Can thermotherapy help high blood pressure? It may: Saunas seem to reduce the risk of developing hypertension. In a study of 1600 Finnish men, followed on average for 24 years, after adjusting for other risk factors, those who used the sauna 2-3 times a week had [...]
Can thermotherapy help congestive heart failure? Yes, thermotherapy will probably help you. Heart failure research is more advanced than most other areas of thermotherapy. A 2020 review could find 22 studies quantifying the effect of thermal therapy on heart failure patients.1 The results reported can be summarised: [...]
It may, especially if you have a chronic tension-type headache (CTTH), or migraine, according to these two studies: After two months of having 3 saunas a week, participants, with tension-type headaches at least 15 days per month, reported the pain was 40% less intense. Because this [...]
Can thermotherapy help rheumatoid arthritis? As with most thermotherapy, there hasn’t been much scientific research done. On sauna for rheumatoid arthritis, there is really only one actual trial, and it was fairly small. In 2008, a Dutch team treated 17 rheumatoid arthritis patients, and 17 with [...]
Can thermotherapy help diabetes? A few studies show thermotherapy benefits. In a 2010 study of “quality of life” after 3 months of regular saunas, 15 people with type 2 diabetes reported they had better health and social life, and less stress and fatigue.1 However, the researchers didn’t [...]
Can thermotherapy help Lyme disease? At Klinic St. Georg in Bad Aibling, Germany, the hyperthermia treatments are reported by the lead doctor, Friedrich Douwes, to get “over 60%” of their patients “back to life”. A further 30% need further treatments. Only 10% are unhelped. The treatment [...]
Can thermotherapy help dementia? That question was asked recently by Australian and English scientists in their 2020 review, Could Heat Therapy be an Effective Treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease?1 They look at the complex physiology behind these diseases and the effects that heat therapy has [...]
