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Far Infrared Saunas: Tips and Precautions for a Healthy Regimen
Here are some sound tips for launching yourself on healthy sauna regimen:
- Drink at least 16 fluid ounces of water or maybe even freshly made organic juices during and/or after your sauna.
- Imagine your sauna as a place to take personal time to read, meditate, pray, heal or just rest.
- Wearing a pure cotton terrycloth robe to promote sweating is an option, and don’t forget to bring small towel to wipe your face when needed.
- Use your imagination to conjure up visions of toxins being released from your cells into the bloodstream—the blood being transported to the surface of your skin. Envision your bones and joints warming, relaxing, and strengthening. Lastly, rest for about 5-10 minutes in a horizontal position.
- An excellent starting point would be 15 minutes a day at 90 degrees. Then you may increase your sauna time up to 30 minutes a day (in 5 minute intervals).
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Caution:
- People with advanced symptomatic heart disease or unstable angina should not use an infrared sauna unless supervised by a doctor.
- Hemophiliacs and persons that are inclined to hemorrhage should avoid infrared sauna usage or any type of heating that would generate vasodilatation that may lead to the propensity to bleed.
- Silicone does soak up infrared energy. So, implanted silicone or silicone prostheses for breasts, nose or ear replacement may be warmed by the rays. It may be diligent to check with your surgeon and product manufacturer prior to using an infrared sauna.
- Menstruation is temporarily increased when using an infrared sauna. When a woman is fully aware of this, she may choose to experience this short-term effect without concerning herself or she may choose to wait until her cycle is finished.
- Some medical practitioners consider it inadvisable to raise the core temperature of people who suffer from adrenal suppression, systemic lupus erythematosus or multiple sclerosis.
- If you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant, please check with your physician before using the infrared sauna.
- If a person has suffered a recent joint injury that is considered acute, it should not be heated for at least 48 hours or until the hot and swollen symptoms diminish. Enthusiastic heating is strictly contraindicated in cases of enclosed infections in any of your tissue including dental.
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