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Infrared Sauna Research, Studies & Science Articles
Despite emerging as two of the hottest wellness trends in recent years, pioneering healthcare professionals like Dr. Raleigh Duncan have long studied the therapeutic benefits of infrared technology, red light therapy, halotherapy, and more, throughout Clearlight’s 25+ year history.
Research has shown that using an infrared can improve cardiovascular health, aid in weight loss, and help to alleviate chronic fatigue and depression. Regular sessions have also been shown to help relieve muscle soreness and chronic pain by reducing inflammation and increasing flexibility.
Additionally, scientific research increasingly supports the health benefits of our other add-on wellness solutions that allow every sauna session to compound your healing, all at the same time.
Enhance your well-being! More information below.
Research Conducted Using Clearlight Saunas & Wellness Products
A Binghamton University study on Weight Loss using Clearlight Infrared Saunas showed that regular infrared sauna usage correlates with a reduction in body fat.
A UCSF study on Depression proved that 91.6% of participants no longer met clinical criteria for depression after using the Clearlight Curve Infrared Sauna Dome along with 8 cognitive behavioral therapy sessions.
A RMIT University study compared the benefits of exercise with spending time in an infrared sauna and found that the sauna offered nearly the same cardiovascular benefits as moderate-intensity exercise. This shows that just sitting in an infrared saunas mimic exercise. Used a Sanctuary 2 Full Spectrum Infrared Sauna.
A Loras College study showed that participants saw significantly improved recovery and clearance of lactate when using a Clearlight infrared sauna after maximal aerobic exercise sessions.
Studies Currently Underway
The Vail Health Behavioral Health Innovation Center has begun enrolling patients into its CHILL’D study, which will study the effects of Clearlight’s Curve Far Infrared Sauna Dome and cold plunge therapies on depression.
Harvard Massachusetts General Hospital is studying Long COVID-19 utilizing The Curve Far Infrared Sauna Dome.
UCSF is using the Curve Far Infrared Sauna Dome to study detoxification of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, heavy metals, and mycotoxin.
Loras College is studying kinesiology (active and passive exercise research) using a Clearlight Sanctuary 2 Infrared Sauna.
- Detoxification
- Cardiovascular Research
- Hyperthermia
- Halotherapy (Salt Therapy)
- Pain Research
- Weight Loss
- LED Light / Red Light Therapy
- Diabetes Research
- Wound Healing Research
- Skin Studies
- Arthritis Research
- COPD Research
- Exercise
- Alzheimer's / Dementia Research
- Depression
- Fibromyalgia Research
- Chromotherapy
- Chronic Fatigue Research
- Dialysis
- Miscellaneous Research
- COVID-19
- Components of Practical Clinical Detox Programs – Sauna as a Therapeutic Tool
- Indianapolis Fire Department Uses Saunas to Detox from Potential Carcinogen
- Firefighters explore benefits from sauna therapy (Clearlight Sanctuary Y Sauna)
- Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury in Sweat: A Systematic Review
- Blood, Urine, and Sweat (BUS) Study: Monitoring and Elimination of Bioaccumulated Toxic Elements
- Components of practical clinical detox programs – sauna as a therapeutic tool
- Sweating Helps to Detox Body of Heavy Metals
- Sweating Increases Excretion of Toxic Metals
- Whole Body Detox
- Detoxification Through The Skin.
- Human excretion of bisphenol A: blood, urine, and sweat (BUS) study.
- Human Elimination of Organochlorine Pesticides: Blood, Urine, and Sweat Study.
- Biomonitoring and Elimination of Perfluorinated Compounds and Polychlorinated Biphenyls through Perspiration: Blood, Urine, and Sweat Study
- Chronic Heart Failure
- Beneficial effects of sauna bathing for heart failure patients
- Preliminary Clinical Experience with Waon (Infrared) Therapy in Korea: Safety and Effect
- Leg Heating Using Far Infra-red Radiation in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Acutely Improves the Hemodynamics, Vascular Endothelial Function, and Oxidative Stress
- Effects of Repeated Sauna Treatment on Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
- Safety and efficacy of repeated sauna bathing in patients with chronic systolic heart failure: a preliminary report.
- Repeated sauna treatment improves vascular endothelial and cardiac function in patients with chronic heart failure.
- Efficacy and safety of thermal vasodilation therapy by sauna in infants with severe congestive heart failure secondary to ventricular septal defect.
- Waon therapy improves the prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure.
- Beneficial effects of Waon (Infrared) therapy on patients with chronic heart failure: results of a prospective multicenter study.
- Repeated sauna therapy increases arterial endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression and nitric oxide production in cardiomyopathic hamsters
- Circulation Journal – December 2004 study on infrared sauna use in patients with chronic heart failure.
- Saunas Improve Results For Heart Patients.
- Repeated Thermal Therapy Improves Impaired Vascular Endothelial Function In Patients With Coronary Risk FactoRepeated Sauna Therapy Reduces Urinary 8-Epi-Prostaglandin F(2alpha).
- Far-infrared saunas for treatment of cardiovascular risk factors
- The effect of sauna bathing on lipid profile in young, physically active, male subjects.
- Changes in the lipid profile of blood serum in women taking sauna baths of various duration.
- Infrared Therapy (Waon) Therapy Improves Quality of Life as Well as Cardiac Function and Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
- American Journal of Hypertension, Sauna Bathing and Incident Hypertension: A Prospective Cohort Study
- Sauna bathing: a warm heart proves beneficial
- Far Infrared Therapy Inhibits Vascular Endothelial Inflammation via the Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1
- Waon Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease: Innovative Therapy for the 21st Century
- Halotherapy for Treatment of Respiratory Diseases
- Halotherapy application in skin and dermatology programs
- Salt caves as simulation of natural environment and significance of halotherapy
- Halotherapy and COPD
- Salt Therapy as a Complementary Method for the Treatment of Respiratory Tract Diseases, With a Focus on Mold-Related Illness
- Double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of Aerosal in the treatment of sub-obstructive adenotonsillar hypertrophy and related diseases
- Effect of Dry Sodium chloride Aerosol On The Respiratory Tract of Tobacco Smokers
- Halotherapy, A Naturopathic Breath of Fresh Air
- The effect of salt chamber treatment on bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthmatics
- Dry sodium chloride aerosol against acute respiratory infections
- Halotherapy of Respiratory Diseases
- Halotherapy with Asthma and COPD
- Respiratory Hygiene in Health Resort Medicine
- Infrared therapy for chronic low back pain: A randomized, controlled trial
- Clinical utility of far-infrared therapy for improvement of vascular access blood flow and pain control in hemodialysis patients
- The effects of repeated thermal therapy for patients with chronic pain.
- Monochromatic Infrared Photo Energy Versus Low Level Laser Therapy in Chronic Low Back Pain.
- Far-Infrared Therapy Promotes Nerve Repair following End-to-End Neurorrhaphy in Rat Models of Sciatic Nerve Injury
- Far Infrared Therapy Inhibits Vascular Endothelial Inflammation via the Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1
- Phantom limb pain treated by far infrared ray.
- Influence of water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) on reduction of local fat and body weight by physical exercise
- Cellulite treatment using a novel combination radio frequency, infrared light, and mechanical tissue manipulation device.
- The effectiveness and safety of topical PhotoActif phosphatidylcholine-based anti-cellulite gel and LED (red and near-infrared) light on Grade II-III thigh cellulite: a randomized, double-blinded study.
- Sauna-Induced Body Mass Loss in Young Sedentary Women and Men
- Clinical Implications of Thermal Therapy in Lifestyle-Related Diseases
- Read An Interview With Actor Jeremy Davies In The New York Times Describing How He Lost 33 Lbs For The Movie “Rescue Dawn” Using An Infrared Sauna.
- A Controlled Trial to Determine the Efficacy of Red and Near-Infrared Light Treatment in Patient Satisfaction, Reduction of Fine Lines, Wrinkles, Skin Roughness, and Intradermal Collagen Density Increase
- Low-level laser (light) therapy (LLLT) in skin: stimulating, healing, restoring
- The effectiveness and safety of topical PhotoActif phosphatidylcholine-based anti-cellulite gel and LED (red and near-infrared) light on Grade II-III thigh cellulite: a randomized, double-blinded study.
- Mechanisms and applications of the anti-inflammatory effects of photobiomodulation.
- Effect of low-level phototherapy on delayed onset muscle soreness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Effect of phototherapy (low-level laser therapy and light-emitting diode therapy) on exercise performance and markers of exercise recovery: a systematic review with meta-analysis
- Combination 830-nm and 633-nm light-emitting diode phototherapy shows promise in the treatment of recalcitrant psoriasis: preliminary findings.
- Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) and/or cryotherapy in skeletal muscle restitution, what is better? A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
- Red light therapy could improve eyesight that has declined due to age
- The Guardian: Does red light therapy work? These are the benefits and drawbacks
- University of Colorado: What You Should Know About Using Red Light Therapy for Ocular Condition
- Far infra-red therapy promotes ischemia-induced angiogenesis in diabetic mice and restores high glucose-suppressed endothelial progenitor cell functions
- The restorative effects of pulsed infrared light therapy on significant loss of peripheral protective sensation in patients with long-term type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus
- The effect of leg hyperthermia using far infrared rays in bedridden subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Monitoring Glucose Via Sweat?
- Influences of Pinpoint Plantar Long-Wavelength Infrared Light Irradiation (Stress-Free Therapy) on Chorioretinal Hemodynamics, Atherosclerosis Factors, and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
- Analysis of the Systemic Effect of Red and Infrared Laser Therapy on Wound Repair
- Mitochondrial signal transduction in accelerated wound and retinal healing by near-infrared light therapy.
- Combined visible light and infrared light-emitting diode (LED) therapy enhances wound healing after laser ablative resurfacing of photodamaged facial skin
- Biological effect of far-infrared therapy on increasing skin microcirculation
- Mitochondrial signal transduction in accelerated wound and retinal healing by near-infrared light therapy.
- Effects of Infrared Radiation on Skin Photo-Aging and Pigmentation
- Far-infrared suppresses skin photoaging in ultraviolet B-exposed fibroblasts and hairless mice
- High-energy protocol improves photoaged facial skin
- Objective assessment of skin rejuvenation using near-infrared 1064-nm neodymium: YAG laser in Asians
- Infrared sauna in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. A pilot study showing good tolerance, short-term improvement of pain and stiffness, and a trend towards long-term beneficial effects.
- Can osteoarthritis be treated with light?
- No adverse physiological responses to infrared whole body hyperthermia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis compared to healthy subjects.
- Effect of post-exercise sauna bathing on the endurance performance of competitive male runners.
- Effects of far-infrared sauna bathing on recovery from strength and endurance training sessions in men.
- Do sauna therapy and exercise act by raising the availability of tetrahydrobiopterin?
- Effects of Far Infrared Heat on Recovery in Power Athletes
- Infrared LED irradiation applied during high-intensity treadmill training improves maximal exercise tolerance in postmenopausal women: a 6-month longitudinal study
- Rehabilitation training in artificially heated environment
- Effects of far-infrared sauna bathing on recovery from strength and endurance training sessions in men
- Sauna Benefits Could Include Reduced Risk Of Dementia
- Sauna bathing is inversely associated with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in middle-aged Finnish men
- Turning On Lights to Stop Neurodegeneration: The Potential of Near Infrared Light Therapy in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease.
- Multi-watt near-infrared light therapy as a neuroregenerative treatment for traumatic brain injury
- Hyperthermia as an Additional Treatment for the Biology and Experience of Depression
- Feasibility and acceptability of an integrated mind-body intervention for depression: whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Repeated Thermal Therapy Diminishes Appetite Loss and Subjective Complaints in Mildly Depressed Patients
- Psychological benefits 2 and 4 weeks after a single treatment with near infrared light to the forehead: a pilot study of 10 patients with major depression and anxiety
- Effects of Far Infrared Acupoint Stimulation on Autonomic Activity and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients
- Whole-Body Hyperthermia for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- The effect on serotonin and MDA levels in depressed patients with insomnia when far-infrared rays are applied to acupoints.
- New Study Shows Infrared Sauna Benefits Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- A new treatment: thermal therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome.
- The effects of repeated thermal therapy for two patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction in the treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) – a clinical audit
- Role of Far Infrared Therapy in Dialysis Arterio-Venous Fistula Maturation and Survival
- Thermal therapy in dialysis patients – a randomized trial.
- Clinical utility of far-infrared therapy for improvement of vascular access blood flow and pain control in hemodialysis patients
- Far-Infrared Therapy: A Novel Treatment to Improve Access Blood Flow and Unassisted Patency of Arteriovenous Fistula in Hemodialysis Patients
- Far infrared radiation (FIR): its biological effects and medical applications
- 12 Incredible Science-Based Health Benefits of Regular Sauna Use
- Red Light and Near-Infrared Radiation: Powerful Healing Tools You’ve Never Heard of
- Why Does The Near Infrared Lamp Sauna Have An Extremely Parasympathetic (Healing) Effect
- Local thermal therapy effects on menopausal symptoms and bone mineral density.
- Kaiser Permenante Article On The Health Benefits Of Saunas.
- The Pollution Within
- Benefits and risks of sauna bathing.
- Bringing Devon back – Autism
- Chemicals Within Us
- Effects of single low-temperature (Far Infrared) sauna bathing in patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities (Cerebral Palsy)
- Effects of Waon Therapy on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Pilot Study
