 Infrared Sauna at Abaco Health in Kelowna
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Infrared sauna service for Kelowna. Infrared saunas are helpful for many health issues. At Abaco Health in Kelowna, we offer an infrared sauna service to our customers. We take reservations every hour on the hour for our three person cedar infrared sauna during opening hours. See prices for the cost of renting the sauna. For more information click on the following links...
To make an appointment or if you have any questions - please call us on 250-861-3090 or use our Contact Us form
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Far Infrared Heat is a frequency of light naturally emitted from the sun. The term 'far' refers to a particular band of light within the infrared spectrum. The most beneficial frequency of infrared light lies between 5-15 microns, especially around 9 microns, which is the same frequency that our own bodies emit infrared heat. Infrared heat is extremely safe. No harmful UV rays are emitted by the sauna heaters.
The sun is the principal source of radiant energy that we all enjoy on sunny days. Have you ever been outside on a partly cloudy day when the sun is shining through. Notice the uncomfortable feeling when a cloud suddenly obscures the sun? The air temperature had not had time to drop yet you felt chilled; this is because the cloud blocked the warming infrared rays from reaching you. The infrared heat in a infrared sauna is just like the heat from our sun, or that which our own bodies produce as it burns energy to keep us warm.
Temperature
- Conventional saunas work by heating the air via hot coals or an electric element, which may have water poured over to product steam. These style of saunas are generally much hotter (150-200F) and are very difficult to tolerate for more than a few minutes.
- Infrared saunas use ceramic heaters, which when heated emit infrared light. Infrared light only heats objects on contact, so very little of the energy from the heaters is wasted, with almost 90% being absorbed by the body. Infrared saunas generally only reach 130-150 F and are therefore much easier to tolerate. Because of the more tolerable temperature, a longer more beneficial sweat is achieved
Penetration
- Conventional saunas heat only the surface of the skin and very slowly penetrate into the body.
- Infrared light penetrates the surface of the skin by about 1.5 inches. This allows the fat cells below the skin (adipose tissue) to be heated. This has a very detoxifying effect on the body, encouraging fat cells to let go toxins that are stored in this fatty layer. The infrared light also benefits your body's lymphatic system, helping it to purge toxins.
Safety
- The infrared sauna system we use is the only sauna manufactured in Canada that has passed strict testing to become CSA, ETL, CE (North America, Europe and Australia) approved. In addition strict EMC Emissions testing (Ctick).
Far infrared benefits
- Pain
- Weight Loss
- Improved Healing times
- Skin Purification
- Heart Disease
- Detoxification
- Relaxation
Pain Reduction
- Relieves muscle and joint pain
- Improves joint stiffness
- Relieves osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
- Acts as anti-inflammatory to relieve the pain of acute injury
- Inflamed areas experience increased blood flow without having to exercise the joints thereby allowing the inflammation to be cleared
- Lymph system is stimulated to reduce excess water and inflammation
- Infrared light waves soothe aggravated sensory neurons that act as relay messengers for pain signals
Far infrared heat penetrates the skin on our body and gets into the tissues surrounding the muscles. The heat reduces inflammation, soreness and subsides the stimulation of nerve endings, helping the body in its natural healing process. Infrared heat is used specifically to relieve muscle tension, joint pain, arthritis, spasms, and most commonly Fibromyalgia.
Through new clinical research we have discovered that heat activates complex neurological, vascular and metabolic mechanisms to mediate the transmission of pain signals and effectively provide relief for a variety of pain conditions.
- Dr. Peter Vincente, former president of the American Pain Society and Clinical Health Psychologists
Heat is more effective treating back pain then oral medication
- New Jersey Medical School Study
Weight Loss
Burn calories up to 600 calories in 30 minutes and lose weight
Passive cardiovascular conditioning increases heart rate and metabolism
- Solution for people that are immobile due to chronic disease or injury
- Too tired to work out
Regular use of a sauna imparts a similar stress on the cardiovascular system and its regular use may be as effective a means of cardiovascular conditioning and burning calories as regular exercise.
- Journal of American Medical Association, 1981
Improved Healing response
It is a known fact that the internal production of infrared energy that normally occurs within body tissues is associated with a variety of healing responses. Studies have shown that infrared devices tuned to the human body emit rays that are selectively absorbed by the tissues needing a boost in their output to insure the fullest healing response possible in tissue under repair. This phenomenon is called "resonant absorption".
Far infrared heat also increases growth of cells, DNA synthesis, and protein synthesis all during tissue repair. All of which have the benefit of helping your cuts and scars heal more quickly and completly than ever before.
 Skin Purification
- Treatment opens pores all over the body and utilizes natural moisturizing process of sweat
- Improves skin tone for softer, smoother skin
- Detoxify pores to prevent and treat acne
- Increase blood flow to the microvasculature of the skin
- Topical treatments will have increased absorption after sauna treatment
- Through increased blood flow and detoxification of the skin, conditions like eczema and psoriasis may also be ameliorated
Heart Disease
- Increased circulation helps to normalize blood flow and lower blood pressure and cholesterol
- Weight loss and stress reduction cause less insulin resistance and blood flow to detoxify fat. This results a lowering of triglycerides and cholesterol
- Experience benefits of exercise beyond the limits of muscle fatigue
- Blood flow is increased while heart is at a lower elevation in relation to rest of the body
- Lying down versus standing
- Heart disease has been linked to inflammation of the blood vessels
- Detoxification of heavy metals promotes healthier vessels and less inflammation
As the body works to cool itself, there is a substantial increase in heart rate, cardiac output and your metabolic rate. Increasing your heart rate and cardiac conditioning, induces sweat, which works with your body's metabolism. The far infrared heat stimulates enzyme activity that in turn burns calories, removes waste and releases fat.
Detoxification
 It has been shown that the human body is a natural bio-accumlator for numerous toxins that the body cannot remove after entry and are therefore stored internally. For example, when toxic gases such as sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, pesticides, nitrogen oxides meet large water molecules, they are completely surrounded by the clusters of water. When this happens, the toxins accumulate to eventually stop or block blood circulation and cellular energy is impaired.
Research has shown that when far infrared light waves are applied the body it begins to heat up, and we start to sweat. When the body sweats, it causes a chain reaction between the large water molecules containing toxins. The water becomes active and begins to vibrate, this vibration reduces the ion bonds of the atoms which are holding together the molecules of water. As the breakdown process occurs, the molecules that are surrounded by water are released through the sweat, and the body now has the ability to expel the harmful toxins and gases.
This explains why other studies performed in the United States that have shown, the sweat of people using a conventional sauna was found to be 95-97% water , while the sweat from people using Far-Infrared saunas was 80-85% water . The remaining content percentage was mostly made up of cholesterol, fat-soluable toxins, toxic heavy metals, sulfuric acid, sodium, ammonia, and uric acid. They also found that this higher concentration of toxins was not present in sweat from normal excercise.
U.S. EPA studies of chemicals stored in the fat of humans show that 100% of people had dioxins, PCBs, dichlorobenzene, and xylene while another analysis of the exhaled breath of humans showed carcinogenic benzene in 89% and perchloroethylene in 93%. And these chemicals are just the tip of the iceberg. For now we have the proof that it is the steady silent accumulation over a lifetime that produces most diseases, including cancer. But medicine merely sees every disease as a deficiency of some drug or surgery, or tells us there is no known cause or cure."
Studies now confirm that diet and environmental chemicals cause 95% of cancers. Furthermore, as the first generation of man exposed to such an unprecedented plethora of daily chemicals, we have learned that stored or undetoxified chemicals can mimic any disease. "Incurable" chronic diseases that were thought to have no known cause often disappear once toxic chemicals are gone. Since the far infrared sauna is the safest, most effective and economical way of depurating stored toxins, this makes it a household necessity.
Doctor Recommended
* "Regular use of a sauna may impact similar stress on the cardiovascular system as running, and its regular use may be as effective (at) burning calories''
Journal of the American Medical Association By Dr. Aaron M. Flickstein
* “...Sauna therapy then may play a major role in environmental detoxification. Further research into the best type of sauna led researchers to discover that use of the far infrared spectrum sauna was most effective in the removal of a vast amount of toxins via the skin, thereby bypassing the kidney and use of oral or intravenous chelating agents.” By Alan D. Clark, M.D.
“...Not only do saunas feel good, they are good! Saunas get your heart beating and your blood circulating, helping the body to detoxify in unique and important ways. Toxins do the damage, and saunas help with damage control.” By Raymond Francis, M.SC
Prices are for one person for 30 minutes in the sauna room. Prices include use of the shower, which is enclosed in the private sauna room. * Prices are subject to change. Packages purchased do not have an expiry date. Gift vouchers available
| 30 minute Infrared Sauna Sessions |
Cost * |
| 1 session |
$20 |
| 5 sessions |
$90 |
| 10 sessions |
$160 |
| 20 sessions |
$280 |
| Second person per session |
$5 |
Our regular Kelowna customers earn points for purchases of supplements and are able to redeem points for free sauna sessions. Ask instore for more details or telephone 250-861-3090
We recommend to bring at least 2 towels and to drink lots of water before using the sauna. If you are using the sauna regularly, we recommend taking an electrolyte product so that you do not become dehydrated.
DO NOT use the sauna if
- You are pregnant or suspect you might be.
- You are a Hemophiliac
- You have a recent acute joint injury – it should not be heated for at least 48 hours
- You have any enclosed infections (Dental / joint or other tissues)
Consult your doctor before using the sauna, if you
- Have any disease
- Have Adrenal Suppression, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Multiple Sclerosis. It is not advised by some authorities to raise your core temperature
- Are taking any prescription drugs – check with your pharmacist/physician
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