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- Far Infrared Sauna
- By: DL HOH
A far infrared sauna is slightly different compared to an infrared sauna. Infrared saunas in general, is also different from a traditional steam sauna.
A traditional or steam sauna, heated up the atmosphere in the sauna room. An infrared sauna or a far infrared sauna on the other hand, heats up the human body directly. An infrared sauna heater usually consists of infrared lamps that emit energy within the infrared spectrum. To emit a far infrared energy, most far infrared heater utilize ceramic heater.
This brings us to the topic of infrared energy. What exactly is infrared energy? The near infrared has the shortest wavelength followed by the middle infrared and the far infrared has the longest wavelength. This radiant heat is also known as infrared energy.
The warmed earth surface radiates infrared rays. Our human body also radiates infrared energy through the skin.
A far infrared sauna therefore, is a sauna that works based on the principle of far infrared energy. How does the sauna room emit this far infrared energy? Does far infrared sauna therapy works? Far infrared sauna is said to duplicate the healthy frequencies of our own cells. Suppliers of far infrared sauna also claim that this far infrared ray also helps the healing process of damaged tissues.
Because of the deep penetration of far infrared rays, the heating effect is deep in the muscular tissues. It is this deep heating and sweating that enable a user to obtain the benefits of a far infrared sauna.
Infrared sauna therapy is therefore considered safe. Far infrared sauna induces up to two or three times the sweat volume compared to a traditional steam sauna.
It is also easier to breath in an infrared sauna as the air is much lower than a steam sauna. As the infrared sauna warms the body directly and not the air as in a steam sauna, an infrared sauna is also known as a dry sauna. In terms of operating cost, a far infrared sauna also seemed to be more energy and cost-saving compared to a traditional steam sauna.
Far infrared saunas make it possible for those who are in wheel chair or handicap to enjoy sauna benefits. Those who are handicap may consider using the domes type of far infrared sauna, which allows sauna in a horizontal position.
There are also many types of far infrared sauna. Some comes in the form of dome structure which allows sauna in a horizontal position. There is also a portable infrared sauna, which may be folded. User sits on a chair with his entire body covered by the portable infrared sauna. And of course, far infrared sauna also comes in the form of a sauna room, similar to the traditional sauna.