Why Infrared?


Conventional Saunas
Enjoyed by many, traditional saunas have been around for thousands of years and have a proven record of health, beauty and relaxation benefits. Unfortunately, a significant portion of the population cannot tolerate the high temperatures of 80 degrees Celcius or more.

What is Far Infrared Heat?
Radiant heat is a form of energy that heats objects directly through a process called conversion, without having to heat the surrounding air. Heat is transmitted by invisible waves of light, also known as infrared. These infrared waves represent a small segment of the electromagnetic spectrum.

History of healing
Our tissues naturally produce and absorb infrared energy. Tissue production of infrared energy is associated with a variety of healing responses, including warmth and tissue repair. At times, the infrared energy in our tissues is not enough. Body tissues that need an infrared boost selectively absorb infrared rays for maximum repair and healing. After boosting a tissue's infrared energy, the remaining rays pass onward harmlessly. This phenomenon is called "resonant absorption". Palm healing, an ancient tradition in China for over 3,000 years, is based on this same concept.

History of Infrared Technology
Dr. Tadashi Ishikawa, a member of the Research and Development Department of Fuji Medical, received a patent in 1965 for a zirconia ceramic infrared heater used in the first healing infrared thermal systems. Medical practitioners in Japan were the only ones using infrared thermal systems for 14 years. In 1979, they were finally released for public use. The technique has been further refined into infrared thermal systems that have been sold in the United States since 1981. One use of infrared in the United States has been in the form of panels used in hospital nurseries to warm newborn babies.

Over the last 25 years, Japanese and Chinese researchers have completed extensive research on infrared treatments and report many provocative findings. Their findings support the health benefits of infrared therapy as a method of healing. There have been over 700,000 infrared thermal systems sold in the Orient for whole-body treatments. An additional 30 million people have received localized infrared treatment in the Orient, Europe, and Australia with lamps, which emit the same 2 to 25 micron wave band as employed in a whole-body system. In Germany, physicians in an independently developed form have used whole-body infrared therapy for over 80 years.

Far Infrared Therapy
Infrared energy penetrates tissues. Its energy output is tuned to correspond closely to the body's own radiant energy so that body tissues absorb close to 90 percent of the infrared waves that reach the skin. An infrared heater heats only 20 percent of the air, leaving over 80 percent of the heat available to heat the body directly. For this reason, an infrared sauna can warm its users to a greater depth and with more efficiency than a conventional sauna at a much lower temperature (37-55 degrees Celsius, compared to 82-113 degrees Celcius). Not only is the lower heat safer for those concerned with cardiovascular risk factors, it is also distinctly more pleasant.

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