The Benefits of Heat Therapy for Health and Sleep

Speaker 2
that Advice so maybe to two sessions at 30 minutes max or maybe three 20-minute sessions will do it Exactly so a couple of times if people are at the gym like you and me I
Speaker 1
mean then use the sauna because it's there anyway, so and only maybe two to three times a week and just sitting there for a bit That's gonna and I mean you don't have to do 57 minutes a week if you can do just half of that That's also gonna give you some health so do what you can
Speaker 2
yeah And that's always and see what you can with what you have yeah, and you mentioned you could also even if you don't have access to sauna potentially taking a hot bath Exactly, maybe with some Epsom salt and maybe do that before you sleep for me I'll do maybe a sauna or a hot bath with some Epsom salt tell me sleep Maybe the magnesium is supportive and then when I get out I feel like my core body temperature starts to drop and Melatonin productions and just helps me to be able to unwind throughout the day and what I tell it that day
Speaker 1
There's a lot of people is yeah You can say it have problems with sleeping and are falling asleep or staying asleep So insomnia is a really it's a huge problem today and actually up to 30 to 50 percent of people today have sleeping problems So what you could do is taking that hot bath before you go to bed because that's gonna help your body and wind down and also The core temperature will go down and that's what you need for falling asleep So you're actually helping your body by exposing yourself to heat and it sounds a bit contraind too But that's gonna make your core temperature drop actually and that will help you fall asleep also It will help on your stress level because it activates your Parasympathetic part of your nervous system while you are submerged into this hot water So you will have it easier falling asleep with a period of time where my kid wasn't sleeping that well I gave him a hot bath before a bed and he felt asleep much much faster So hot water hot baths are Miracle for people who have trouble sleeping and if people are stressed This is actually a really good way to like wind down and just take a hot bath and and then you can go to sleep You'll sleep much faster
Speaker 2
to be responsible.

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