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FAR INFRARED CONTINUED...
RESEARCH
Dr. Tsu Tsair Oliver Chi summarized the effect of infrared rays on the body in these words, "These rays are selectively absorbed by tissues needing a boost in their output. The internal production of infrared energy that normally occurs within our tissues is associated with a variety of healing responses and may require a boost to a maximal level to ensure the fullest healing response possible in a tissue which is being repaired. After boosting a tissue's level to its maximum, the remaining rays pass onward harmlessly."
Success reported with Infrared treatments by Japanese researchers in Musculoskeletal cases:
TMJ
Accel-Decel Injury Sequelae
Traumatic Arthritis
Brain Contusion -accelerated healing
Low Back Pain relieved
Muscle Spasms -reduced or eliminated
Disc Protrusion-related Neuralgia
Muscle Tension -relaxed
Tight Shoulders -relaxed
Shoulder Pain -relieved or eliminated
Bursitis -eliminated
Post-exercise Muscle Pain
Spinal Cord Shock -reversed
Arthritis: Gouty, Rheumatoid
-each substantially relieved or improved
"Medical practitioners make use of Infrared radiant heat to treat sprains, bursitis, peripheral vascular diseases, arthritis and muscle pain," according to McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
Summary from Therapeutic Heat and Cold, 4th Ed., ED Justus F. Lehmann M.D. Generally it is accepted that heat produces the following desirable therapeutic effects:

1. It increases the extensibility of collagen tissues.

  • Tissues heated to 45 C exhibit an increase of length in tissues when stretched.
  • This effect would be especially valuable in working with ligaments, joint capsules, tendons, fascia and synovium that have become scarred, thickened or contracted.
  • Such stretching at 45 C caused much less weakening in stretched tissues than a similar stretching at normal temperatures.
  • The experiments cited clearly showed that low-force stretching can produce significant residual elongation when heat is applied together with stretching or range-of-motion exercises, and is also safer than stretching tissues at normal tissue temperatures.
  • This safer stretching effect is crucial in properly training competitive athletes so as to minimize their "down" time from injuries.

    • 2. It decreases joint stiffness directly.
    3. It relieves muscle spasms.
    4. It produces pain relief.
    5. It increases blood flow.
    6. It assists in resolution of inflammatory infiltrates, edema and exudates.
    7. More recently, it has been used in cancer therapy.
    Otto Warburg was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1944 for research concerning photosynthesis in connection with the chemotherapeutics of cancer and the use of x-rays. His research has shown that infrared impacts cancer.
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