Infrared FIR Service Pricing

Sauna Pricing and Warranty

What is Infrared (FIR)?

FIR infrared ray energy is a part of the natural light spectrum of sunlight, minus the skin damaging UV, which is why NASA spacecraft have utilized this heat.

Far Infrared ray is a form of light energy form the sun. It falls within the same family of Infrared Rays in the light spectrum, but due to its longer wavelengths human eyes, just like Ultraviolet Rays, cannot see FIR. The energy is ESSENTIAL & BENEFICIAL for all human beings.

The infrared energy that emanates from the Far Infrared Sauna penetrates the skin and muscles all the way to the bone.  The human body can absorb FIR because of its deep penetrating ability.  When FIR penetrates through the skin to the subcutaneous tissues, it transforms from light energy into heat energy.  The far infrared waves gentle warm all tissues, bones and joints in damaged areas.  In response to this thermal effect within the deep layers of tissues, the body goes into a homeostatic response, which means the blood vessels expand to get more blood flow to the area in an attempt to maintain the temperature.  This activity produces great benefits as more blood brings more nutrition and the expanded vessels now have more capacity to carry away toxins and metabolic wastes through sweating.  This also makes the synovial fluid in joints healthier.  The joints are lubricated and nourished by an enzyme found in synovial fluid, if this enzyme is out of control; the fluid actually works to damage cartilage in the joints.  The far infrared light waves emitted help balance the enzyme.

Because the Far Infrared Sauna provide safe, low temperature depuration through sweat of the very heavy metals, pesticide toxins and other environmental chemical it is safe.  In contrast to drugs, it has no side effects while pulling otherwise permanent toxins out of the body.  In Mayo Clinical studies, the Far Infrared Sauna accomplished what nothing else in medicine could do.  What we don’t detoxify, we slowly, silently stockpile in our bodies forever.  When the total load reaches a critical level we have symptom and eventually a disease label.

Types of Far Infrared Rays

The blood circulation effect

Blood Circulation

Infrared cameras are being used to show changes in blood flow circulation. The above thermal image shows an increase in temperature and blood flow in the muscles of the subject’s back after massage therapy. We use high-tech certified thermography camera to do our research and verify the human body blood flow hypothesis.

 Relationship of FIR and Blood Circulation:

If there was a way to increase bodily energy, lose weight, decrease stress, detoxify the body and purify the skin while elevating the immune system to fight off everything from the common cold, circulation, asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory conditions to serious life quality threatening illnesses, what would it be worth?

What if all a person had to do to receive such benefits was relax and lay down for 15 to 30 minutes a day, three or four times a week, listening to music, now what would that be worth?

Activated by heat, the FIR material emits FIR energy that is absorbed by human cells, causing a physical phenomenon called "RESONANCE". Thus, the cellular activities are instantly invigorated, resulting in better blood circulation and an overall improved metabolism.

What the Researchers say about FIR

Infrared energy is not only safe, but also highly beneficial for our bodies. Far Infrared lamps are actively used for medical treatments by Chiropractors, Doctors, Acupuncturists, Physical Therapists, Massage Therapists for: arthritis, joint pain, tiff muscles, injuries to tendons and ligaments to promote a faster self-body healing effect.

Infrared heat is "RADIANT" heat. Radiant heat is simply a form of energy that heats objects directly through a process called conversions without heaving to heat the air in between

What exactly is radiant heat? No need to worry- it has nothing to do with either ultraviolet radiation (which gives you a sunburn and damages your skin) or atomic radiation (the kind from a nuclear bomb).

Radiant heat is simply a form of energy that heats objects directly through a process called conversion, without having to heat the air in between. Radiant heat is also called infrared energy (IR).  The infrared segment of the electromagnetic spectrum cannot be seen, but can be perceived as heat. The infrared segment of the electromagnetic spectrum occurs just below or "infra" to red light, which we perceive as heat. Our sun produces most of its energy output in the infrared segment of the spectrum.  Our atmosphere has a "window" in it that allows IR rays in the 7-14 micron range to safely reach the earth's surface. When warmed, the earth radiated infrared rays in the 7-14 micron band with its peak output at 10 microns.

The sun is the principal source of radiant energy that we experience daily. Have you ever been outside on a partly cloudy spring day of about 50˚ and felt quite comfortable when suddenly the sun was obscured by a cloud? Although the air temperature had not had time to drop, you felt chilled, as the cloud would not let the warming infrared rays through to reach you. The infrared heat in your FIR heat sauna is just like the heat from our sun or that which our own bodies produce as they burn fuel to keep us warm.

The source of infrared heat in your infrared sauna is actually a ceramic tube or cube, warmed by an electrical wire embedded within it. This zircon ceramic emitting tube is shielded by a metallic grill that is covered by a soft coating of suede-ex, and is safe to touch while it is operating.

Recent books such as Cross Currents, by Robert O. Becker, M.D., have detailed the hazards of exposure to certain kinds of electromagnetic fields such as those encountered under high tension power lines or while working at computer display terminals. Researchers have reported that infrared radiant heat antidotes the negative effects of such toxic electromagnetic sources.

Infrared sauna saunas use infrared radiant energy to directly penetrate the body’s tissues a depth of over 11/2". Its energy output is tuned to correspond so closely to the body’s own radiant energy that our bodies absorb more than 90% of the infrared waves that reach our skin.

A conventional sauna must rely only on indirect means of heat: First, on convection (air currents) and then conduction (direct contact of hot air with the skin) to produce its heating effect on us. In infrared sauna less than 20% of the infrared energy heats the air, leaving over 80% available to be directly converted to heat within our bodies. Thus, an IR based system can warm its user(s) to much greater depth and much more efficiently than a conventional sauna, as its energy output is primarily used to convert energy directly to heat in us and not create excessively hot air that then only heats the skin superficially. This crucial difference explains many of the unprecedented benefits reported to be available through an infrared sauna. The infrared energy applied in these thermal systems may induce up to 2-3 times the sweat volume of a hot-air sauna while operating at a significantly cooler air temperature range of 110 to 130 F. vs. 180 to 235F for hot air saunas. The lower heat range is safer for those concerned about cardiovascular risk factors that might be adversely affected by the higher temperatures encountered in old-style saunas. Researchers report beneficial effects from hour-long whole-body infrared exposure in two groups of hypertensive patients that they studied in 1989 including 24-hour long increase in peripheral blood flow and decreases in the blood pressure.

It is also distinctly more pleasant to breathe air that is from 50-125F cooler. Due to its "user-friendly" nature, people naturally prefer to use the infrared sauna and will continue to do so on a regular basis due to the ease of breathing much cooler air while feeling warm as they choose, and to a distinctive feeling of well-being reported by users as an after effect.

According to Dr. Tsu-Tsair Oliver Chi, in his summation on the mechanism of actions of infrared devices turned to the human body. Tissues needing a boost in their output selectively absorb these rays. The internal production of the infrared energy that normally occurs within our tissues is associated with a variety of healing responses and may require a boost to a maximal level to insure the fullest healing response possible in a tissue, which is being repaired. After boosting a tissue's level to its maximum, the remaining rays pass onward harmlessly. This phenomenon is called "RESONANT ABSORPTION".

DISCLOSURE
Always consult with your physician before using the SAUNA DOME! SAUNA DOME does not make any diagnosis or give medical recommendations. Consulting with a Health Care Professional is always recommended

Why Sweat?

Hundreds of years ago, people discovered and turned to heat therapy as a source of natural healing for many illnesses, discomforts and spiritual beliefs.  Today, far infrared heat provided by the Sauna Dome is simply and naturally rising to the top of health regime requirements and may be considered as your personal sweat lodge.

History of Sweat Lodges

Excerpts from the book Sweat, by Mikkel Aaland

Traditions:  Rituals and traditions vary from region to region and cultures.

Whether shining in heaven or burning in hell, fire has always commanded reverence. For stealing fire from the gods and delivering it to humans, Prometheus was credited by the Greeks with the founding of civilization. The Navajos say that fire's color is sinister, a dangerous element of war and sorcery. They often combine red with black. Yet for the Navajos, and most cultures, fire is also the color of power, vigor and vitality. The sweat house, by housing and controlling the awesome power of flame, became a sacred shrine. Early sauna bathers in Finland believed fire was heaven sent and if fueled with choice firewood and tended to with appropriate ritual, diseases and spiritual evils could be driven off. If treated disrespectfully, fire could engulf and destroy the bather.
Many sweat bath cultures discovered that rocks could absorb the power of fire, and thereby acquired spiritual significance. The Omaha Indians, for example, referred to the rocks as Grandfather, symbol of earthly endurance, and moved them from the fire into the revered sweat lodge. When water was splashed over them, the vapor produced became another medium for the transfer of heat and another object of worship. The Finns named this vapor loyly, spirit of life. The Fox, another American Indian tribe, believed that Manitou, a friendly spirit, dwelled inside the rocks and was released through the vapor to penetrate the skins of the bathers and drive out sickness. (Science has given a new name to vapor's healing power--negative ions.)  See “What Are the Positive Effects of Negative Ions”

A bather absorbing the heat of a sweat bath was seen as re-enacting Creation, merging body and fire. Hindu mythology has several stories regarding the human absorption of heat. Consequently, Hindu ascetics meditate near fire to achieve inner heat. Those who reach a communion with the Spirit are said to "burn." Those who perform miracles are called sahib-jocks, which means to "boil" from inner heat.

The visible product of heat, or "waters born from the heated man," is sweat. When looked on in this spiritual light, sweat's importance to many primitive societies becomes clear. New Guinea tribes believed that sweat carried the combined essences of spiritual and human powers. Before leaving a campsite, they would carefully stab the ground with spears to prevent a demon from making use of any of their precious fluids they may have left behind. Another example of sweat's mystical powers comes from Russia where peasants would concoct an aphrodisiac with vodka and sweat from the bride-to-be.

Sweat, because of its indirect association with fire, was sometimes connected with the creation of humankind. Sweat from bathing gods is of special importance. In Russian and Indian folklore are tales of "God" in a sweat bath and creating "Adam and Eve" through drops of falling sweat.

Perhaps another explanation for the sweat bath's spirituality is its association with re-birth. The rejuvenating effects of the sweat bath, combined with its physical characteristics, made it a natural place for purification and rebirth rituals. The warm, dark, moist ambiance inside a sweat bath is easily likened to a womb, even the womb of Mother Earth herself. A tired, dirty bather climbs into the confines of the sweat bath, assumes a fetal position (especially in the smaller, more primitive baths), sweats out physical and spiritual impurities and emerges refreshed and cleansed--reborn.

Because of these re-birth qualities, rites of passage were invariably connected with sweat bathing. Cleanliness is next to godliness, and close to God is a good place to be when an individual passes from one stage of life to another. The sweat bath prepared bathers for the rituals that attended birth, adulthood, marriage and death rites of passage; times when awe of the unknown was highest.

Finnish women usually gave birth inside saunas in order to be in the presence of benevolent spirits. These spirits were thought to reduce the pains of childbirth and increase the chance of survival for both the mother and child.

When a boy reached puberty among the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, he entered the sweat bath to pray to the "sweat bathing Grandfather Chief." He prayed that he might be strong, brave, and agile, a good hunter and fisherman, lucky and prosperous.

Islamic women went to the hamman, the middle-eastern sweat bath, three times during many days of wedding ceremonies, attending the final rinsing bath on the eve of marriage.

Russian mourners would heat their sweat bath in order to warm their living souls and, by projection, the souls of the deceased.

Finally, as with any religion or ritual, sweat baths would not have been given such cultural importance without serving humankind in practical ways. With its mystical powers marshaled, the sweat bath became healer. We've seen how modern science attempts to explain its healing powers, but before people knew that bacteria thrived in blood and filth and were responsible for disease, people believed that evil spirits were the cause of ill health. So instead of relying on the antiseptic properties of fire, people called on the spirits of fire to purge their bodies of demonry. Benevolent sweat bath spirits drove aches and pains from the body through the medium of sweat.

"Why Would You Want to Sweat So Much, and What's the Big Deal?"

The oldest know medical document, the Ayurveda, appeared in Sanskrit in 568 BC and considered sweating so important to health that it prescribed the sweat bath and thirteen other methods of inducing sweat. Today, enthusiasts claim that beyond being relaxing the sauna gives relief from the common cold, arthritis, headaches, hangovers and "just about anything that ails you." Even if these claims are somewhat exaggerated, medical evidence shows that bathing in temperatures of 9O degrees C (192 degrees F) has a profoundly beneficial effect on a healthy body.

Sweating is as essential to our health as eating and breathing. It accomplishes three important things: rids the body of wastes, regulates the critical temperature of the body at 37 degrees C (98.6 degrees F), and helps keep the skin clean and pliant.

Many people, in this sedentary age, simply don't sweat enough, making sweat bathing particularly desirable during these times. Antiperspirants, artificial environments, smog, synthetic clothing, and a physically idle lifestyle all conspire to clog skin pores and inhibit the healthy flow of sweat. These detrimental effects are reversed in a sweat bath.*

[*The physiological effects of different sweat baths are not the same, due to variations in heat and humidity. For example, the body sweats more profusely in the hotter (80-100 degree C) and drier (15-25%) atmosphere of the Turkish bath, where moisture on your body is often merely condensation. The length of time spent in the sauna differs from time spent in other types of sweat baths. In this section, results peculiar to the sauna are noted.]

When you lounge in a sweat bath, heat sensitive nerve endings produce acetylcholine, a chemical which alerts the 2.3 million sweat glands embedded in the skin. But not all of them respond. The aprocine sweat glands, located in the pubic and arm pit areas, are activated only by emotional stimuli. They carry a faint scent whose purpose is believed to arouse the sex drive.

Nevertheless, the eccrine sweat glands, by far the most abundant, respond to heat. During a 15-minute sauna, about one liter of sweat is excreted, depending upon the individual. (Normal daily rate ranges from .5 to 1.5 liters.) Eccrine sweat is clear and odorless; any odor is only created by the presence of bacteria. One of its chief functions is to cool the body by evaporation, although there are also eccrine glands on the palms of your hands and soles of your feet which react to emotional stimuli. Like the baseball batter who wets his hands for a better grip, it is believed these sweat glands were intended to provide us with a good grip on clubs, rocks or vines when our survival often depended upon them. Sweat glands on the feet provided greater traction when it came time to run.

A third kind of sweat, called insensible perspiration, originates inside and works its way through blood and other cells to the surface of the skin. Even without a sweat bath, approximately a liter of insensible perspiration evaporates each day.

A modified type of sweat gland is the milk-producing mammary gland. Some mothers in Finland believe the sauna encourages the breast's ability to produce milk, although this hasn't been established scientifically.

Sweat also has the function of being a judicious garbage collector. During a 15-minute sauna, sweating can perform the heavy metal excretion that would take the kidneys 24 working hours. Ninety-nine percent of what sweat brings to the surface of the skin is water, but the remaining one percent is mostly undesirable wastes. Excessive salt carried by sweat is generally believed to be beneficial for cases of mild hypertension. Some mental hospitals use saunas in their rehabilitation programs to pacify patients.

A metabolic by-product, urea, if not disposed of regularly, can cause headaches, nausea and, in extreme cases, vomiting, coma and even death. Sweating is such an effective detoxifier that some physicians recommend home saunas to supplement kidney machines. Sweat also draws out lactic acid which causes stiff muscles and contributes to general fatigue. Sweat flushes out toxic metals such as copper, lead, zinc and mercury which the body absorbs in polluted environments.

Because it eliminates, the skin is sometimes called the "third kidney." It is far more complex than the kidney or any other organ except the brain. It is composed of blood vessels, nerve endings, vessels for carrying Iymph, pigmentation, oil glands, hair follicles, cells that waterproof and deny entry to bacteria and, of course, the tubular, coiled sweat glands. It is so important that death by accumulated poisons occurs in a matter of hours if the skin, and its sweat passages, are smothered.

A Finnish doctor wrote: "The best-dressed of foreigners can come into a doctor's office, and when his skin is examined, it is found to be rough as bark. On the other hand, as a result of the sauna, the skin of any Finnish worker is supple and healthy." Properly cared for skin is better able to resist eczema, athlete's foot, pimples and blackheads. Furthermore, combining sweat bathing and brushing with a loofa or rough brush removes flakes of dried skin cells that accumulate on the epidermis. If allowed to remain, they can clog sweat pores and oil passages and result in dry, flaky skin.

In conjunction with the sweat bath exercise, supplemental dosages of vitamins B2 and E help keep skin fresh. Cayenne pepper, ginger, peppermint are notable herbs which, when taken internally, promote sweating and healthy skin.

(An interesting note: the ability of lizards and snakes to shed old skins has fascinated many primitive societies. Some believe that if they could shed their old skins and acquire new ones, they could renew their youth. During some ceremonies, participants don the skins of animals or other human beings in a symbolic gesture of eternal youth.)

Marvelous things happen beneath the skin in the heat of the sweat bath. The capillaries dilate permitting increased flow of blood to the skin in an attempt to draw heat from the surface and disperse it inside the body. The bather's skin becomes cherry red. The heart is pressed into a faster pace to keep up with the additional demands for blood. Impurities in the liver, kidneys, stomach, muscles, brain, and most other organs are flushed out by the faster flow of juices. The skin and kidneys filter the wastes, excreting them in sweat and urine.

Some researchers claim that the rapid flexing of the heart and blood vessels in the heat of the sweat bath is a healthy exercise that puts little more strain on the heart than strolling on level ground. The increased capillary volume, they say, keeps blood pressure normal. Other medical people, however, qualify their commendations. One Finnish study observed that whereas blood pressure of healthy persons remains approximately normal in a sweat bath, there occurs a marked reduction of pressure in persons suffering from high blood pressure. However, this effect is only transient, and the original condition returns soon after the sweat bath.

American doctors commonly recommend that elderly people and persons with heart problems should avoid sweat bathing. Finnish and German doctors feel otherwise. Perhaps this difference of opinion arises from the fact that the Germans and especially the Finns are more familiar with sweat bathing.

While the surface temperature of the skin may rise as much as 1O degrees C, inner temperature increases up to 3 degrees C. This is the "fever" that Hippocrates and generations of medical people after him sought, and is created as one reclines in a sweat bath! Of course it is unlikely that "every disease" can be cured by fever, but it is common knowledge that many bacterial and viral agents do not survive well at temperatures higher than normal body temperature. It is also possible that damaged cells repair themselves quicker in fever conditions due to the increased metabolic rate. Recovery from illness then comes easier and quicker.

The inner temperature rise also affects the function of important endocrine glands, the pituitary in particular. Located in the bottom center of the brain, the pituitary is known as the master gland because its hormones regulate both metabolism and the activity of other glands such as the thyroid, adrenal, ovaries and testes. Urged by the heat, the pituitary accelerates the body's metabolism and affects the interplay of several of the body's hormones. Some people have gone as far to say that sex drive is increased and growth stimulated in the sauna bath.

The oxygen needs of the body increase by about 2O percent so the lungs, another important eliminator of body wastes, join in the body's quickened pace. (The lungs' rapid exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen is hindered in some sweat baths. In high humidity water condenses on the tiny alveoli where this exchange takes place and breathing may be slightly more difficult. On the other hand, if the air is too dry, as occurs in many American saunas, mucous membranes may become dry and damaged.) Clogged respiratory passages are opened by heat, giving relief from colds and other minor respiratory problems. Sweat bathing is not recommended for those suffering from pneumonia or other acute respiratory diseases.

When the body is slowly cooled, the effects of heat are reversed--the heart calms, sweat pores close, dilated blood vessels contract and body temperature returns to normal. (The German Sauna Society recommends a warm foot bath to re-open closed blood vessels.) On the other hand, abrupt cooling brought on by a plunge into snow or icy water creates a more dramatic effect. For this reason, people with weak constitutions should avoid rapid cooling. Vessels near the skin's surface contract, but since the skin's metabolism returns to normal slower than the circulatory system, wastes accumulate that are normally washed out by the blood. Local vasodilators are then stimulated and blood rushes back to the skin's surface. The heart continues to beat vigorously and you may experience psychedelic flashes bouncing across your retina from the increased adrenal activity--an unforgettable experience! Goose bumps sometimes appear, a phenomenon reminiscent of the time when our prehistoric ancestors possessed a shaggy pelt of hair. Goose bumps extended the hair, making it thicker and giving more insulating power against cold or protection from attack. The swift transition from hot to cold stimulates the kidneys and usually creates the desire to urinate.

The typical body is 6O% water by weight and any pounds lost at this point will be promptly regained. (However, sweat baths have an indirect effect on weight loss--see appendix.) As you can imagine, the combination of sweat bathing and cooling conditions the body, and a well-tuned body is more resistant to colds, disease and infection. In cold weather, the warm glowing feeling lingers for hours, while in hot climates the body seems cooler than before the sweat bath.

The human body is electric because our cells are electric.  Disorders and diseases of the body have vibrational frequencies that are incompatible with healthy cells; thus, they disrupt the cells’ natural oscillation and polarity.  This disruption creates imbalance within each affected cell.  When cells are in an imbalanced state, they are unable to facilitate the body’s functions needed for healing, including ridding itself of heavy metals, parasites and other toxins.  But when cells are fully charged, they have more oxygen and are able to experience electrical balance, which results in a feeling of a health attitude, vitality, well-being and enables the body to heal itself.  This balance increases our sense of awareness and our sense of the mind/body/spirit connection.

The discovery of negative ions in certain types of saunas a few years ago became headline news in Finland . Until then, the healing power of the sauna was attributed to relaxation and increased circulation. Now, negative ions add startling new possibilities.

Since the early 1950s scientists have suspected that ions play an important role in how the body functions and, consequently, in how we feel.   Ions are atoms or molecules that have lost or gained electrons [Free radicals are unpaired electrons].  If these atoms or molecules lose electrons, they become positively charged ions and if they gain electrons, they become negatively charged ions. 

Looking at the body physically, the presence of negative ions in a sweat bath is as important as the heat.  Research has been conducted showing that an abundance of negative ions in the air we breathe is highly beneficial as opposed to a lack of ions or a higher ratio of positive to negative can cause physical harm.  If the air is charged with too little negative ions vs. positive, one can become anxious, fatigued and tense.  The ionic technique of far infrared rays provides a full body purge of all vital organs, resulting in reduced heart attacks, aggravated asthma, migraine headaches, rheumatism, arthritis, hay fever, allergies, menopause symptoms, menstrual cramps, skin problems, sleep problems, restlessness, Candida and yeast infections, stress, just to name a few. 

As a result of the internal cleansing process and better blood circulation, the body is able to help heal itself.  The far infrared Sauna Dome is extremely complimentary with the Mlis Internal 30-day cleansing programs and lymphatic cleansing bodywraps.

Purify Yourself

*During liquid detoxification program is an ideal time to use sauna!!

Improves Skin

Weight Control

Reduces Stress/Fatigue

Removes Toxins

Relieves Pain

Passive Cardiovascular Exercise Effect

Strengthens Immune System

Reduces Swelling of Prostate in Men

Controls Excessive Leukorrhea in Woman (PMS & Yeast)

Beauty/Aging: Your infrared sauna is excellent for increasing blood circulation to the skin, which is essential for beautiful, youthful, glowing skin! A new "inner glow" as the skin is free of accumulated dirt and dry skin cells, due to deep cleansing of impurities!

• Open wounds heal quicker with reduced scarring.
• Acne – 3-4 treatments may open pores that have not been functioning in years, forcing out clogging cosmetics and loosening dead outer skin.  The sauna is thus a boom to teenage skin, clearing acne and blackheads.
• Eczema/psoriasis: reported to have responded extremely well to infrared treatments.
• Removes roughness, leaving skin baby smooth and soft again.
• Firms and improves skin tone and elasticity.
• Body odor - by improving the function of the skin, the infrared treatments may eliminate the cause of offensive odor.  It definitely reduces body odor induced by occupational exposure to odorous chemicals.

Scars on Skin: Scars fully formed, even keloids, may be gradually softened. Burns and other wounds or incisions may heal with significantly reduced scarring.

Cellulite: Cellulite is a gel-like substance made up of fat, water and wastes which are trapped in pockets below the skin. An infrared sauna can assist this condition, as profuse sweating helps clear this form of unwanted debris from the body. European Beauty Specialists routinely incorporate daily saunas in programs to reduce cellulite.  They confirm: a sauna will greatly speed any anti-cellulite program! Due to at least twice the depth of heat penetration into cellulite combined with up to 10 times the level of heating in these tissues your infrared sauna can be significantly more effective than any conventional sauna.

Outstanding Caloric Consumption and Weight Control

In Guyton’s Textbook of Medical Physiology, we find that producing one gram of sweat requires 0.586 kcal. The JAMA citation referred to above goes on to state that, "A moderately conditioned person can easily sweat off 500 gms. In a sauna, consuming nearly 300 kcal- the equivalent of running 2-3 miles. A heat-conditioned person can easily sweat off 600-800-kcal with no adverse effects. While the weight of the water loss can be regained by dehydration with water, the calories consumed will not be." Since an infrared sauna helps generate two to three times the sweat produced in a hot-air sauna, the implications for increased caloric consumption are quite impressive. Assuming "a sauna" as mentioned in JAMA, to last for 30 minutes, some interesting comparisons may be drawn. Two of the highest calorie output forms of exercise are rowing and marathon running. Peak output on a rowing machine or during a marathon run burns about 600 calories in 30 minutes. 

Your infrared sauna can, thus, play a pivotal role in both weight control and cardiovascular conditioning. This would be easily valuable for those who don’t exercise and those who can’t exercise, yet want effective weight control and fitness maintenance program and the benefits that regular exercise can contribute to such a program.

Some weight loss authorities believe that our bodies use fat to dilute toxins. As an infrared heat sauna is an unsurpassed expeller of toxins, it is also a great way to get rid of any fat our bodies are using to dilute toxins we are storing.   

Reduces Stress/Fatigue:

Time in the sauna offers deep relaxation, melting away the stresses and tensions in life.  The penetrating warmth (penetration will be 1-1/2” into the skin) gives a massaging effect, soothing jangled nerves and knotted muscles.

Pain Relief:

Effective for arthritis, back pain, muscle spasm, headache, etc.

Injuries:

Radiant heat helps with sprains, strains, arthritis, muscle spasm and pain. stimulates vasodilatation of peripheral blood vessels, bringing oxygen to joints and extremities, relaxation of stiff muscles, speeding the healing of sprains and strains.  If you are an athlete, your infrared sauna is all good news. It allows oxygen debt to be repaid more quickly. That’s likely to lead to improved and quicker healing of sprains and muscle pain for you!

The increased blood flow helps aching and injured muscles recover faster because of the stronger blood flow and the quicker metabolic and toxic waste productions purged from the body through the skin during perspiration. The skin is known in Chinese medicine as the third kidney because it is believed to be responsible for eliminating up to 30% of body waste.

Runners:

Your infrared sauna is the perfect solution for keeping up your cardiovascular fitness while avoiding a run on a difficult weather day – days you may want to just skip a workout or when you need to rest to allow an injury to heal. Also, your infrared sauna is great for warming up before stretching or staring any vigorous activity. You simply get in your infrared sauna with your clothes on and allow the infrared rays to pour right through your clothing until you just begin to break a sweat. Now you are pre-warmed for stretching, skiing, running in cold conditions, etc. For the maximal stretching benefit from this system you will need a 40-minute sauna before your stretching. Research indicates that stretching after a 40-minute sauna session should produce a ½% permanent increase in your flexibility. Even one 20-minute session may create temporary increase in your flexibility of up to 10%. As a warm-up, your infrared sauna should help to prevent injuries and enhance your ability to stay with your training program or enjoy any outdoor activity. Your infrared sauna is also great cold weather post-activity warm-up. Especially for any frostbitten areas.   

Musculoskeletal Cases:

Success reported with Infrared treatments by medical researchers:

"Medical practitioners make use of Infrared Radiant Heat to Treat sprains, bursitis, peripheral vascular diseases, arthritis, and muscle pain…" according to the McGraw/Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.

Dr. Rubin P. Lysiak M.D. of the O&P Medical Clinic has reported great success with the use of infrared treatment for: Whiplash,  Menopause, Shoulder Stiffness, Pheaumatism, Gastroenteric Problems, Sciatica, Arthritis, Insomnia, Acne Ear Diseases

The following is summarized from Therapeutic Heat and Cold, 4th Edition, ED. Justus F. Lehmann M.D., Williams and Wilkins, Chapter 9 or concluded from the data therein. Generally it is accepted that heat produces the following desirable therapeutic effects:

It increases the extendibility of collagen tissues.

Tissues heated to 45C and then stretched exhibit a non-elastic residual elongation of about 0.5 – 0.9% that persists after the stretch is removed which does not occur in these same tissues when stretched at normal tissue temperatures. Thus 20 stretching sessions can produce a 10-18% increase in length in tissues so heated and stretched.  This effect would be especially valuable in working with ligaments, joint capsules, tendons, fasciae, and synovium that have become scarred, thickened or contracted.  Such stretching at 45C caused much less weakening in stretched tissues for a given elongation that a similar elongation produced at normal tissue temperatures.

The experiments cited clearly showed that low-force stretching can produce significant residual elongation when heat is applied together with stretching or range-of –motion exercises, which is also sager than stretching tissues at normal tissue temperatures.  This safer stretching effect is crucial in properly training competitive athletes so as to minimize their "down" time from injuries.

It decreases joint stiffness directly.

There was a 20% decrease in stiffness at 45C as compared with 33C in rheumatoid finger joints, which correlated perfectly to both subjective and objective observation of stiffness.

Any stiffened joint and thickened connective tissues should respond in a similar fashion.

It relieves muscle spasms.

Muscle spasms have long been observed to be reduced through the use of heat, be they secondary to underlying skeletal, joint, or neuropathological conditions.
This result is possibly produced by the combined effect of heat on both primary and secondary afferents from spindle cells and from its effects on Golgi tendon organs.  The effects produced by each of these mechanisms demonstrated their peak effect within the therapeutic temperature range obtainable with radiant heat.

It produced pain relief.

• Pain may be relieved via the reduction of attendant or secondary muscle spasms.
• Pain is also at times related to ischemia due to tension or spasm which can be improved by the hyperemia that heat-induced vasodilatation produces, thus breaking the feedback loop, in which the ischemia leads to further spasm and then more pain.
• Heat has been shown to reduce pain sensation by direct action on both free-nerve ending s in tissues and on peripheral nerves. In one dental study, repeated heat applications led finally to abolishment of the whole nerve responsible for pain arising from dental pulp.
• Heat may both lead to increased endorphin production and a shutting down of the so-called "spinal gate" of Melzach and Wall, each of which can reduce pain.

It increases blood flow.

• Heating of one area of the body produces reflex-modulated vasodilations in distant-body areas, even in the absence of a change in core body temperature’ i.e. heat one extremity and the contra lateral extremity also dilates; heat a forearm and both lower extremities dilate; heat the front of the trunk and the hand dilates.
• Heating of muscles produces an increased blood flow level similar to that seen during exercise.
• Temperature elevation produces an increase in blood flow and dilation directly in capillaries, arterioles and venuies, probably through direct action on their smooth muscles. The release of bradykinin, released as a consequence of sweat-gland activity, also produces increased blood flow and vasodilatation.
• Whole-body hypothermia, with a consequent core temperature elevation, further induces vasodilatation via a hypothalamic-induced decrease in sympathetic tone on the arteriovenous anastomoses. Vasodilatation is also produced by axonal reflexes and by reflexes that change vasomotor balance.

It assists in resolution of inflammatory infiltrates, edema and exudates.

• The increased peripheral circulation provides the transport needed to help evacuate the edema which can help end inflammation, decrease pain and help speed healing.

Contraindications:  Success has been reported from infrared treatments for the following conditions:  TMJ, Arthritis, Muscle Tension, Bursitis, Muscle Spasms, Sciatica, Menopause, Insomnia, Acne, Cold Hands and Feet, High Blood Pressure, Hemorrhoids, Gastritis, Asthma, Tinitus, Poor Skin Tone and Body Odor. 

The data collected is offered for reference purposes only and should not be implied to be a cure all.  Infrared treatments will aid in creating a healthier body, however, there are certain conditions which should be consulted with a physician before having an infrared treatment.  These include: prescription drugs for possible changes in the drug’s effects, anyone with Multiple Sclerosis or adrenal Suppression or Systematic Lupus is advised not to use it.  Recent joint injury should not be heated for the first 48 hours or until the hot and swollen symptoms subside, anyone pregnant or suspicion of pregnancy should not use the sauna, any metal pins, rods, artificial joints or any other surgical implants – consult physician, anyone with silicone implants should not have treatments as silicone will melt, Hemophiliacs and anyone predisposed to hemorrhage should avoid infrared usage.  During menstruation, women may experience temporarily increased menstrual flow so one can decide whether to have treatment after the cycle has passed.

Dry Carbon Black Far Infrared Hyperthermic Sauna
State of the Art in Dry FIR Sauna Hyperthermia Technology

"FIR sauna technology is the only proven and most efficacious way of getting rid of stored environmental chemicals. I'm convinced that the far infrared sauna is something everyone should do to restore health" - Sherry Rogers MD, Northeast Center for Environmental Medicine. Author of Tired or Toxic? Detoxify or Die.

The Sauna Dome represents a new paradigm in the field of sauna therapy.

More Effective Exposure To Far Infrared Rays

Laying Down Is The Most Beneficial Way To Sauna

Lower Temperatures Than Conventional Saunas

The Benefit Of Space Saving Size & Low Weight

A Substantial Price Advantage Over Other Models

Tips for using your Infrared SAUNA DOME

For optimal benefits, set your controls to maintain a sauna temperature that is comfortable for you. Please remember that infrared heat is simply radiant energy in the form of a band of light that radiates heat penetrating the skin to a depth of 1-½ inches or more. This radiant heat is efficient because it warms the body internally, not the air. Setting higher temperatures may add to personal discomfort with very little therapeutic value. To regulate the temperature in your SAUNA DOME during use adjust the temperature controls for both sections of the SAUNA DOME.

• For optimal results refrain from using the sauna on a full stomach.
• It is important to remain hydrated. For best results drink water prior, during and after your sauna session.
• Do not apply excess body lotion to your body prior to a sauna session.
• Use at least 2-3 towels:
            Lay down on one towel for perspiration absorption and cushioning.
            Use another towel under your head to absorb extra sweat.
            Use a third towel to wipe off your body surface sweat.
• At the first sign of a cold or flu, increasing sauna sessions may be beneficial in boosting the immune system and decreasing the reproductive rate of viruses and bacteria.
• As your body becomes more heat conditioned, you may want to increase your sauna session to 45 minutes or longer. Please remember to hydrate your system with plenty of water during the full session.

Note: many people with heavy metal, chemical or pesticide toxicity levels may find it difficult to sweat initially; for some individuals it may require 5-10 sessions before measurable sweat volume is evident, but continuous water intake will enhance detoxification. Even without measurable sweat, the IR sauna is helping to eliminate toxins through urine, bowels and hair.

SPECIFICATIONS & UNIQUE FEATURES

·  Length: 72 inches

·  Width: 25 inches

·  Inside height: 18 inches

·  Weight: 48 pounds

·  Uses Very Little Electricity - Voltage 110/60 hz

·  Super Conductive Heating - 750 watts, approximately 15 cents per hour

·  Temperature range- 100 F to 160 F

·  timer - separate for upper and lower, choice of set time with automatic shut off or continuous time

·  Control Box- analog with separate controls for upper and lower dome

·  Standing Dimensions: 1.5 feet x 2.5 ft x 3 ft nestled

·  Dome Frame: Mahagony Wood, Outer Layer of Naugahyde

·  BlackCarbon FIR emitting panels

·  Body Mat: Full body water proof mat

·  Wheel Rollers on Upper Dome to facilitate ease of entry and exit

An infrared sauna is easier as well as more comfortable to use than old-fashioned hot-air saunas. Hot-air saunas require extensive warm-up periods of 30-60 minutes, making them much less practical than the modern infrared sauna, which warms up in only 5-10 minutes from room temperature. Consistent and convenient at home use is thus, much more likely with an infrared sauna. Significantly lower operating costs makes your infrared sauna more desirable than a regular sauna. A 20-minute session, including a 10 minute warm-up in your infrared sauna, costs about 5 cents of electricity. A comparable session with a full warm-up in a conventional sauna costs about $.75 - $1.00. Daily usage of an infrared sauna will raise your electricity bill by only $1.50 a month compared to $22.50 to $30.00 a month in a conventional sauna, if each is used for 20 minutes after warm-up.

Your infrared sauna brings you the same infrared rays experienced in the traditional American Indian sweat lodge and bring them to you in a much more convenient and easily used form, the privacy or your on home. The cleansing and purifying benefits attributed to the traditional sweat lodges are now available for daily purification without the time-consuming and extremely labor-intensive set-up process that a sweat lodge requires.

PRICING

Sauna Dome Cost:   $1,795.00 + shipping [Email first to get cost of shipping]

Credit Cards Accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover]

Other payment options include Money Order, Cashiers Check or personal checks.  [checks must clear before shipping machine]

Please make payable to Inner Balance Therapeutics, LLC and post to:

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SAUNA DOME WARRANTY

30 day money back guarantee!
(15% restocking fee & All Shipping Charges On Returns)

SAUNA DOME: 5 years
Control box: 3 years
with receipt and warranty card.

If the unit requires repair, please contact our service center.

Not covered if:
Improper use or operation
Operating it without complying with working voltage
Re-assembly of manufacturer's recommended installation
Damaged by nature, disaster of fire

Contact us to Order

 1-303-770-2959

Cynthia@innerbalancetherapy.com

DISCLOSURE
Always consult with your physician before using the SAUNADOME! Inner Balance Therapeutics does not make any diagnosis or give medical recommendations. Consulting with a Health Care Professional is always recommended.