Body reaction to heat

Date: 2020-06-11, 21:00
Organizer : Lithuanian Bath Academy

Heat is the most important factor in sauna. We all agree that the sauna is a good thing, and common wisdom tells that the heat does not break the bones. Is it realy so? How does our body react to heat? Is the sauna always good? For whom is it a medicine, and for whom should sauna procedures be avoided or abandoned altogether?

People are different but their reactions to heat are similar

In this workshop, we will look for answers to these and many other important questions:

•     How does sauna heat affect different body systems?
•     Is it true that people with heart problems cannot go to the sauna?
•     Is it OK to eat and drink in the sauna?
•     How does sauna help to train the body?
•     Can sauna be a preventive or even curative measure in the event of a rampant disease?
•     Can pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers go to sauna?
•     What precautions should be taken in sauna?
•     What diseases or conditions of the body require special attention?
•     Why to go and why not go to sauna?

Theme covered

• Body reaction to heat

  A sauna master must adjust sauna procedures to the needs of each client, adjusting heat, steam, water temperature, and session duration accordingly. Sauna work is a live process, like a ship captain making impromptu decisions, and there is no time to check answers on the Internet—one must watch the subtle cues of a man's condition and adjust the procedure in a split second.

  This webinar is all about understanding how sauna heat dynamically affects the body—how the internal temperature rises, the circulation changes, and skin pores open. Subjects vary from how the sauna acts on joints, muscles, and the respiratory system to why dizziness occurs and how it affects immunity and hormonal balance. Sweating, detoxification, how heat acts on internal organs like the liver, and how it affects the nervous system will be discussed with the newest scientific research.

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Bath masters, teachers, authors of the book „Pirtis“ Rimas Kavaliauskas, and Birutė Masiliauskienė.