Most people have used a sauna at their local gym or recreation centre because they’ve heard about the health benefits.
After 20 minutes of extreme heat, you generally feel more relaxed and your muscles ache a little less.
What if we told you that you can get the benefits of a sauna without enduring the extreme (humid) heat?
An infrared sauna treatment is a great alternative to regular saunas because it uses light to create heat, which warms your body directly without warming the air around you. The treatment is a favourite for our clients at Cryospa who cannot tolerate the heat of conventional saunas, as the infrared sauna produces far lower temperatures in comparison.
At Cryospa, our clients say that an infrared sauna treatment feels like an intense workout, where sweating is intense and your heart rate increased.
How Does An Infrared Sauna Work?
Infrared sauna treatments use infrared lamps instead of conventional heat to penetrate your body tissue, which heats up your body before heating up the air.
In an infrared sauna, approximately 20% of the heat in an infrared sauna goes to heating the air while 80% directly heats up the body. This allows the heat to penetrate more deeply into the body, resulting in more intense sweats while increasing your core body temperature up to 2 degrees.
For comparison, infrared saunas usually operate between 48°C – 70°C, compared to dry saunas that generally operate at a toasty 78°C – 90°C.
What Are The Benefits of an Infrared Sauna?
There are studies that have looked into the benefits of infrared sauna and its effect on chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, type 2 diabetes, headaches and rheumatoid arthritis.
The infrared sauna benefits are associated with an increase in blood circulation; better blood circulation means that vitamins and minerals are delivered to cells all around the body efficiently and quickly so that the body recovers and heals faster.
Some of the notable infrared sauna benefits that our clients enjoy include detoxification, relief from sore muscles, weight loss and relaxation.
Detoxification
One of the most recognised infrared sauna benefits is detoxification, helping you to release built-up toxins such as alcohol, heavy metals and nicotine from your body.
Relief from Sore Muscles and Joints
Much like cryotherapy, infrared sauna benefits include relief from soreness, inflammation and stiffness by improving blood circulation and promoting detoxification.
Sauna light therapy is helpful in the treatment of sprains, joint stiffness, muscle spasms, arthritis and muscle aches and pains.
Weight Loss
Infrared sauna treatments may assist in weight loss through increasing your metabolism, as your body produces extra sweat to cool down and pumps more blood around your body.
For those who don’t enjoy running, you might be interested to know that an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association likened the results from regular use of an infrared sauna to the cardiovascular effects of running!
Relaxation
The use of our Infrared Sauna at Cryospa offers you a sanctuary to relax your body, destress your mind and feel renewed!
The treatment is believed to move the body into a parasympathetic state, which induces healing and restoration.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do we wear?
Whatever you feel most comfortable in – most people bring their swimsuit along.
What do we bring?
We ask that you bring a bath towel and a water vessel that can be filled in the clinic free of charge. If you forget these things you can purchase a bottle of water from us and or hire a towel for $2
Do you have showers on premises?
Yes we do! We have two showers on site that you can use after your treatment.
Do you supply us with water?
Yes, we have filtered water free of charge if you bring your own water vessel. We also have a variety of refreshments available to purchase from our fridge
What temperature does your Infrared sauna go to?
The highest temperature it can get to is between 70 degrees Celsius to. Please note we can alter the temp to suit your needs if you would prefer it to be lower.
Who shouldn't use a sauna?
If you are or suspect you may be pregnant we ask that you do not use a sauna. If you have recently had major surgery, suffer from a chronic illness we ask that you consult with your medical professional before using our sauna
How often should i use a sauna?
Everybody and every ailment is different and amount of uses can variate from person to person. Ideally as a minimum we recommend 1-2 times a week but if this is not possible just come as often as you can. It is totally safe to use a sauna daily if needed
Did You Know?
Infrared saunas can make your body burn up to 600 calories per session
Recent studies found that using the sauna 4-7 times per week associated with a 40% lower all-cause mortality
Increased blood circulation carries off metabolic waste products and delivers oxygen rich blood to oxygen-depleted muscle, so they recover faster.
Consistent infrared sauna use can help detoxify the body of unwanted toxins and metals through sweat
Scientific evidence shows that infrared sauna therapy helps the body maintain healthy levels of cortisol also known as the “stress hormone”
Why Choose Cryospa
for an Infrared Sauna Treatment?
At Cryospa we spent a lot of time interviewing companies about their infrared saunas. We decided to go with a Clearlight Sauna as they provide the lowest emitting EMF (electromagnetic fields) sauna on the market!
Our Sauna can comfortably fit 3-4 people but if it is just yourself there will be plenty of room to stretch out or lay down.
If it is your first time our friendly and knowledgeable team will firstly do a brief consult and help you decide what temperature is best for you, we will then show you through the clinic indicating where the showers are located and the features of the sauna to make sure you get the most out of your session.
You will be allocated your own fully private room for your session and offer towels and fresh filtered cold and ambient temperature water for you to fill up your water bottle.
Your sauna treatment will include the use of an iPad which is installed with Netflix, Stan, Spotify, YouTube, Disney Plus and much more, this is connected to the Bluetooth speakers inside the sauna and watchable through the glass, giving you the option to stream your favourite new series or meditate to your own choice of music
How our low EMF, Infra-Red Sauna helps. For leaky gut, increased circulation throughout the body via infrared heat results in improving the blood supply to the gut and the intestinal lining as well. Improved blood flow delivers essential nutrients to promote healing and repairing the intestinal lining. Improved blood supply delivers essential nutrients and promotes repair and healing of the intestinal lining.
- Chronic infections or bouts of SIBO contribute to gut permeability which results in a higher core body temperature. Infrared sauna use helps restore the body temperature to the normal operating range. With this return to a more normal operating temperature, there is a resulting improvement in immune function and the endless bouts of infection can start to ease off.
Please be courteous and advise if you are running late, as we may be able to rearrange your appointment to avoid inconveniencing other clients who are ahead and/or on time.
Note : We have an iPad in the room which has: Netflix, Stan, Spotify, FoxtelGo, Youtube – you can enjoy while you are in our Clearlight Infrared sauna
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