For Your Recovery Pleasure: The Infrared Sauna
Infrared saunas are the modern answer to yesterday’s high-heated coals. Known to speed recovery time and relieve muscle pain, the healing power of infrared light is available at our Fort Worth studio. Be sure to book your class at our Fort Worth location to take advantage of this very hot perk.
The Infrared Light Difference
Unlike traditional saunas that heat the environment within the space, the lamps used in infrared saunas directly warm the skin at temperatures ranging between 110 degrees and 135 Fahrenheit. People safely tolerate this heat level for a longer period of time than they can sitting within the 150+ degree alternative.
The therapeutic nature of infrared light is also much different. Infrared waves penetrate the skin to about 2 to 7 centimeters to heal inflammation in the underlying muscles, nerves, and joints.
Benefits of Infrared Light Therapy
In addition to aiding inflammatory-based injury or discomfort, infrared lights are linked to other remedial responses in the body. For example:
Improved heart health
Similar to your body’s response to exercise, sitting in an infrared sauna increases blood circulation, widening blood vessels and amplifying heart rate. Better blood flow means improved organ function and more efficient oxygen production.
Soothing sore muscles
The improved blood circulation from an infrared sauna session helps speed up muscle recovery following a workout by removing waste produced in the muscles and sending it to the kidneys for internal filtration.
Pain relief
Infrared sauna therapy is becoming increasingly popular as a method for treating chronic pain. Infrared light can be absorbed locally with a pointed device that targets a specific area or within an infrared sauna environment. The light triggers photoreceptors in cells setting off a series of metabolic events that promote healing processes and relieve discomfort.
Relaxation
In addition to physical benefits, infrared saunas also have a calming effect on the body. Never underestimate the power of mental decompression that comes with quiet time in a warm room. Stress is a silent killer, so planned moments of stillness are instrumental in supporting a high quality of life.
Sleep signals
Better sleep has also been linked to infrared sauna use. After a session in the relaxing space, your body sends signals to your brain in the form of melatonin, communicating that it is ready to sleep.
Experience Infrared Light Therapy at our Fort Worth Studio
Sound good? We thought so. Don’t forget to sample the benefits for yourself the next time you HIIT it at Body Machine Fitness.
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