The Science behind Infrared Sauna Health Benefits

You've probably heard all sorts of claims about infrared saunas—how they can help with pain, detox, you name it! 

For years there have been many research studies  that explore the potential health benefits of infrared saunas.  

The research is promising, looking at how saunas might impact your heart health or help with pain management and detoxification. 

Remember, just like with any health-related topic, it's important to talk to your doctor before trying out an infrared sauna for your specific condition.

The selected articles below will provide a much better understanding of what the science says, and whether infrared saunas might be something interesting for you to explore.

Read the Papers

1. Infrared sauna as exercise? Physiological responses to infrared sauna vs exercise in healthy women
   
   
2. Association between sauna bathing and fatal cardiovascular and all-cause mortality events
   
   
3. Comparison of physiological reactions and physiological strain in healthy men under heat stress in dry and steam heat saunas
   
   
4. Benefits and risks of sauna bathing
    
5. Regular sauna bathing and the incidence of common cold
   
   
6. Heat shock proteins in neurodegenerative disorders and ageing
   
   
7. Heat Stress and Cardiovascular, Hormonal, and Heat Shock Proteins in Humans
   
   
8. Repeated exposure to heat stress induces mitochondrial adaptation in human skeletal muscle
   
   
9. Association Between Sauna Bathing and Fatal Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality Events
   
   
10. Sauna bathing is inversely associated with dementia and Alzheimer's disease in middle-aged Finnish men
    
    
11. Whole-Body Hyperthermia for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
    
    
12. Methamphetamine exposure and chronic illness in police officers: significant improvement with sauna-based detoxification therapy
    
    
13. Effect of repeated sauna treatment on exercise tolerance and endothelial function in patients with chronic heart failure
     
14. Repeated sauna therapy reduces urinary 8-epi-prostaglandin
    
    
15. Effect of Waon therapy on oxidative stress in chronic heart failure
    
    
16. Efficacy of Waon therapy for fibromyalgia - a chronic syndrome characterized by widespread pain
    
    
17. Effects of Waon therapy on chronic fatigue syndrome: a pilot study
     
18. Regular thermal therapy may promote insulin sensitivity while boosting expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase--effects comparable to those of exercise training
     
19. Facts and fables about sauna
    
    
20. The sauna and pregnancy
    
    
21. Health effects and risks of sauna bathing
    
    
22. Sauna bathing is inversely associated with dementia and Alzheimer's disease
    
    
23. Effects of far-infrared sauna bathing on recovery from strength and endurance training sessions in men
    
    
24. Dry sauna therapy is beneficial for patients with low back pain