Everything You Need to Know About Saunas

Hey EVERYONE!!!!!

Today I would like to talk about the amazing benefits of a sauna. 

The sauna is a great post-workout remedy to stretch and loosen muscles. As well as lowering your resting heart rate, and blood pressure, and can help those who have high-stress occupations.

Those who have occupations in high-stress environments can benefit a lot from the sauna. The reason behind this is because stress has a big impact on the biological system. This can create a release of several chemicals in the body such as norepinephrine, cortisol, and epinephrine. Stress can then lead to an increase in risk for pro neurological pathway diseases. The sauna helps decrease the psychological effects stress has on our body and decrease the risk of those neurological pathway diseases. 

Statistically, men who sat in the sauna 2-3 times a week had reduced their mortality rate by 30%. But, increasing the sessions to 4-5 times a week, reduced their mortality by 50%.

Not only is the mortality rate being impacted greatly, but also hypertension. Hypertension was decreased 25-45% based on their sessions each week in the sauna. 

BUT, did you know the respiratory, lipid, cardiovascular, and longevity effects?! 

In a recent Pubmed Article, “The Cardiometabolic Health Benefits of Sauna Exposure”, Henderson discusses multiple different types of benefits of the sauna. Specifically, how the impact on our cardiovascular health, reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. When we reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease we also reduce the risk of fatality. 

So with this being said, how long should I spend in a sauna?

The recommendations are the following:

• 4-5 days a week for the most health benefit
• 25-30 minutes each day for the most health benefit

*However, increasing the days or the amount of time has shown to plateau health benefits. Therefore, spending more than the recommended time does NOT increase the health benefits, after 4-5 times a week. 

Okay so, what are all the benefits of the sauna?

• Decrease heart rate
• Decrease blood pressure
• Improve arterial compliance 
• Decrease stress 
• Decrease muscle soreness with heat and stretching combined
• Improves skin strength 
• Cleans pores

Pubmed article credit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908414/

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See ya soon,

Sara Mallinckrodt CNC