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What are the therapeutic benefits associated with heat therapy?
Heat therapy is really good for chronic conditions—especially chronic injuries. However, if you recently had an injury where there’s inflammation, and you put heat on it, it’s going to make it worse. In that situation, you need to use cold therapy.
Many chronic diseases cause the accumulation of certain proteins that are non-functional and tend to clog things up. Heat therapy can help prevent this from happening. Additionally, you can add intermittent fasting. Doing that will make your body go through autophagy, which cleans up the misfolded proteins.
Benefits
Decreases arthritis
Decreases muscle spasms
Decreases muscle pain
Decreases muscle inflammation
Decreases body waste / CO2
Decreases stiffness
Increases blood flow
Increases recovery
Examples of heat therapy
Hot shower
Steam room
Sauna
Jacuzzi
Infrared
Contrast bath therapy (alternating cold and heat)
Last updated: Sep 09, 2024 17:30 PM