by the intense sweating, your overall health and resistance to disease is increased.
Pain Relief
Relieves pain, soreness and inflammation of muscular-skeletal ailments and joints from conditions including fibromyalgia, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain and sports injuries. Muscles relax most readily when tissues are warm. Radiant heat therapy is widely used to treat patients suffering from many forms of arthritis and other muscular-skeletal ailments.
Improves Skin
The profuse sweating achieved with the sauna cleans deeply imbedded impurities and dead skin cells, leaving the skin glowing and immaculately clean. Skin tone and elasticity are improved. It has been shown to relieve acne, eczema, and psoriasis.
Reduces Stress & Fatigue
The sauna therapy provides simple relaxation, as it melts away the daily stresses and tension. Making the time to sit in the sauna gives you an overall massage like effect, soothing jangled nerves and knotted muscles. In addition the relaxation you experience can help with sleep. You’ll feel rejuvenated and renewed, restored in both body and mind.
Clears Cellulite
Cellulite is a gel-like substance made up of fat, water and wastes, which are trapped in pockets below the skin. Using the infrared sauna can assist this condition, as profuse sweating helps clear this form of unwanted debris from the body.
Regular use of an infrared sauna will strengthen your immune system and is one of the best ways to maintain good health. Schedule your appointment today!