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Precautions and Safety
If your doctor says you can use the sauna, keep these precautions and safety measures in mind.
- Limit your time: Keep sauna use to less than 20 minutes. For first-time users, as little as five minutes is enough. It is important to see how the body reacts to the environment of the sauna.
- Hydrate: Drink two to four glasses of water after using the sauna. It is OK to drink water while in the sauna as well.
- Supervise children: Some pediatricians recommend children under six years old avoid saunas, since babies and young children have difficulty regulating their body temperature. Older children should always be supervised in the sauna, as some may experience symptoms such as dizziness.
- Avoid cold showers afterward: This may increase the risk of a cardiac event in people with pre-existing heart disease.
- Avoid alcohol: Alcohol promotes dehydration and increases the risk of arrhythmia, hypotension, and sudden death. Since saunas also cause water loss, steer clear of drinking before and after use until you're fully rehydrated.
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- Sauna Culture in Sweden: A Tradition of Relaxation and Rejuvenation
- Centralbadet
- Hellasgården
- Sturebadet
- Ribersborgs Kallbadhus
- Yasuragi
The love for saunas in Sweden has deep roots that link it to the surrounding Scandinavian countries, with Finland often recognized as the birthplace of sauna culture. Saunas have been an integral part of the lifestyle in this region since ancient times, functioning not only as a place for relaxation and personal hygiene, but also as locations of social gatherings and even healing.
“In the heart of Stockholm or by a serene lake, find your moment of peace in the age-old ritual of Swedish saunas.”
Types of Saunas
Sauna bathing is known as whole-body thermotherapy or heat therapy. It is used in different forms in different parts of the world.
What Is Thermotherapy?
Thermotherapy, or "heat therapy," uses heat to treat symptoms.
Throughout time, saunas have been used for hygiene, health, social, and spiritual purposes. There are a couple of different types of saunas.
Modern-Day Sauna
The modern-day sauna follows the traditional Finnish-style sauna. These saunas have dry air with humidity ranging from 10% to 20%.
There are increased periods of humidity, where the temperature ranges between 176 and a maximum of 212 degrees. Other styles include the Turkish-style Hammam and Russian Banya.
Infrared Sauna
The infrared sauna is a dry heat sauna. It has a temperature range between 113 and 140 degrees.
Different types of saunas can be distinguished by their level of humidity, heating source, and construction style.
Are Saunas Full of Germs?
Saunas can grow germs and bacteria very well due to their heat and moisture levels. For this reason, it’s important to keep them clean. This can be especially true for public saunas where a lot of people go in and out. The temperature is perfect for bacteria and microorganisms to breed and spread. If someone has a cold and goes into a sauna, for instance, they could leave behind body fluids that may spread that cold.
There are steps you can take to minimize your exposure in a sauna as well, and we’ll cover those below, but in general, public saunas are not especially dirty. They can be, but the cleaning routine for that sauna really affects this outcome, and that will be different from facility to facility. A great way to consider the cleanliness of a public sauna is to simply poke your head in and survey the scene before you even change. If you see any stains on the seating, any mold in the corners, or if you smell any kind of funk at all, it may be better to skip it this time and mention to a manager on your way out that it needs to be cleaned.
Here Are Some Steps on How You Can Stay Safe in a Sauna:
If we’ve learned anything the last couple years it’s that people, while generally great, are sometimes very annoying as individuals. In the same way that other people might not wear a mask, increasing your risk, but you can wear one to fractionally increase your own safety, there are points of sauna etiquette that, though everyone should be following, may very from site to site. that said, if you follow these tips of sauna etiquette, it will shield you from the majority of bacteria and germs others may carelessly leave behind.
- First: Always sit on a towel to catch your sweat and provide a clean layer between you and the sauna seating.
- Wear flip flops, because the floor tends to be where the most germs are.
- Cover any injuries before your sauna visit.
- Have a quick shower both before and after your session.
I Felt More Calm Than Usual
Despite being in such a hot room and sweating profusely, I felt extremely relaxed and calm during each sauna session. Those feelings continued even after I left the sauna. On multiple occasions during my sauna use, I was able to sit in silence and just focus on my breathing.
There’s a reason why people feel relaxed and calm after using a sauna, Mikhael said. It’s because as the body and muscles loosen up, heart rate and blood pressure go down.
Hydration Tip
I found I had to drink more water than usual because of how much I sweat in the sauna—at least 2 glasses more than usual each day. Because you can lose up to a pint of water from your body after a sauna session, experts say you should drink at least 2 to 4 glasses of water after you step out.
