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Infrared Therapy
Here at HeatShock we want to share with you the huge benefits infrared therapy has on your overall health and wellness. We have elevated the sauna experience by not only offering a relaxing space within the sauna but we also created band workouts, cardio bike workouts, and free weight workout videos to follow while you get hotter in the sauna.
It's time to elevate your workouts!
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Below are 12 of the benefits infrared therapy could have on your life!
(click the links to see a video and read more about the benefit)
Using Infrared saunas can be a life saver to getting better sleep. Introducing heat acclimation into your life helps reset your circadian rhythm .
Infrared light lowers the levels of cortisol in your body which helps you fight off disease. It also lowers your stress and helps you sleep so your body can spend its energy fighting of disease.
Infrared saunas will first give your body a stress release because the heat warms and relaxes your muscles.
Infrared heat penetrates tissues, joints, and muscles to relieve muscle aches and even chronic illnesses.
Sweating is the body's natural way of ridding the body of toxins. Far infrared waves penetrate the body at the cellular level; allowing for this deep detoxification.
With the penetration of heat at the cellular level, the saunas have been proven to help soften/eliminate scars, purge the cause of acne, burn cellulite, and improve your overall skin appearance.
Infrared heat stimulates the brain derived neurotropic factor (BDNF). While inside the sauna, the far infrared waves are penetrating your cells and boosting cell growth, maturation, and maintenance of these cells.
Infrared light increases the blood flow to all of your muscles. Increased blood flow rids our muscles of lactic acid allowing the recovery process to happen faster.
Infrared saunas help lower blood pressure and condition your heart. Your heart doesn't have to work as hard to pump blood throughout your body. Just by relaxing you can mimic a cardio workout.
Infrared heat allows your muscles to relax and speed up muscle recovery. It has also been proven to provide stress reduction for anyone dealing with stress.
Burn at least 500 calories, while using the sauna. Our personalized workouts will help you lose body fat and tone muscle.
The sun releases uv waves which penetrate the skin and kickstarts Vitamin D synthesis, the infrared light in our saunas are able to do the same thing without the negative effects of the sun.