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SAUNA VS STEAM ROOM - THE BENEFITS

Benefits of using a sauna. 

 

Sauna bathing has positive physical and mental effects, including several health benefits. Saunas can also help with muscles regeneration after exercising, assists with flushing toxins through your skin, have been known to strengthen the immune system, and promotes better sleep. To gain the most out of a sauna, it is recommended that users utilise a 20-minute session, four times a week.

 

- Heart rate may increase to about 100-150 beats a minute while using a sauna. This can help with poor circulation by getting the blood from the body’s extremities to course naturally throughout the rest of the body. The flow of blood also assists the body move more volumes of oxygen into muscles more efficiently, increasing endurance, better immune system function, fat loss, improved focus, a stronger heart and even longer life.

 

- A dry sauna speeds up the body’s metabolism, whilst assisting in the flushing out of accumulated bodily toxins.

 

-Stiffness may leave some of the joints through the use of a dry sauna. Because the body’s flexibility increases in a sauna, as do blood vessels, dry sauna users may feel invigorated. 

 

-Due to their relaxing nature, sauna’s can be used in conjunction with meditation.

  

-Sauna rejuvenates the skin. Collagen is the protein that gives our tissues and organs strength and elasticity. A sauna can enhance collagen production, thereby strengthening and rejuvenating the elasticity of skin tissue. It also helps the skin in getting rid of dead skin cells, promoting the growth of newer and healthier ones. 

 

 

- Sweating has a cleansing effect. The heavy sweating induced in a sauna has a cleansing effect on pores and glands, resulting in healthier skin, less prone to acne, blackheads and pimples.

 

- The heat and the sweating induced in the sauna stimulates the sebaceous glands, which keep the skin moisturised and lubricated. 

 

-  When a person sits in a sauna, their heart rate increases and blood vessels widen. This increases circulation, in a similar way to, low to moderate exercise depending on the duration of sauna use.

 

 

-  Saunas can ease the pain. Increased circulation may help reduce muscle soreness, improve joint movement, and ease arthritis pain.

- Saunas can assist in the reduction of stress level. The heat in a sauna not only improves body circulation, but it can also promote relaxation, improving overall feelings of well-being.

 

- Studies have linked frequent use of a sauna to improving cardiovascular health.

Benefits of using a steam room.

 

A steam room can improve your health in several ways. Sitting in a steam room has been found to significantly improve your cardiovascular health. Steam baths also improve circulation, especially in extremities. Improved circulation can lead to lowered blood pressure and a healthier heart. It can also promote healing of broken skin tissue.

 

- In a steam room, bodies can release hormones that change their heart rate. One of these hormones, called aldosterone, regulates your blood pressure. When aldosterone is released from sitting in the steam room, it can help lower high blood pressure. This is part of the reason that the steam room makes you feel relaxed.

 

- Being in the steam room can also decrease your body’s production of cortisol. Cortisol is the hormone that regulates the level of stress that you feel. When your cortisol levels drop, you feel more in control and relaxed. Spending a few minutes in a relaxed state not only improves your health but also helps heal your mind and improve your focus.

 

- Steam rooms create an environment that warms the mucous membrane and encourages deep breathing. As a result, using one can help break up congestion inside your sinuses and lungs.

 

- Through environmental exposure, all sorts of toxins can become trapped underneath your skin. Steam rooms help solve that problem by using heat to open up your pores. The warm condensation rinses away the dirt and dead skin that can lead to breakouts. As a result, you may have a clearer and more even-toned skin.

 

- Steaming after a workout can alleviate muscle soreness and speed up workout recovery.

- Warming up before a workout is critical in avoiding injury. Using a steam room as part of your warm-up could help you reach maximum mobility during activities such as running, Pilates, and yoga. 

 

- Steam rooms burn calories. When you’re in the steam room, your heart rate increases. If you use a steam room after an aerobic workout, your heart rate is already elevated, and the steam room can prolong that elevation. When used correctly steam rooms stimulate your body in ways that typical exercise does not.

 

- Steam rooms can boost the immune system. Different forms of hydrotherapy are known to boost immunity, and steam rooms are no exception. Exposing your body to warm water stimulates leukocytes, which are cells that fight infection. Using steam rooms regularly will give your bloodstream an immunity boost that could lead to you getting sick less 

 

Beauty Benefits Of Using A Steam Room

•    Intensive and comprehensive cleansing effect on the skin

•    Enhances circulation and blood flow to the skin

•    Nourishes skin with nutrients

•    Superior to body wraps in treatment of cellulite

•    Increased body metabolism

•    Emulsifies fat of sebaceous glands

•    Enhance the development of collagen

•    Hydrates dry skin

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