"A team at the Bowerman Sports Science Center at the University of Oregon examined how the body responds to three types of passive heating. Their study compared time spent soaking in a hot tub with sitting in a traditional dry sauna or a modern far-infrared sauna. How Hot Water Affects the Body Raising core body temperature through hot-water immersion can support several important physiological processes."
"Many of these effects continue even after the heating session ends. "We compared the most commonly utilized modalities of passive heating as they're used in everyday life and studied in scientific research," said study lead author Jessica Atencio, a doctoral student in the lab of Christopher Minson. "No studies have compared the acute responses between the three." The findings were recently published in the American Journal of Physiology."
Comparison of three passive heating methods—hot-water immersion, traditional dry sauna, and far-infrared sauna—shows hot-water immersion increases core body temperature more effectively than either sauna. Hot-water immersion produced stronger increases in whole-body blood flow and measurable changes in inflammatory markers, whereas saunas produced weaker whole-body heat responses and did not alter inflammatory markers measurably. Many physiological effects of hot-water immersion, including blood-flow and immune activation, can persist beyond the heating session. Heat therapy via hot tubs may lower blood pressure, improve heat-stress tolerance, and offer health benefits for people unable or unwilling to exercise.
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