Far-Infrared Sauna
Build up to 3 sessions a week
We have one of the only Infrared Saunas available in Manchester and Cheshire. The far-infrared light heats your body, not the surrounding air, and starts to detox your body from a cellular level with many health benefits backed up by medical research.
Some people are more heat sensitive than others, so we always start your first session on a lower heat and show you how to adjust the settings to make it hotter. The aim is to be glowing and sweating, but comfortable.
Because of this you won’t necessarily see the benefits in the first session but next time we will set the sauna to your preferred temperature. Each session costs £20 and lasts 45 minutes - up to 30 minutes in the sauna and 15 minutes to get changed. We do offer bulk discounts.
The sauna is located in a clinic room so we don’t have a shower. You need to bring your own towels but we do provide body wipes and paper products. The room has a lock on the door, a medical couch to rest on if you wish.
what to expect from your infrared sauna session
Far Infrared
Infrared Saunas are different to traditional saunas using an invisible infrared light to penetrate into your body directly instead of using steam. Far-infrared light heats your body, not the surrounding air, and starts to detox your body from a cellular level.
Good Sweat
You may sweat a little less in an Infrared Sauna compared to a traditional sauna; the sweat you lose in a traditional sauna is made up of 97-98% water, the rest is salt. In an Infrared Sauna you lose only 80-85% water with the rest made up of toxins (with a smaller amount of salt).
Relaxed Workout
You should expect to feel relaxed, rejuvenated and your skin will glow. Afterwards, many people are hungry as you can burn up to 600 calories in one session - the equivalent to a 2-mile run. Once you come out of your session be sure to hydrate and fuel up on healthy snacks.
Increased Circulation
As your body is heated with infrared rays your blood flow increases, mirroring a passive cardio workout. Stimulated blood flow is healthy for your circulatory system and has a number of health benefits - a lot of the these are explained on this page.
Joint Pain & Stiffness
Increased blood circulation and de-toxification helps with joints, especially inflamed joints suffering from arthritis. Blood flow helps maintain healthy tissues and cartilage which reduces pain in conditions like arthritis, neuralgia, bursitis, sprains and muscle spasms and joint stiffness.
Muscle Pain Relief
A by-product of increased circulation is the delivery of oxygen-rich blood to muscles which helps reduce inflammation. Infrared heat dilates peripheral blood vessels, allows muscles to relax, relieving tension, reducing soreness on nerve endings and muscle spasms.
Improving Skin
Sweating helps remove impurities and dead skin cells which aid in overall skin health, leaving your skin glowing. Benefits include elasticity and texture whilst increased circulation has seen infrared sauna therapy help acne, eczema, psoriasis, burns, lesions and cuts, and help reduce scarring.
Cellulite
Cellulite isn’t related to being overweight, but there is a direct link between the slowing of metabolic rates and the storage of toxins in fat cells that create Cellulite. Infrared sauna’s increase your metabolic rate which stimulates the removal of toxins stored in fat cells, reducing the appearance of cellulite.
Weight Loss
Heat in an infrared sauna increases sweat production as the body works to cool itself down. With an increased heart rate, your circulation is increased and, in turn, increases your metabolism and you burn more calories. This has led some to compare regular use of infrared saunas to going for a run.
Detox
Increased circulation and a raised body temperature sees the stimulation of sweat glands. Sweat glands help release toxins built up in the body, such as highly toxic metals, alcohol, nicotine, and other organic and inorganic compounds. This helps your body cleanse itself and reset.
Reducing Fatigue
Infrared saunas have helped significantly decrease symptoms and pain in fibromyalgia patients. Sweating and actively detoxing has seen patients with ME/CFS and Long-Covid experience increased energy levels, as the build up of toxins in the body contribute to these conditions developing.
Boost Immune System
Far-infrared light creates an artificial, low fever by increasing your body’s core temperature, prompting your immune system to action and find the cause of this fever. The therapy boosts your immune response by prompting the removal of toxins, helping easing inflammation and fighting infection.