Thursday, June 7, 2012

The Benefits of a Dry Sauna


A Dry Sauna Room
When you go to your local GYM, do you use a dry sauna? As the Journal of the American Medical Association stated, a bather in moderate condition who sweats off about 500 grams in a sauna nevertheless uses up some 300 calories - or the equivalent of running a couple of miles. The Journal went on to observe that while, yes, the water weight is regained once you rehydrate, the calories that were consumed in the sauna are not. As your internal body temperature rises to about 100.4° F during a 10-20 minute dry sauna session, your heart rate increases by 50-75%, and this beneficial and temporary fever works to draw out toxins, clean clogged pores, kill harmful bacteria and viruses, increase circulation and metabolism, and enhance the immune system.
I have personally experienced the benefit of a dry sauna. I suffered from rheumatic pain five years ago. I tried many different treatments, but they did not work well. One day, my doctor told me that the steam sauna is good for skin, and the dry sauna is good for joints. Since I felt so much pain in my fingers, knees, and elbows especially during rainy, cloudy days, I started to try the dry sauna. After trying it for a few weeks, I gradually felt less pain in bad weather. So I have kept going to dry sauna since then.  After two years, my rheumatic pain was totally gone. I still go to the sauna regually. If you have the same problem like I did, why don't you try a dry sauna? Even if you do not have the same problem like I did, it is really worth it to relax 30 minutes a day two to three times a week in the sauna room. You will feel a lot better.