In my social circle ,there are a lot of bald guys. This is because I spend most of my free time with triathletes, and shaved heads are popular with a disproportionate subset of them. Why not? A shaved head makes it slightly easier to don or remove a bicycle helmet or swim cap. For people Read more…
Photobiomodulation and Hair Loss
Infrared Sauna and Weight Loss
I recently found this statement in an article on the Focus Fitness website: “The truth is saunas can only help you lose water weight, not body fat.” You can find similar statements all over the web, because a lot of people want to debunk the idea that you can lose weight by sitting. It’s true Read more…
Can Float Pod Boost Creativity?
I have written in this space before about how float pod sessions can help with various health issues: reduce anxiety and lessen levels of the stress hormone cortisol help with insomnia an excellent resource in pain management. There are, then, a number of ways in which floating in isolation can help to heal what ails Read more…
Cryotherapy and Your Immune System
How do you know if you have a weakened immune system? Because the immune system is so complex and the dangers it guards against are so numerous, there are probably as many signs of a weakened immune system as there are immune systems. When your immune system is weak, infections find it easier to get Read more…
Why You Should Care that Photobiomodulation Helps With Shingles
Shingles is a painful rash that occurs in people who once had chicken pox. Researchers have not yet reached a final agreement on why the virus re-emerges after a dormancy that can last decades. But because it occurs mainly in older people, they believe that a weakened immune system (the immune system, like almost everything Read more…
Sauna Prevents Alzheimer’s?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that Alzheimer’s disease causes 34.4 deaths per 100,000 of population, making it the sixth leading cause of death in the country. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s, and existing treatments have serious limitations. “As Alzheimer’s progresses, brain cells die and connections among Read more…
Float Pod: Good Health Through Downtime
Paying attention is the most common state of our waking selves. From the time we get up in the morning until we go back to sleep at night, we are paying attention to something, whether it is reading the news, taking care of family members, driving a car, watching a television program, or working. Working, Read more…
Can Cryotherapy Relieve Atopic Dermatitis?
According to the National Eczema Association, 18 million adults in the U.S. have atopic dermatitis, which is one of the eight varieties of eczema. In a society that pays so much attention to physical appearance, it should be no surprise that more than one-third of those say they “often” or “always” feel angry or embarrassed Read more…