What are the benefits of infrared sauna blankets for Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Infrared Sauna Blanks may help people with Rheumatoid Arthritis reduce inflammation, relieve pain and improve mobility.

What is an infrared sauna blanket?

An infrared sauna blanket is a portable, at home or on the go device that uses infrared heat to warm the body, promote relaxation and improve your overall health.

How does an infrared sauna blanket help with Rheumatoid Arthritis?

The heat (approx 80 deg C on highest temperature setting) from infrared sauna blanks may help reduce inflammation in your joints causes by arthritis (RA), a type of arthritis that occurs when your immune system attacks health joint tissue. Reducing inflammation in the body can mean relief from some of the symptoms you experience with Rheumatoid Arthritis, including joint pain, fatigue and stiffness.

Read more on how an infrared sauna blanket can help aid people with RA, the potential risks and advice tips but also any side effects that could arise using an infrared sauna, also how best to try an infrared sauna for yourself or a friend.

How does an infrared sauna blanket work to treat people with Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Electromagnetic radiation from infrared sauna blankets can pass directly through your skin and reach tissues deeper in your body. Heat from the radiation stimulates adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in your cells.

ATP helps your body produce nitric, which introduces more oxygen into your bloodstream. This oxygen-rich blood can help reduce swelling in your joints that occurs as a result of reduced oxygen (hypoxia) from inflammation.

As your body heats up, you start to sweat, which also helps your body release toxic substances that result from inflammation and contribute to inflammation in RA.

The heat helps you gain the benefits that he can have on inflamed joints and damaged tissue without exposing the rest of your body to high temperatures and overheating you.

Are infrared sauna blankets good for Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Improved Blood Flow

Inflammation in your joints from RA reduces the amount of oxygen that's available to your joint tissue. Heat helps widen your blood vessels through the process of vasodilation. This brings a healthy flow of oxygen-rich blood that can reduce inflammation in your joints.

Increased blood flow can also help treat inflamed synovial joint tissue that has been thickened by inflammation and repair damage Arthritis has inflicted to other parts of your body.

Reduced Pain

The infrared heat from the sauna blanket may help retain your stress response so when you're feeling the discomfort from inflammation you will be able to handle the stress less acutely.

Heat also stimulates your body to produce endorphins that will boost your mood.

Endorphines can also change how your body perceives pain from tissues affected by RA by muting the nerve cells that carry the pain signals to your brain.

Joint Mobility

Blood filled with Oxygen helps clear away inflammatory toxins that can reduce joint mobility. The Heat also helps joint tissue move easier so you dont feel as stiff.

 

Sweating in the infrared sauna blanks can clear substances such as metabolic waste, and micronutrients that may build up in your joints due to inflammation and other bodily processes. This can provide the required space to help provide a wider range of motion. This can free up the joint space and help you regain a wider range of motion.

Should you consider trying an infrared sauna for RA?                                 

Using infrared sauna blankets in your overall health and wellbeing routine can be an effective way to manage and relive symptoms of RA.

You might try consider using an infrared sauna blanket for RA, as well as treatments / medications prescribed and agreed with your doctor, but also part of a balanced lifestyle.

Infrared sauna blankets are proved to boost mood and help you feel more relaxed

An infrared sauna may also help make you feel more relaxed.

Long-term pain and inflammation from RA can make you feel exhausted and frustrated if the condition prevents you from living the life you want. The endorphin rush from an infrared sauna may make you feel more comfortable and optimistic.

How can I try infrared sauna blankets for myself?

Infrared sauna blankets are growing in popularity, this means been able to access them a lot easier. 

You can find them at your local gym facility, physio therapist or health and well-being centre.

If you have the money to purchase your own sauna blanket, you will have assess to use the blanket in the comfort of your own home and use as many times as you like.

                          

What to do next

Infrared sauna are one of many possible ways to manage the pain and complications that come with RA.

if you're interested in trying an infrared sauna, speak with your local GP and make sure its right for you.