All Touch Tuina clinics have a HealthMate® Infrared Sauna which use Tecoloy® heaters to generate far infra-red heat and our practitioners commonly incorporate far infra-red and infrared heat to enhance the benefits and efficacy of their treatments.

Far infra-red light penetrates deeply into the body and generates deep heat from within the body without warming the surrounding air. When far infra-red heat penetrates the body, the frequency of the light can reach as deep as 4cm beneath the skin. Once infra-red light frequency is absorbed by photoreceptors in cells, the cells react with the vibrations of the frequency, triggering a series of metabolic events on a cellular level. Molecules in cells move faster in the body and generate deep warmth both inside and outside of the body. As cells function and move around the body at optimum rate with infra-red heat therapy, blood and fluid circulation is improved which is one of the main reasons we incorporate use of infra-red heat into our treatments. As blood circulation is improved, oxygen and nutrient delivery to the body is increased, enabling the body to function more effectively and optimally. Infra-red heat therapy stimulates cell regeneration and repair of injured tissue, reducing pain and inflammation.

Infra-red therapy has been shown to be effective at reducing acute and chronic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain and inflammation, fibromyalgia and musculo-skeletal conditions and injuries.