Far Infrared Saunas Provide Pain Relief

• Pain may be relieved via the reduction of attendant or secondary muscle spasms.
• Pain is also at times related to ischemia due to tension or spasm, which can be improved by the hyperemia that heat-induced vasodilatation produces. This then breaks the feedback loop, in which the ischemia leads to further spasm and then more pain.
• Heat has been shown to reduce pain sensation by direct action on both free-nerve endings in tissues and on peripheral nerves. In one dental study, repeated heat application eventually led to abolishment of the whole nerve response responsible for pain arising from dental pulp.
• Heat may lead to both increased endorphin production and a shutting down of the so-called "spinal gate" of Melzack and Wall, each of which can reduce pain.

• Heating of one area of the body produces reflex-modulated vasodilatation in distant-body areas, even in the absence of a change in core body temperature; i.e. heat one extremity and the contralateral extremity also dilates; heat a forearm and both lower extremities dilate; heat the trunk and the hand dilates.
• Heating of muscles produces an increased blood flow level similar to that seen during an exercise.
• Temperature elevation produces an increase in blood flow and dilation directly in capillaries and arterioles, probably through direct action on their smooth muscles. The release of bradykinin, released as a consequence of sweat-gland activity, also produces increased blood flow and vasodilatation.
• Whole-body hyperthermia, with a consequent core temperature elevation, further induces vasodilatation via a hypothalamic-induced decrease in sympathetic tone on the arteriovenous anastomoses. Vasodilatation is also produced by axonal reflexes and by reflexes that change vasomotor balance.

• The increased peripheral circulation provides the transportation needed to help evacuate the edema, which can help stop inflammation, decrease pain and help speed healing.

• This is a new and experimental procedure.
• It shows a great promise in some cases when used properly.
• American researchers favor careful monitoring of the tumor temperature; whereas, the successes reported in Japan make no mention of such precaution.

Infrared healing is now becoming the leading edge in the care of soft tissue injuries to promote both relief in chronic and intractable "permanent" cases, and accelerated heating in newer injuries.

Localized infrared therapy using lamps tuned to the 2 ~ 25 micron waveband is used for the treatment and relief of pain by over 40 reputable Chinese Medical Institutes.

• Burns: relieves pain and decreases healing time, with less scarring.
• High Blood Pressure: safe in 40 ~ 50° range and regular use helps to lower it.
• Low 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 Electomagnetic Fields: effect 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: the Infrared systems 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
• Menopause Symptoms: relieved chills, nervousness, depression, dizziness, head & stomach aches.
• Weight Loss: first, through sweating and the energy use needed to produce the sweat and second, through the direct excretion of fat.