Dec
03
2008
Infrared Saunas
Posted by: admin in commerce, health, tags: Conditions and Diseases, health, infrared sauna, Musculoskeletal Disorders, SaunaSaunas are quite good things to have in our home because besides being pleasurable to do they also bring a lot of benefits to our health. Saunas can help you fight against many painful health problems like rheumatoid arthritis, joint stiffness, low blood pressure, menopausal symptoms and much more.
It’s always good to do a bit of far infrared saunas after practicing a sport or even doing it just because you feel like it. A Infrared Sauna is also a good place to spend some time with your friends where you can relax and spend some quality time together. There are a million and one reasons for you to get a sauna so the best advice I can give you is to follow the link and pay that site a visit.
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With the pollutants that come with today’s levels of industry and transportation, the average person is likely host to many toxic substances, including trace metals and harmful chemicals. The act of sweating can help to flush those toxins from the body. The skin, the largest organ of the human body, contains more than 2.6 million sweat glands. It’s widely believed that infrared sauna usage helps to flush toxins from the body through the pores of our skin.
Readers planning to buy a sauna should beware of the so-called infrared saunas, most of which are made in the PRC (China) from inferior materials. These are not genuine saunas in the Scandinavian style.
In the traditional heater, the heating elements heat the air and a mass of stones. This allows for a consistent heat and the custom of sprinkling water on the stones, which changes the environment in the sauna dramatically.
The infrared heaters have exposed heating elements, so that the heat radiates directly onto the bather in sort of a one sided fashion. These infrared heaters have a much lower capacity, so the most common complaint is that they fail to attain the heat typical for a genuine sauna, especially on the part of the body turned away from the heater.
You also sacrifice the ability to sprinkle water on the heater, and one must question whether it’s actually healthy to expose one’s self to such direct radiation, or how enjoyable such an experience is, compared to the traditional sauna.
In contrast, the traditional Scandinavian style saunas are centuries old (they were heated with wood before electricity), and their safety and therapeutic efficacy is well established.
As with tainted toothpaste, poisonous pet food and lead painted children’s toys, some of these infrared saunas are downright hazardous at least according to the Electrical Safety Authority in Ontario, Canada. See…
http://www.ofm.gov.on.ca/english/Fire%20Safety%20&%20Public%20Education/Recalls/2006/Saunas.asp
Sauna by Airwall, Inc. even recalled their saunas due to a fire hazard caused by faulty heating units and fuses. See…
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/airwall-saunas-recalled-due-to-fire-hazard-infra-red.html