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Infrared Thermal System

For

Whole-Body Regenerative Radiant Therapy

Dr. Aaron M. Flickstein

Table of Contents

1. Safety of Infrared Radiant Energy

2. Only One of Its Kind Available

3. Health Benefits Attributed to Infrared Rays

Passive Cardiovascular Conditioning Effect

Outstanding Calorie Consumption and Weight Control

Musculoskeletal Cases

Pain Relief

Blood Circulation

Coronary Artery Disease, Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension

Aging

Ear, Nose and Throat

Skin

1. Contra-indications

2. Reported Health Benefits of Infrared Rays

Weight Loss

Beauty

Scars on Skin

Cellulite

Pain Relief

Injuries

Runners

Relaxation and Enjoyment

Portable Infrared Thermal System

The Whole-Body Radiant Thermal System – A Breakthrough in Regenerative

Radiant Therapy provided by a unique type of Portable Infrared Thermal System

Safety of Infrared Radiant Energy

Is the Infrared Thermal System safe for me?

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 conversions, without having to heat the air in between . Radiant heat

is also called Infrared Energy (IR). The infrared segment of the electromagnetic

spectrum is divided into 3 segments by wavelength, measured in micros, or

micrometers (a micron = 1/1,000,000 of a meter) 0.076 ~ 1.5 microns – near or close;

1.5 ~ 5.6 = middle or intermediate; 5.6 ~ 1000 = far or long wave infrared. The

infrared segment of the electromagnetic spectrum occurs just below or “infra” to red

light as the next lowest energy band of light. This band of light is not visible to

human eyes, but can be seen by special cameras that translate infrared into colors

visible to our eyes. We can, however, feel this type of light that 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 radiates

infrared rays in the 7 ~ 14 micron band with its peak output at 10 microns.

According to Dr. Tsu-Tsair Oliver Chi in his summation on the mechanism of actions

of infrared devices tuned to the human body , these rays are selectively absorbed by

the tissue needing a boost in their output . The internal production of 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 under repair, harmlessly. This phenomenon is called

“resonant absorption.”

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 degrees and felt quite

comfortable when the sun was suddenly 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 Infrared

Thermal System is just like the heat from our sun or that which our own bodies

produces as they burn fuel to keep us warm.

Our bodies radiate infrared energy out through the skin at 3 ~ 50 microns, with most

of their output at 9.4 microns. Our palms emit infrared energy at between 8 ~ 14

microns. Palm healing, which as a 3,000 year-old tradition in China, has been based

on the healing properties of these natural infrared rays. The Yogis of India also use

such palm healing and recommend it especially for relieving eye strain. Sauna use

has been popularized by the Finns whose old religion used it as a ceremony for

mental, spiritual and physical cleansing. This religion came with the Finns when they

migrated from an area northwest of present day Tibet, between 5,000 ~ 3,000 year

BC, to their present location in Finland.

Dr. Tadashi Ishikawa received the patent on the zirconia ceramic infrared heaters

used in these thermal systems in 1965, after five years with Fuci Medical R & D

department. The Infrared Thermal Systems based on these heaters were used

exclusively by medical practitioners in Japan until they were released for public use

in 1979. The idea has now been further refined

into the Infrared Thermal System that has been

sold in the United States since 1981. Panels

that produces similar infrared rays are used in

hospitals to warm newborn babies.

The heaters in Infrared Thermal Systems emit

about one-third of their output in the middle

infrared band, from 2 ~ 5.6 microns, for super

deep penetration and the other two-thirds in the long band, from 5.6 ~ 25 microns

with that part of the output evenly spread around the 94. micron pivot point of peak

human output. This distribution maximizes the higher penetration of the middle-band

waves and combines then with the long waves that produces a resonant absorption

amplification of healthy tissue output. The Chinese researchers consider the band

from 2 ~ 25 microns as the most therapeutic.

Recent books such as Cross Currents, by Robert O. Becker, MD., 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. Japanese researchers have reported that infrared radiant heat serves as an

antidote to the negative effects of such toxic electromagnetic sources. Infrared

Thermal System has been tested and found to be free of such so-called “toxic”

electromagnetic fields. The Swedish National Institute of Radiation Protection has

concluded that the heaters in Infrared Thermal System are not dangerous.

Only One of Its Kind Available

Why is this Infrared Thermal System Unique?

It uses infrared radiant energy to directly penetrate the body’s tissues to a depth of

over 1.5”. Its energy output is tuned to correspond very closely to the body’s own

radiant energy that our bodies absorb as much as 93% 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 the conduction (direct contact of hot air with the skin) to produce its

healing effect on us. In an infrared Thermal System, 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 infrared based system can warm its user(s) to a 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 to create excessively

hot air which only heats the skin superficially. This crucial difference explains many

of the unprecedented benefits reported to

be available through an Infrared Thermal

System not attainable through the use of a

conventional sauna.

The infrared energy applied in the Infrared

Thermal System may induce up to 2 ~ 3

times the sweat volume of a traditional

hot-air sauna while operating at a

significantly cooler air temperature range of 100 degrees to 130 degrees F vs. 180

degrees to 235 degrees F 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

hot-air saunas. German researchers report

beneficial effects from an hour-long whole-

body infrared exposure in two groups of

hypertension patient that they studied in

1989, including a 24 hour-long increase in

peripheral blood flow and a decrease in high blood pressure.

It is also distinctly more pleasant to breathe in Infrared Saunas with air temperatures

about 50 degrees to 125 degrees F cooler than in traditional hot-air saunas. Due to its

user-friendly nature, people naturally prefer to use the Infrared Sauna Systems and

will continue to do so on a regular basis because of the ease of breathing the much

cooler air while feeling as warm as they choose, and the distinctive feeling of well-

being reported by users as an after-effect. These infrared Sauna Systems may even be

used with the door fully open if the only effect desired is infrared penetration, or if a

very cool, minimal-sweating experience is desired as a pre-activity warm-up while

fully clothed. This approach might be used in warming up prior to stretching,

working out, running or exposure to cold weather.

Infrared Saunas are easier and more comfortable to use than old-fashioned hot-air

saunas. The conventional hot-air saunas require extensive warm-up periods of 30 ~

90 minutes, making them much less practical than the modern Infrared Saunas that

warm up in about 5 minutes at a room temperature. Consistent and convenient at-

home use is thus, again, much more likely with an Infrared Sauna System.

Significantly lower operating costs make the Infrared Sauna System more desirable

than a regular sauna. A 20 minute session, including a 5 minute warm-up in the

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 the

Infrared Sauna System will raise your electrical 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.

Infrared Sauna Systems bring you the same infrared rays experienced in the

traditional American Indian sweat lodge in a much more convenient and practical

form, and in the privacy of your own home. The cleansing and purifying benefits

attributed to the traditional sweat lodges are now available for a daily purification

without the time consuming and extremely labor-intensive set-up processes that a

sweat lodge requires.

Health Benefits Attributed to Infrared Rays

Over the last 25 years, Japanese and Chinese researchers and clinicians have done

extensive research on infrared treatments and reported many provocative findings. In

Japan there is an “Infrared Society,” composed of medical doctors and physical

therapists, to further research and support the health benefits of infrared as a healing

method. There have been over 700,000 infrared thermal systems sold in the Orient

for whole-body treatments, and an additional 30 million people have received

localized infrared treatment in the Orient, Europe, and Australia with lamps tuned to

the same 2 ~ 25 micron waveband as employed in these whole-body thermal systems.

Whole-body infrared therapy has been used for over 80 years by German physicians

in an independently developed form.

Passive Cardiovascular Conditioning Effect

The Infrared Thermal System makes it possible for people in wheelchairs, or those

who are otherwise unable to exert themselves, or who won’t follow through on an

exercising and conditioning program to achieve a cardiovascular training effect. This

also allows for more variety in any ongoing training program.

“Many of us who run do so to place a demand on our cardiovascular system, not to

build big leg muscles. Regular use of a sauna may impact a similar stress on the

cardiovascular system, and its regular use may be as effective, as a means of

cardiovascular conditioning and burning of calories, as regular exercise.” – Journal of

the American Medical Association 8/7/81.

Due to the deep penetration, over 1.5” into the skin, of the infrared rays generated by

the Infrared Thermal System, there is a heating effect deep in the muscular tissues

and the internal organs. The body responds to his deep-heating effect via an

hypothalamic-induced increase in both heart volume and rate. This beneficial heart

stress leads to a sought-after cardiovascular training and conditioning effect. Medical

researches confirm that the use of a sauna provides cardiovascular conditioning as the

body works to cool itself and involves substantial inceases in heart rate, cardiac

output and metabolic rate. As a confirmation of the validity of this form of

cardiovascular conditioning, extensive research by NASA in the early 1980’s led to

the conclusion that infrared stimulation of cardiovascular function would be the ideal

way to maintain cardiovascular conditioning in American astronauts during long

space flights. Blood flow during whole-body hypothermia is reported to rise from a

normal 5 ~ 7 quarts per minute to as much as 13 quarts per minute.

“The 1980’s was the decade of high-impact aerobics classes and high-mileage

training. Yet there was something elitist about the way exercise was prescribed.

Only strenuous workouts would do, you had to raise your heart rate to between X and

Y, and the only way to go was to go for the burn. Such strictures insured that most

‘real’ exercisers were relatively young and in good shape to begin with. Many

Americans got caught up in the fitness boom, but probably just as many fell by the

wayside. As we’ve reported recent research shows that you don’t have to run

marathons to become fit – that burning just 1,000 calories a week is enough.

Anything goes, as long as it burns these calories.” - Wellness Letter, 10/90,

University of California, Berkeley.

Outstanding Caloric Consumption and Weight Control

In Guyton’s Textbook of Medical Physiology, we find that producing one gram of

sweat requires 0.568 kcal. The journal of American Medical Association (JAMA)

states; “A moderately conditioned person can easily sweat off 500 grams in a sauna

consuming nearly 300 kcal, which is equivalent to running 2 ~ 3 miles. A heat-

conditioned person can easily sweat off 600 ~ 800 kcal with no adverse effects.

While the weigh of the water loss can be regained by drinking water, the calories

consumed will not be.” Since an Infrared Thermal System helps generate two or

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 might be drawn. Two of

the highest calorie-consuming forms of exercises are rowing and marathon running.

Peak output on a rowing machine or during a marathon run burns about 600 calories

in 30 minutes. An Infrared Thermal System may enhance this effect from “just

slightly” up to as much as 250% by burning about 900 ~ 2,400 calories in a 30 minute

session. The Infrared Thermal System might then simulate the consumption of

energy equal to that expanded in a 6 ~ 9 mile run during only a single session. An

Infrared Thermal System can, thus, play a pivotal role in both weight control and

cardiovascular conditioning. This would be very valuable for those who don’t

exercise and those who can’t exercise yet want an effective weight control and fitness

maintenance program and the benefits of a regular exercise.

Musculoskeletal Cases – success reported with infrared treatments by Japanese

researchers.

TMJ Arthritis

Muscle Spasms – reduced or eliminated

Traumatic Arthritis

Lower Back Pain – relieved

Acel-decel Injury Sequelae

Adhesions – lengthened or more easily broken; they are common in

competitive athletes, trauma and repetitive stress syndromes.

Disc-protrusion Related Neuralgia

Brain Contusion – accelerated healing

Tight shoulders – relaxed

Compression Fracture – Example: pain stopped for 3 days with only a single

treatment

Spinal Cord Shock – post traumatic shock reversed

Muscle Tension – relaxed

Post-exercise Muscle Pain – relieved, which is vital to competitive athletes

Arthritis (Gouty, Rheumatoid & DJD ) – each substantially relieved or

improved

Shoulder Pain – relieved or eliminated

Bursitis – eliminated

“Medical practitioners make use of Infrared Radiant Heat to treat sprains, strains,

bursitis, peripheral vascular diseases, arthritis, and muscle pain…” – McGraw/Hill

Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

Dr. Masao Nakamura of the O & P Medical Clinic in Japan has reported great success

with the use of infrared treatment for:

Whiplash

Sciatica

Menopause

Arthritis

Shoulder Stiffness

Rheumatism

Acne

Gastro enteric Problems

Ear Diseases

Insomnia

Rheumatoid Arthritis

A case study was reported in Sweden of a 70 year old man with Rheumatoid Arthritis

secondary to acute rheumatic fever. He had reached his toxic limit on Gold injections

and his Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate was still at 125. Within 5 months of undergoing

an infrared treatment, his ESR was down to only 11. IN the case of rheumatic arthritis of

a 14-year old Swedish girl who couldn’t walk comfortably downstairs due to knee pain

since she had been eight years old, her rheumatologist told her mother that her child

would be in a wheelchair within 2 years if she refused gold corticosteroid therapy.

However, after 3 infrared sauna treatments, she began to become more agile and

subsequently took up folk dancing, without the aid of the conventional approach in her

recovery.

A clinical trial in Japan reported the successful solution in seven out of seven cases of

Rheumatoid Arthritis treated with the whole-body infrared therapy.

These case studies and clinical trials indicate that further study is warranted on the usage

of whole-body infrared therapy in the care of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

The following is a summary from Therapeutic Heat and Cold, 4 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.

1. It increases the extensibility of collagen tissues.

Tissues heated to 45 degrees C and then stretched exhibit a non-elastic

residual elongation of about 0.5-0.9% that persists after the stretch is

removed. It does not occur in these same tissues when stretched at normal

tissue temperatures. Thus 20 stretching sessions can produce around 10-

18% increase in length in tissues 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 45 degrees C caused much less weakening in stretched

tissues for a given elongation than a similar elongation produced at normal

tissue temperatures.

The cited experiments clearly show that low-impact stretching can

produce a significant residual elongation when heat is applied together

with stretching or range-of-motion exercises, which is also safer 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.

1. It decreases joint stiffness directly.

There was a 20% decrease in stiffness at 45 degrees C as compared with

33 degrees C in rheumatoid finger joints, which correlated perfectly to

both subjective and objective observations in stiffness.

Any stiffened joint and thickened connective tissues should respond in a

similar fashion

1. It is 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 neuro-pathological

conditions.

This result is possibly produced by the combined effect of heat on both

primary and secondary afferent 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.

1. It produces 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. This then breaks 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 endings in tissues and on peripheral nerves. In one dental

study, repeated heat applications eventually led to abolishment of the

whole nerve response responsible for pain arising from dental pulp.

Heat may lead to both increased endorphin production and a shutting

down of the so-called “spinal gate” of Melzack and Wall, each of which

can reduce pain.

1. It increases blood flow.

Heating of one area of the body produces reflex-modulated vasodilatation

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 an 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.

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

This is a new and experimental procedure.

It shows a great promise in some cases when used properly.

American researchers favor careful monitoring of the tumor temperature;

whereas, the success reported in Japan make no mention of such

precautions.

Infrared healing is now becoming the leading edge in the care of soft tissue injuries to

promote both relief in chronic and intractable “permanent” cases, and accelerated healing

in newer injuries.

Localized infrared therapy using lamps tuned to the 2 ~ 25 micron waveband is used for

the treatment and relief of pain by over 40 reputable Chinese Medical Institutes.

Researchers reported over 90% success in a summary of Chinese studies that assessed the

effect of infrared therapy on:

Soft tissue injury

Diarrhea

Lumbar strain

Cholecystitis

Periarthritis of the shoulder

Neurasthenia

Sciatica

Pelvic Infection

Pain during Menstruation

Pediatric Pneumonia

Neurodermatitis

Tineas

Eczema with Infection

Frostbite with inflammation

Post-surgical Infections

Facial Paralysis (Bell’s Palsy)

Japanese researchers, as reported in the book Infrared Therapy by Dr. Yamajaki, have

produced the following provocative results.

Burns: relieves pain and decreases healing time, with less scarring.

High Blood Pressure: safe in 40 ~ 50 degrees C range and regular use helps to

lower it

Low Blood Pressure: sauna trains body to raise it

Brain Damage: accelerated repair in brain contusions

Short-term memory improved

Cancer of the tongue reversed

Toxic Electromagnetic Fields: effects neutralized

Cerebral Hemorrhages: recover is both sped up and significantly enhanced

Auto Accident: related soft tissue injury – daily sessions were used until best

healing was attained; the residuals from such injuries lasted three days before

another treatment was necessary.

Arthritis, acute and chronic was greatly relieved

Gouty Arthritis: relieved

Rheumatoid Arthritis: relieved

Menopause Symptoms: relieved chills, nervousness, depression, dizziness, head

and stomach aches

Weight Loss: first, through sweating and the energy use needed to produce the

sweat and second, through direct excretion of fat

Blood Circulation – All of the following may be associated to some degree with poor

circulation and, thus, may respond well to the increased peripheral dilation associated

with Infrared Application:

Arthritis

Sciatica

Backaches

Hemorrhoids

Nervous Tension

Diabetes

Children’s Over-tired Muscles

Varicose Veins

Neuritis

Bursitis

Rheumatism

Strained Muscles

Fatigue

Stretch Marks

Menstrual Cramps

Upset stomachs

Leg and Decubitus Ulcers: failed to heal using conventional approaches

Post – Operative Edema: treatment with infrared has been so successful that

hospital stays were reported to have been reduced by 25%.

Peripheral Occlusive Disease: “The goal is to maintain an optimal blood flow rate

to the affected part… In general the temperature should be maintained at the

highest level which does not increase the circulator discrepancy as shown by

cyanosis and pain” – Therapeutic Heat and Cold pp. 456 ~ 457

Coronary Artery Disease, Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension

Finnish researchers, talking about the regular use of conventional saunas state that there

are abundant evidences to suggest that blood vessels of regular sauana-goers remain

elastic and pliable longer due to the regular dilation and contraction of blood vessels

induced by sauna use.

German medical researchers reported in “Dermatol Monatsschr” in 1989 that a single

whole-body session of infrared-induced hyperthermia lasting over one hour had only

beneficial effects on subjects with stage I-II essential hypertension. Each subject

experienced a rise in core body temperature to a maximum level of 38.5 degrees C. All

of the subjects in one experiment had significant decrease in arterial, venous and mean

blood pressure that lasted for at least 24 hours and was linked, according to the

researchers to a persistent peripheral dilation effect.

An improvement in plasma viscosity was also noted. Another group of similar

hypertension patients was also studied under the same conditions of infrared-induced

hyperthermia, with an eye toward more carefully evaluating the circulatory system

effects induced by this type of whole-body heating. During each infrared session, there

was a significant disease of blood pressure, cardiac ejection resistance, and total

peripheral resistance in every subject.

There was also a significant increase during each session of the subjects’ heart rates,

stroke volumes, cardiac outputs and ejection fractions. The researchers cite these last

three effects as evidences that the stimulation of the heart during infrared-induced

hyperthermia is well compensated, while the prior list of effects clearly show the

microcirculatory changes that lead to the desired result of a lowering of blood pressure.

Problems that accompanying aging that are reported to have been alleviated or reduced

by Infrared Therapy in Japan:

Menopause

Cold hands and feet: A physical therapist found 20 ~ 50% improvements were

maintained

High Blood Pressure: Example – Case of a diabetic with a systolic decrease from

180 to 125 and a concurrent 10 lbs. weight loss after infrared use

Rheumatoid Arthritis: 7 out of 7 cases successfully resolved in one clinical trial

Radiation Sickness, relieves signs and symptoms

Cancer Pain: relieved pain in later stages of cancer extremely well

Sequelae of Strokes: Example – Hemiparesis relieved over time

Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy: reduced

Duodenal Ulcers: eliminated

Pain: which prevented sleep or limited useable sleeping positions were relieved

Compression Fracture Pain: Example – pain gone for 3 days after each treatment

in steoporotic compression fractures

Hemorrhoids; reduced

Cystitis: gone

Cirrhoisis of Liver: reversed

Gastritis: relieved

Hepatitis: gone

Asthma and Bronchitis; cleared up (like moving to Arizona’s dry air)

Chron’s Disease: Gone

Post Surgical Adhesions: reduced

Leg ulcers: healed when previously static and resistant to other care

Keloid: significantly softened and, in some cases completely gone

Ear Nose and Throat conditions relieved with Infrared treatments in Japan:

Chronic middle-ear inflammation or infection: in one clinical study of chronic

serousotitis media no pathogenic bacteria were isolated in 70% of the subjects

studied

Sore throats

Tinitus: chronic severe case cleared with 10 infrared treatments

Nose bleeding

Skin conditions benefited by Infrared treatments in Japan and China:

Nettle rash

Clogged pores are unplugged of cosmetics creating a skin texture and tone of

unexcelled quality. Mikkel Aaland’s book Sweat (Capra Press, 1978) quotes a

Finnish doctor to the effect that: “The best dressed foreigner 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”

Poor skin tone is restored to a more youthful level

Scars and pain from burns or wounds are decreased in severity and extent.

Infrared therapy is used routinely in burn units throughout Asia.

Lacerations heal quicker and with less pain and scarring

Acne: three or four infrared 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 boon to teenage skin, clearing acne and blackheads.

Body odor: by improving the function of the skin, the infrared treatments may

eliminate the cause of offensive body odor. It definitely reduces body odor

induced by occupational exposure to odorous chemicals.

Eczema and Psoriasis: reported to have responded extremely well to infrared

treatments

Sunburn: according to the 9 th edition of Clayton’s Electrotherapy , “infrared is the

only antidote to excessive ultraviolet radiation.”

Keloids forms at a reduced rate in those prone to their formation with infrared

treatments and may be softened by use of infrared systems if they have formed.

Contra Indications

As you can see, the segment of the infrared spectrum emitted by the Infrared

Thermal System is reputed to offer an astounding range of possible therapeutic

benefits and effects in research conducted around the world. The data presented

is offered for reference purposes only and to stimulate further observation.

Infrared Thermal Systems creating a cure for or treating any disease is

neither implied nor should be inferred.

If you have a disease, be certain to consult with a primary-care physician

concerning it.

If you are using any prescription drugs, check with your physician or pharmacist

for any possible change in the drug’s effect due to any interaction with infrared

energy.

It is considered inadvisable to raise the core temperature in someone with adrenal

suppression and systemic lupus erythematosus or multiple sclerosis , by some

authorities.

If you have a recent (acute) joint injury, it should not be heated for the first 48

hours after an injury or until the hot and swollen symptoms subside. If you have a

joint or joints that are chronically hot and swollen, these joints may respond

poorly to vigorous heating of any kind. Vigorous heating is strictly contra-

indicated in cases of enclosed infections be they dental, in joints or in any other

tissues.

If you are pregnant or suspect you may be, discontinue your sauna use. Finnish

women use their saunas, which don’t throw heat as deeply into the body, for only

6-12 minutes and reportedly leave at that time, due to perceived discomfort.

Their usage at this low level of intensity is not linked to birth defects. Infrared

Thermal System usage may be 2-3 times more intense, and comparatively shorter

2-6 minute sessions hardly seem worth any minimal risk they may present

Metal pins, rods, artificial joints, or any other surgical implants generally reflect

infrared rays and thus are not heated by this system, nevertheless you should

consult your surgeon prior to using Infrared Thermal System. Certainly, the

usage of Infrared Thermal System must be discontinued if you experience pain

near any such implants. Silicone does absorb energy. Implanted silicone or

silicone prostheses for nose or ear replacements may be warmed by the infrared

rays. Since silicone melts at over 200 degrees C (392F), it should not be

adversely affected by the usage of Infrared Thermal System. It is still advised

that you check with your surgeon and possibly a representative from the product

manufacturer to be certain.

Heating of the low back area of women during the menstrual period may

temporarily increase their menstrual flow. Once a woman is aware that this may

occur, she can choose to allow herself to possible experience this short term effect

without worry or to simply avoid Infrared Thermal System usage at that time of

her cycle.

Hemophiliacs and anyone predisposed to hemorrhage should avoid Infrared

Thermal System usage or any type of heating that would induce vasodilatation

which can potentate the tendency to bleed.

Obviously, should any condition worsen with use of an Infrared treatment, the use

of the system should be discontinued.

People do not experience pain using Infrared Thermal Systems unless such is

contraindicated. If you do, the use of radiant heat is clearly inappropriate for you

at that time.

DO NOT attempt to self-treat any disease with this Infrared Thermal System

without direct supervision of a certified physician.

Reported Benefits of Infrared Rays

Weight Loss –

Burns up to 900 & more calories in just one 30-minute session.

Here are how many calories a 150 pound person normally burns up in 30 minutes

of exercise:

Sport

Calories

Rowing (peak effort)

600

Swimming (crawl stroke)

300

Jogging

300

Tennis (fast game)

265

Chopping Wood

265

Cycling (10mph)

225

Golfing (without cart)

150

Walking (3.5mph)

150

Bowling

120

Vigorous Racquet Ball

510

Marathon Running

593

Some weight loss authorities believe that our bodies use fat to dilute toxins. As

an infrared Thermal System 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.

Beauty –

Excellent for increasing blood circulation to the skin, which is essential for

beautiful, youthful, and glowing skin.

A new “inner glow” as the skin is free of accumulated dirt and dry skin cells,

due to deep cleansing of impurities.

Improves the conditions of acne, eczema, psoriasis, burns and any skin lesions

and cuts.

Open wounds heal quicker with reduced scarring.

Removes roughness, leaving skin baby smooth and soft again.

Firms and improves skin tone and elasticity.

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 Thermal System can assist this

condition, as profuse sweating helps clear this form of unwanted debris from

the body.

European beauty specialists confirm that 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, an Infra Therapist System

can be significantly more effective than any conventional sauna.

Relieve Pain –

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

Injuries –

Radiant heat helps with sprains, strains, arthritis, muscle spasm and pain.

If you are an athlete, an Infrared Thermal System is all good news. It allows

oxygen debt to be repaid more quickly. This is likely to lead to improved and

quicker healing of sprains and muscle pain for you.

Relaxation and Enjoyment –

Removes stress in the comfortable warm temperature.

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