Both saunas and steam rooms boast impressive health benefits, albeit through different mechanisms. Saunas, with their dry heat, are renowned for improving circulation, promoting detoxification through sweat, and inducing muscle relaxation.

On the other hand, steam rooms excel in respiratory benefits, providing relief for conditions like asthma and sinus congestion due to the moist, steam-filled air. Additionally, both environments offer stress reduction, improved skin health, and overall relaxation.

Steam

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• Clearing congestion loosening mucus and phlegm
• ​Steam opens your pores, cleanses your skin, and helps loosen dirt and debris buildup, improving its appearance.
• The heat in a steam room dilates your blood vessels, moving blood from your core to your skin, which lowers blood pressure and causes your body to compensate by raising your heart rate.
• Helps your circulation by dilating blood vessels and moving blood toward the skin’s surface, significantly improving circulation in your skin.
• Relieves sore muscles by increasing blood flow to muscles and helping wash away waste products that cause damage.
• The heat of both steam rooms and saunas can influence your hormones. This can lower your blood pressure and help you to relax.
• Can help loosen joints and relieve stiffness by dilating blood vessels, delivering more blood, nutrients, and oxygen to injured sites, improving circulation and loosening muscles and joints.

Sauna

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• Improve heart health, a Finnish study showed a 63% lower risk of sudden cardiac death in men using saunas at least four times a week for over 20 minutes per session
• Saunas can lower blood pressure long-term, even though they temporarily raise heart rate and blood pressure, and can reduce hypertension in those with high blood pressure and lower the risk in those without it.
• May reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia by improving circulation, reducing inflammation, and releasing neurochemicals that enhance mood
• The sauna’s heat releases brain-derived neurotrophic factor to aid muscle repair and boosts blood flow for healing.
• Your natural circadian rhythm may be restored as a result of the sauna’s ability to raise your body temperature. Following any heat-related intervention, including saunas, people report having a better night’s sleep.
• Improves circulation by increasing blood flow, which helps relax muscles, reduce tension, and promote faster recovery by delivering more oxygen and nutrients to areas in need.
• ​The heat from steam rooms and saunas can affect your hormones, helping to lower blood pressure and promote relaxation.
• ​Sauna therapy directly lowers cortisol, the body’s primary stress hormone, as your body temperature rises, leading to deep relaxation.