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Pain mitigation is in demand more than ever. The problem is that most pain relievers have very undesirable side effects. The growing popularity of portable infrared saunas has changed the world of pain relief for all of us.

Heat Responsive Pain (HRP) is a recently classified type of pain that scientists have been looking into. Various common ailments such as menstrual, lower-back, and upper-body pain have all shown dramatic improvements from the use of continued low-level heat therapy. These are just some of the many common pains that fall under HRP that researchers are finding can be treated with infrared heat.

“For centuries, healthcare providers have used topical heat to relieve minor aches and pains. Today, we are just beginning to understand the full range of therapeutic benefits that heat offers,” said pain expert Peter Vicente, Ph.D., Past-President of the American Pain Society and Clinical Health Psychologist, Riverhills Healthcare, Cincinnati, OH. “Through new clinical research, we have found that heat activates complex neurologic, vascular and metabolic mechanisms to mediate the transmission of pain signals and effectively provide relief for a variety of pain conditions.” The deep heat of the FIR sauna helps peripheral blood vessels dilate, bringing relief and healing to muscle and soft tissue injuries. Increased blood circulation carries off metabolic waste products and delivers oxygen-rich blood to oxygen-depleted muscle, so they recover faster. Muscles relax most readily when tissues are warm, for greater flexibility and range of motion. [I:http://best-article-directory.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/BenjaminAndrews1.jpg]

In a randomized controlled trial 46 patients with chronic pain received 4 weeks of multidisciplinary treatment; 22 of the subjects also had 15-minute daily FIR sauna sessions during those 4 weeks. After two years, those in the sauna group were more likely to have returned to work (77% vs. 50%), to have improved sleep scores and tended toward greater improvement in pain behavior scores and anger scores. The reason for the pain relief may be the reduction of muscle spasms which cause pain or the relaxing of myofascial trigger points (irritable tight tissues). In one dental study, repeated heat applications eventually led to abolishment of the whole nerve response responsible for pain arising from dental pulp (center soft part of the tooth). -Masuda A, Koga Y, Hattanmura M, Minagoe S, Tei C. The effects of repeated thermal therapy for patients with chronic pain. Psychother Psychosom 2005;74(5):288-94.

Persons undergoing FIR Sauna Therapy have received relief from a variety of painful conditions, here is a useful list of some of them: Adhesions (scarring) from athletic injuries, trauma or repetitive stress syndromes, Arthritis, gouty, rheumatoid or degenerative joint disease, Brain Injury (The effects of acceleration-deceleration injury or brain contusions) and Compression fractures. For example, in one person pain stopped for three days of after only a single treatment, TMJ (arthritis and muscle spasms have been reduced or eliminated), Low Back Pain, Muscle Pain (notably post exercise muscle pain), Muscle Tension, Neuralgia (related to disc protrusion), Pain which prevented sleep or limited usable sleeping positions, Shoulder Pain, and Spinal Cord Shock. Post traumatic shock has been reversed.

Whether you are looking for a natural way to deal with pain or you are tired of the harmful side effects of other pain relievers, regular use of an infrared sauna may be what you need. The ease of use and now their availability as portable units makes them an invaluable resource for many who suffer from chronic pain or just want to mitigate pain naturally.

Benjamin Andrews writes, researches and blogs about pain relief as well as various other topics on healthy living. To find out more about FIR saunas and pain relief, go to HEALTHandMEdBlog and read more from Andrews.

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