FIR Sauna

WHAT IS INFRARED HEAT & HOW IT WORKS?

Infrared light is part of the Sun’s invisible spectrum of light that has the ability to penetrate the human tissue. Infrared heat therapy uses these infrared light characteristics to heat the body directly rather than just the air. The experience of an infrared sauna is similar to sunbathing, which gives you the radiant heat that is all your own. The infrared heat penetrates your skin, giving you that wonderful natural warmth. Unlike sunbathing, infrared heat therapy is completely healthy and safe. You get all the amazing benefits of infrared while you relax.
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The FIR Sauna Blanket (cocoon) differs from traditional saunas in how the sauna user’s body is heated. Traditional saunas use steam to heat the air, and then the increased air temperature heats the surface of the body. The Infrared sauna blanket (cocoon) uses far-infrared radiant heat to directly heat the body’s skin, tissue, and joints instead of relying on an increase in air temperature.

Far-Infrared rays are invisible light and the Far-Infrared energy is absorbed very easily by the human body and helps in all aspects of bodily growth and development. It heals and rejuvenates, energising cells, inner tissue, glands, nerves and organs beneath the skin. When any tissue in the body is exposed to FIR the bodies healing process is activated.

Researchers from Saxon University of Applied Science in the Netherlands found that infrared sauna treatments can help reverse chronic pain with little to no side effects. They studied the effects of infrared saunas in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and arthritis in the spine over a four-week period, with a series of eight treatments. Sauna therapy was well-tolerated with no adverse effects, and they found that a significant percentage of patients experienced decreased symptoms of pain and stiffness.

Diabetes does not only affect your blood sugar, but it can cause problems such as:
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A 2010 study published in the Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine found that far-infrared sauna use is associated with improved quality of life in people with type 2 diabetes with, even when compared to other lifestyle interventions. People with diabetes often suffer from complications such as pain, congestive heart failure and other heart problems, but sauna treatments seem to improve pain threshold and contribute to overall well-being – naturally treating diabetes symptoms.

Patients were tested at the Fraser Lake Community Health Centre in Canada, undergoing 20-minute treatments three times weekly over a period of three months. Patients completed a 36-item short-form health survey before and after the treatment period. The results found that a significant percentage experienced improved physical health, general health and social functioning following treatments, as well as lower stress and fatigue levels.

Far Infrared (FIR) Thermal Therapy can provide similar cardiovascular effects and benefits to physical exercise without the stress or difficulties that may come with conventional exercise.

This is very helpful for those who are unable to exercise, and those who may suffer from a heart condition because many of the beneficial cardiovascular effects of exercise can still be achieved without the need to move physically.

Consequently they tend to suffer from poor circulation and all the associated problems that come with this, such as muscle pain, cramps, poor digestion, leaky gut, poor elimination, poor cognitive function, and cold hands and feet and they would also be cold all the time.

The Far Infrared really is so helpful because it enable them to take the treatment while lying down and stimulate the cardiovascular system, which effectively is passive exercise.

The deeply warming effect of Far Infrared helps the blood vessels to expand (vasodilatation) and boosts circulation. As more blood flows throughout the body, more oxygen, and nutrients are flushed through the body system. This has a deeply relaxing and energising effect.

The lining of our arteries can become damaged due to our lifestyle and poor diet. Cholesterol can form a plaque that lines the arteries causing hardening and narrowing of our arteries.

When your arteries become narrower due to the plaque that has formed inside of them, the more blood your heart pumps the higher your blood pressure will go.

Many factors may contribute to high blood pressure:
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In 1989, German medical researchers reported that Repeated Far Infrared (FIR) Thermal Therapy has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure due to improved blood vessel function. This improved blood vessel function may lead to expansion of the blood vessels (vasodilatation) thus lowering blood pressure.

The metabolic processes of the body require your temperature to be in the normal range of 36.80C-37.00C. For many of us our temperature can be 1.0 -2.00C lower than the normal range. This can result in many of the body metabolic processes not occurring, just because your temperature is too low. This commonly occurs for those of you who suffer from an underactive Thyroid.

When lower body temperatures can lead to a number of health problems.

Symptoms of Low Temperature Syndrome can include:

Far Infrared Thermal Therapy has been very useful for improving circulation and restoring the body’s temperature to the normal operating range of 36.80C-37.00C.

This allows the metabolism to function normally and can really help alleviate many of the symptoms listed above.

It is also desirable to achieve an increase our body temperature – a one degree Celsius rise in our body temperature can result in up to a 70% boost in immunity.