Infrared Sauna Therapy Success!
January 22nd, 2009 Posted in Press & MediaInfrared Sauna Therapy Successful in Helping Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients
New research from The Saxion University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands has shown that infrared saunas reduce pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) sufferers.
A group of seventeen patients with rheumatoid arthritis and a group of seventeen patients suffering with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) underwent infrared sauna for a period of 4 weeks, with a series of 8 infrared sauna treatments.
The infrared was well tolerated among the patients, with no exacerbation of the disease and no side effects. The improvements in the patient’s conditions were statistically significant. Stiffness and pain decreased clinically (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001 in RA and AS patients, respectively) during the infrared sauna sessions. Fatigue also decreased in the patients, while none of the patients felt uncomfortable during the infrared sauna sessions.
In conclusion, The Saxion University of Applied Sciences said;
‘Infrared treatment has statistically significant short-term beneficial effects and clinically relevant period effects during treatment in RA and AS patients without enhancing disease activity. IR has good tolerability and no adverse effects.’
