Most people, at some time in their life will suffer from joint pain. To make things worse, joint pain relief is hard to come by. Joint pain treatment comes in many different forms; however, in the end most people are left with only some joint pain relief.

While searching for non-invasive ways to deal with joint stiffness and pain, people are finding natural pain relief to be the best way to deal with joint pain. One of the more popular methods of natural pain relief is regular use of an infrared portable sauna. Infrared sauna therapy gets heat deep down into the joints, assuring that the pain relief is where it needs to be.

The possibilities for using an infrared sauna for joint pain treatment increased when research to explore its effects on joint stiffness was done. The research showed a twenty percent decline in stiffness for people with rheumatoid finger joints treated at 112F, as compared to patients who's joints were treated at a lower temperature.

While testing the elasticity of tissues, researchers found that it is possible to increase the length of their tissues by roughly 10-18% when they are heated and stretched. This was discovered when Justus F. Lehmann heated tissues to 112F and found that after stretching them, they had a non-elastic residual length of about 0.5-0.9% that remained after the stretch is removed. To obtain the increased 10-18% tissue length, Lehmann simply performed 20 stretching sessions.

When working with ligaments, joint capsules, tendons, fasciae, and synovium that have become scarred, thickened or contracted this stretching method is very useful. By stretching at 112F instead of room temperature, the damage that normally occurs when stretching is much less. Since stretching after sauna use is safer, many athletes make use of the advantages that can be had from a quality, deep stretch.

The ability to alleviate or prevent joint pain is no simple matter. Ever since infrared saunas were introduced to the world it has been a little bit easier to solve the joint problems that have plagued people for years. This non-intrusive, healthy way to combat pain is well worth investing in.