Infrared Massage Therapy
How Does Infrared Light Therapy Work?
Nitric oxide is the key to the dramatic improvements that infrared light therapy provides. This short-lived gas is crucial to the health of your arteries. Infrared energy prompts the release of nitric oxide, which enhances blood flow in the immediate vicinity. This boost in blood flow brings oxygen and nutrients to injured, aching tissues, resulting in fast healing. It also reduces pain and inflammation.
What to expect from your Infrared Light Massage Therapy Session?
Infrared Massage Therapy: is a therapeutic combination of various deep muscular and lymphatic techniques specifically used with the infrared light placed over the area, that is simple and painless to provide: massage, acupressure, therapeutic heat, far-infrared rays, and has an incredible deep healing effect. It works to strengthen the organs and immune system, helps alleviate acute and chronic pains, relaxes the body, releases the stress caused by intense, active, stressful days; among others’. Most experience great relief during and after therapy that can last days and/or even weeks.
The Infrared Massage is for the intention of improving and strengthening the whole body on a cellular level and the well being of a person. The effects of the treatment relax the muscles, while improving blood circulation, stimulate blood flow and tissue response and repair, relieve acute and chronic pain, and release pollutants trapped in the musculature. The infrared light penetrates beneath the skin and is absorbed by the deep tissues. Combined with muscular techniques helps to firm, repair, rebuild, push out more toxins on a deeper level, opens up muscle and tissue fibers, increases circulation and healing time; allowing for an even deeper healing in the area(s) being worked.
After just 30 minutes of treatment, blood flow is enhanced by 400 percent, and this boost in local circulation persists for several hours after therapy. Most will experience a large amount of relieve, relaxation, warming of the area worked, among others’. The most dramatic benefits of infrared light therapy are achieved with multiple treatment sessions.
What is used with the Infrared Light Massage?
A light massage using lotion, cream, and/or essential oils depending on what the person is dealing with and how long therapy is; your trained therapist will make this determination. NOTE: Most therapy clients have stated they do not like the “lighter” massage that was taught with the Far Infrared Therapy and continue to ask Dr. Hartman for regular therapy (Massotherapy) instead! Dr. Hartman now incorporates Far Infrared Therapy with her own therapy “Massotherapy“, i.e. (advanced deep muscular, manual, & rehabilitation therapy) if clients want to experience the healing benefits. Both together has shown to be extremely beneficial for therapy clients with longer lasting effects too.
What Conditions Is Infrared Light Therapy Good For And Benefit? (Not all are listed):
- Arthritis – all types
- Acne – acute or chronic
- Back pain (lumbar and thoracic)
- Bell’s palsy
- Blunt trauma
- Bursitis
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Central nervous system injuries
- Chronic kidney diseases
- Chronic non-healing wounds (including pressure ulcers)
- Diabetes mellitus (including diabetic macular edema)
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Fibromyalgia
- Headaches
- Ischemic stroke
- Lymphedema
- Migraines
- Muscle sprains and strains
- Neck pain
- Neuropathy
- Onychomycosis
- Osteoarthritis
- Parkinson’s disease
- Retinal degeneration
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sciatica
- Stroke -TIA
- Temporomandibular joint pain (TMJ)
- Tendonitis
- Surgical incisions
- Wounds
The benefits are unending from Infrared Light Therapy. Please refer to this short 6min video for more information and examples of conditions that have greatly benefited from the therapy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ppCiw4kng
Regarding detoxification:
The infrared light with massage therapy can start a detoxification process in your body, which requires water to flush out toxins that have been trapped in your tissues, and released during therapy. Water is essential and can help your body speed up its detoxification and the healing process. Also Far infrared heat can be somewhat dehydrating on the tissues in those who do not drink enough water. It is highly recommended persons drink 1-2 glasses before their therapy and to hydrate afterwards consuming 6-8 glasses; same as with all massage therapies.
However there are a few restrictions/ contraindications:
- Areas with poor or deficient skin sensation
- Generalised advanced cardiovascular disease
- Local areas of impaired peripheral circulation
- Extensive scar tissue and burn victims
- Deep X Ray treatment or other ionizing radiation (in the last 6 months) in the region being treated
- Malignant tissue (except in terminal / palliative / hospice care)
- Subjects with reduced levels of consciousness or impaired understanding
- Acute febrile illness
- Some acute skin conditions e.g. eczema, dermatitis
- Sensitive structures (e.g. eyes, thyroid etc.)
- Pregnancy or trying to get pregnant
- Epileptic Seizures
- Metallic implants in the spine/scoliosis rods
- Those taking blood thinners for blood clots
- Severe osteoporosis
- Pacemaker or ICD (implanted cardiac device)
- Any major surgeries in the last six months
First in Howard Co./ Kokomo! For more information or to schedule your therapy, call or email Dr. Renee Hartman. 765-860-2144 / Dr.Renee@comcast.net
