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The use of heat and heat pads as a therapy in the treatment of pain has been popular in many cultures for perhaps thousands of years. An internet search on “heat pad therapy” produces many references to pages selling pads that you can heat up an place on a painful back, shoulder or limb, to help relieve the pain. There is another form of healing heat pad therapy that is, as yet, less well know in the modern ‘west’. That is Far Infrared Radiation (FIR).

Statistics suggest that some 50 million Americans suffer with chronic pain; and there are no doubt just as many who experience occasional muscle strain or stress-related tension. Far infrared radiation therapy offers a great benefit to this massive proportion of the US population, and people everywhere who suffer with chronic and acute pain. Many chronic pain suffers will be glad to have an alternative to many sleepless nights and reliance upon prescription drugs.

Where Does FIR Come From?

Western medical science has been studying FIR for about 40 years; so it is relatively new in that approach to healing. But FIR has been used in the Eastern Medicine traditions for the last 3,000 years! In those healing tradtions it is well known as a means to gently and naturally reduce pain in muscles, joints and deep tissue.

What Is FIR?

Far Infrared Radiation is a safe, deeply-penetrating waveband of light energy. It produces a deep-healing heat when it enters your body. Is that safe? ! Yes indeed. You’ve felt the benefit of it many times, say on cold days when you can stand in the sunlight and warm up, or sit around a glowing log fire of a winter’s evening.. Yes, it is so safe that it is even used in neo-natal units in many hospitals to keep newborns cozy & warm.

FIR Penetrates Even The Deepest Pain

FIR energy is nothing new, but has only recently been harnessed in western countries using a simple technology that can be used anytime and anywhere. It can be employed to warm the deep recesses of your body, to ease the pain, remove stiffness, soothe cramps, and take away that day-to-day tension. With this technology you can drop the pills, and enjoy a more relaxing experience of deep-healing heat. You can experience a tranquil, drowsy, and pain-free glide into a good nights sleep… Most heat therapies penetrate just 2-3mm under the skin. FIR heat penetrates as much as 75mm, warming deep tissues and organs. It increases blood flow to those tissues and stimuilates elimination of toxins. FIR heat has been clinically tested and shown to relieve all kinds of pain. It provides relief from common chronic conditions such as arthritis, bursitis, sciatica and rheumatism. It offers relief for respiratory ailments such as colds, flu, asthma and even pneumonia.

Back Pain Is All Too Common!

Estimations indicate that 80 percent of the population will suffer back pain at some time in their lives. It is the second greatest cause for doctor visits. Neck pain is second only to back pain and has become increasingly common over the last two decades. Some estimates put neck pain as the number one cause for disability among working Americans. Arthritis is another major class of chronic and severe pain that a significant number of us have to manage. X-ray studies suggest that most of us will have some type of arthritis in our joints by age 65. Overall it is clear that there is a large section of the public that will need to manage chronic and / or severe pain at some time, especially with ageing.

The question is: what treatments do we wish to have resort to?

Many people wish to look beyond ‘conventional’ treatemnt that involve anti-inflammatory or pain-killing drugs, as well as surgery. Fortunately there are alternative therapies that do actuaqlly work and that can often eliminate back pain, neck pain, joint pain etc. Pain sufferers can return to normal life without resorting to surgery, prescription drugs, cortisone injections, etc.

FIR – An Effective Alternative

FIR energy offers an important non-invasive alternative to drugs and surgery. Its waves penetrate your skin and muscles all the way to the bone with soothing heat. This heat safely and gently warms deep tissues and increases the blood supply to the painful area. This in turn reduces inflammation and relieves pain. The increased blood flow accelerates the removal of toxic waste products from the tissues. This deep penetrating infrared heat delivers more oxygen-rich blood to painful or injured areas. This in turn speeds up your body’s own natural healing process.

FIR is easy to use, it takes just15-30 minutes a day to achieve the results.

FIR energy has been effectively used in the relief of pain from arthritis, back strains, bursitis, carpal tunnel, tendonitis, hemorrhoids, migraines, joint and muscle injuries, sciatica, frozen shoulder, lumbago, abdominal pain and diarrhea, rheumatism and more.

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