Far Infrared heat relieves pain and joint stiffness by expanding blood vessels and increasing blood circulation. Better circulation carries off metabolic waste products and delivers oxygen-rich blood to oxygen-depleted muscles, and helps to reduce pain and swelling, thereby, significantly speeding up the healing process. Recent health and medical studies name Far Infrared heat as a successful treatment for arthritis, rheumatism, sprains, neuralgia, bursitis, muscle spasms, joint stiffness, and many more muscula-skeletal ailments.Much of the stiffness, aches and soreness that come with aging are reduced or eliminated.
"Medical practitioners make use of Infrared Radiant Heat to treat sprains, strains, bursitis, peripheral vascular diseases, arthritis and muscle pain..." - McGraw/Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Dr. Masao Nakamura of the O & P Medical Clinic in Japan has reported great success with the use of infrared treatment for:
Whiplash
Sciatica
Menopause
Arthritis
Shoulder Stiffness
Rheumatism
Acne
Gastroenteric Problem
Ear Diseases
Insomnia
Success reported with infrared treatments by Japanese researchers:
TMJ Arthritis · Muscle Spasms - reduced or eliminated
Traumatic Arthritis
Low Back Pain - relieved
Acel-decel Injury Sequelae
Adhesions - lengthened or more easily broken; they are common in competitive athletes, trauma and repetitive stress syndromes
Disc-protrusion Related Neuralgia
Brain Contusion - accelerated healing
Tight Shoulders - relaxed
Compression Fracture - Example: pain stopped for 3 days with only a single treatment
Spinal Cord Shock - post traumatic shock reversed
Muscle Tension - relaxed
Post-exercise Muscle Pain - vital to competitive athletes
Arthritis: Gouty, Rheumatoid, DJD - each substantially relieved or improved,
Shoulder Pain - relieved or eliminated
Bursitis - eliminated
Japanese researchers, as reported in the book Infrared Therapy by Dr. Yamajaki, have produced the following provocative results.
Burns: relieves pain and decreases healing time, with less scarring.
High Blood Pressure: safe in 40~50 degree celcius range and regular use helps to lower it.
Lower Blood Pressure: sauna trains body to raise it.
Brain Damage: accelerated repair in brain contusions.
Short-term memory improved.
Cancer of the tongue reversed.
Toxic Electromagnetic Fields: effects neutralized.
Cerebral Hemorrhages: recovery is both sped up and significantly enhanced.
Auto Accident: related soft tissue injury - daily sessions were used until best healing was attained; then Infrared therapies were used to deal with permanent residuals. The pain control effect on the chronic residuals from such injuries lasted three days before another treatment was necessary.
Arthritis, Acute and Chronic: was greatly relieved.
Gouty Arthritis: relieved.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: relieved.
Medical research demonstrates that exposure to infrared heat can produce excellent therapeutic benefits. the deep penetrating heat induces an artificial fever, and as the body naturally counters the fever your immune system is strengthened. The improved immune system weakens the hold of viruses and bacterial growth, boosts metabolism and your overall health, thereby increasing resistance to disease. Resent studies also show that colds and flu-like illnesses are reduced dramatically if treated in the early stages with infrared heat therapy.
Clinical studies support the use and effectiveness of Infrared technology for many health benefits. This article features evidence that incidences of the flu can be dramatically decreased or eliminated.
Denver, CO (PRWEB) December 19, 2004 -- At the first sign of a cold or flu, increasing sauna sessions may be beneficial in boosting the immune system and decreasing the reproductive rate of viruses and bacteria proliferation, that produce flu symptoms. Scientific data show that people who use saunas get flu and colds ten times less than the average. With the nationwide flu vaccine shortage, using saunas regularly is a healthy alternative to the flu shot.
One 1989 German study found that people who use saunas twice a week got half as many colds as those who didn't. One theory: When you take a sauna you inhale air hotter than 80 degrees, a temperature too hot for cold and flu viruses to survive.
It is well known that a fever is the body’s response to infection because of increased activity of the immune system fighting the invading germs. An increase in the function of the immune system occurs naturally during sauna sessions and this treatment for early stages of colds and flu-like virus are known to be successful in stopping the disease before becoming full-blown. Infrared Saunas are a new type of saunas that use penetrating "infrared" heat to stimulate such a fever reaction and produces a significant volume of sweat that enables you to painlessly expel viruses and toxins that cause the flu.