Something about sauna

Use the sauna, live longer!
Sauna enables overall sweating in hot and dry air with subsequent cooling down by air and water. The main part of the sauna is represented by the room for sweating equipped with a heat generating appliance. The second inevitability of the sauna is the cooling area, in our case it is a cold shower. Characteristic for sauna itself is the hot-air environment with a very low humidity (The average temperature around 90 °C and the relative humidity up to 15%).

The sauna has a multiple impact on the organism. Because of high temperatures substantial promotion of blood circulation takes place. While sweating the pulse accelerates and while cooling down it gets back to the normal again. Sauna considerably regulates blood pressure Persons with higher values of blood pressure have to be very careful when staying in sauna.

Effects of the sauna

• the body temperature increases by 1–2 °C
• Better promotion of blood circulation and overheating can improve mobility of muscles or reduce pain in joints.
• It supports sweating as well as the activity of sebaceous glands – thorough sweat washes away impurities from the skin and that is of a significant cosmetic importance;
• It is also useful as prevention of various illnesses caused by cold – sauna is one of the most general hardening procedures.

Advantages of visiting sauna

• The body gets rid of waste substances;
• Use of the sauna provides good promotion of brain and limb blood circulation and narrows blood vessels that become more flexible thanks to that;
• Use of the sauna following a great strain eliminates fatigue;

When to use the sauna?

• After dinner or even better 2 hours after dinner and before going to bed;
• When one goes to the sauna in the morning or in the afternoon, there is a need for 2–3 hours of an active or passive relaxation;
• It is appropriate to visit sauna prior to a massage – as pre-heating;