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The Sauna – The Remedy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Are you suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis? Treatment in an Infrared Sauna can help!
A pilot study showed good tolerance, short-term improvement of pain and stiffness, and a trend toward long-term beneficial effects.
A recent study involving patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) were treated for four weeks with eight Infrared treatments. Seventeen RA patients and 17 AS patients were studied.
The Infrared treatments were well tolerated, and none of the patients reported any adverse effect or any exacerbation of the disease. Moreover, their pain and stiffness decreased, and each patient markedly improved during an IR session.
RA and AS patients felt comfortable on average during and especially after treatment. In the RA and AS patients, pain, stiffness, and fatigue also showed clinical improvements during the 4-week treatment period. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18685882/)
Infrared treatment has statistically significant short-term beneficial effects and clinically relevant period effects during treatment in RA and AS patients without enhancing disease activity. IR has good tolerability and no adverse effects.
Contact Pneuma for a consultation and learn more about how treatment in an Infrared Sauna can help!

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