Dry heat vs moist heat.
Dry heat sauna or steam room.
Unfortunately not as many studies have been done on steam rooms.
While steam baths use moist heat saunas offer dry heat sessions.
These rocks heat up the air in the room but it is a very dry heat a bit like when you sit in front of a campfire.
Saunas provide dry heat while steam rooms generate moist heat.
It s mostly a matter of personal preference.
Which one is right for you.
Infrared saunas produce dry heat whereas steam rooms create moist heat.
However i would suspect that the health benefits are quite similar to dry saunas says.
The number one difference between saunas and steam rooms is humidity.
When you sit in an infrared sauna your body is warmed directly by the heat from the infrared.
While a sauna may help relax and loosen your muscles it won t.
A steam room is an airtight room of non porous material that heats the environment with a steam generator.
Steam rooms are heated by a generator filled with boiling water.
Both can open up your pores loosen up your muscles and help you relax.
A sauna uses dry heat usually from hot rocks or a closed stove.
A dry sauna and an infrared sauna both heat your body but that may be where the similarities end.
The heat generated in a sauna is generated by a heater that heats up a pile of sauna rocks.
Both infrared saunas and steam rooms boast plenty of therapeutic and wellness benefits such as detoxification relaxation and weight loss among others.
The health benefits of a steam room.
Both these types of hot baths stimulate blood flow and promote healthy metabolism but some people find it difficult to breathe in the dry heat of a sauna.