Reduce your body’s toxicity, eliminate heavy metals and chemicals, increase circulation, relieve muscle discomfort, and reduce stress. Regular sauna sessions have been very effective at accomplishing each of these points. If you’re really looking to maximize your body’s natural processes and tap into all of its power, a sauna is the way you want to go.
The deep heat of a sauna produces many effects. First and foremost, a deep heat dilates the body’s blood vessels. As this happens, it increases circulation to muscles and soft tissue, a reason why it’s used by so many sports stars in rehabbing their injuries and keeping them healthy in the off-season.
Now, when we are speaking about ‘radiant heat’, sometimes referred to as ‘infrared heat’, this is a form of energy which heats the object directly. The air in between the object and the source of infrared heat is never heated, ensuring a very safe and targeted approach. As a matter of fact, infrared heat is exactly what is used in hospitals to warm premature infants.
In Japan, infrared heat has been extremely popular in healing musco-skeletal conditions, reducing the stiffness and soreness that comes with many conditions.
If you’re looking into how regular sauna sessions can benefit your life, start with detoxification process. In our day-to-day lives, we are constantly surrounded by invisible pollution. The harmful toxins and chemicals around us are absorbed into our bodies, and over time, they can make us sick. Just some of the toxins that are common to Canadians include DDT, PCBs, pesticides, stain repellants, flame retardants, mercury, and lead. These chemicals and others are known to be associated with conditions like cancer, reproductive disorders, respiratory illnesses, and present possible harm to child development. No matter where you live, you have at least a few of these toxins circulating in your body.
Using a sauna, your body’s challenged to sweat. As it sweats, the heart begins to pump harder which strengthens the heart muscle while also increasing circulation. The increase in circulation is similar to what happens when one exercise’s. In a sauna though, you’re sitting still. As your sweat glands open up, those toxins begin to be released. As a matter of fact, some chronic health problems have been associated with high toxic loads. For this reason, some individuals with fibromyalgia and chronic pain conditions have seen benefit using saunas. They’re known to detoxify the liver and kidneys, eliminating these toxins through the skin. Studies have also shown saunas to be effective at eliminating fat-stored toxins and toxins in the bloodstream.
Keeping all this in mind, if you’re dealing with a physical impairment or chronic health issue and are unable to perform doctor-recommended exercise, a sauna is the next best thing. In an average sauna session, your body will consume enough calories to be equivalent to running almost 5 kilometres. Further supporting the cardiovascular benefits of regular sauna sessions, a recent study by NASA concluded infrared-based passive exercise to be the ideal method at keeping astronauts in tip-top physical shape.
These are just some the ways in which regular sauna sessions can benefit your life. Some other things you may notice are better athletic performance and more youthful-looking skin. If you’re interested in getting set up with a customized sauna for your home or commercial needs, speak with a representative at Steam Sauna today.