Skin Health and Anti-Aging Benefits of Infrared Therapy

Your skin is not only your body’s largest organ but also one of the most visible indicators of your overall health. Factors like environmental stress, aging, and hormonal changes can take a toll, leaving your skin looking dull, dry, or prone to breakouts. Infrared sauna therapy offers a natural and effective way to rejuvenate your skin, promoting a healthier, more radiant complexion while addressing common signs of aging.

How Infrared Saunas Benefit Your Skin
Infrared saunas work by increasing circulation and promoting a deep, detoxifying sweat. As blood flow improves, your skin receives more oxygen and nutrients, which are essential for cellular repair and renewal. At the same time, the heat stimulates collagen production, a critical factor in maintaining skin elasticity and reducing fine lines and wrinkles.

Detoxification is another key benefit. Infrared heat helps flush out toxins, including heavy metals and environmental po...

Infrared Saunas and Immune System Support

Your immune system is your body’s frontline defense against illness, and maintaining its strength is essential for overall health. With the demands of modern life, stress, and environmental factors, our immune systems can sometimes struggle to keep up. Infrared sauna therapy provides a natural and effective way to give your immune system a boost, helping your body fight off illness and recover more quickly.

How Infrared Saunas Stimulate Immunity
Infrared sauna therapy works by raising your core body temperature, simulating a fever-like state. This process, called hyperthermia, triggers your immune response, encouraging the production of white blood cells and antibodies that help fight infections. By mimicking your body’s natural defense mechanism, infrared saunas provide a proactive way to support your immune system without stress or strain.

The therapy also promotes better circulation, which is critical for immune health. Improved blood flo...

Addressing Chronic Fatigue and Low Energy Levels with Infrared Therapy

Feeling exhausted all the time is more than just frustrating—it can affect every aspect of your life, from work productivity to personal relationships. Chronic fatigue and low energy levels often stem from a combination of factors, such as stress, poor sleep, toxin buildup, and underlying health issues. Infrared sauna therapy offers a holistic solution by addressing these root causes, revitalizing your body, and helping you regain the energy you need to thrive.

How Infrared Saunas Combat Fatigue
Infrared sauna therapy works by gently raising your core body temperature, which stimulates circulation and encourages cellular repair. This increased blood flow delivers oxygen and nutrients to tissues, helping to revitalize your body from the inside out. The deep heat also supports detoxification, allowing your body to eliminate toxins that may contribute to fatigue and sluggishness.

Infrared saunas are particularly eff...

What to Expect: A Beginner’s Guide to Infrared Sauna Use

If you’ve heard about the many benefits of infrared sauna therapy—improved detoxification, pain relief, better sleep, and more—but haven’t tried it yet, you might be wondering what to expect. As a first-time user, knowing how to prepare and what happens during a session can help you make the most of this relaxing and restorative experience. Infrared sauna therapy is safe, easy to use, and highly customizable to meet your unique needs.

What Makes Infrared Saunas Different
Unlike traditional saunas that heat the air around you, infrared saunas use light to penetrate your body’s tissues directly. This creates a deep, warming effect without the stifling heat of conventional saunas. The temperatures are generally lower, ranging from 120°F to 150°F, making the experience comfortable even for those sensitive to high heat. The goal is to raise your core body temperature, which promotes detoxification, circulation, and relaxation.

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In today’s world, we’re exposed to toxins from nearly every angle—polluted air, processed foods, household cleaners, and even personal care products. Over time, these toxins can accumulate in our bodies, potentially contributing to fatigue, inflammation, and a weakened immune system. While our bodies are equipped with natural detoxification systems, such as the liver and kidneys, they can become overwhelmed. This is where infrared sauna therapy offers a powerful and supportive solution.

How Infrared Saunas Enhance Detoxification
Sweating is one of the body’s primary methods of eliminating toxins, and infrared saunas amplify this process by encouraging deeper, more productive sweat. Unlike traditional saunas that heat the air around you, infrared saunas penetrate your skin and heat your body from within. This deep, cellular-level heat stimulates sweat glands to release stored toxins, including heavy metals like lead and mercury, and environmental pollutants such as BPA.

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 When was the last time you really thought about what’s in your skincare? If you check the ingredient list on most products, the first thing you’ll likely see is water. While that might seem harmless—or even beneficial—it actually dilutes the effectiveness of active ingredients. Even worse, the reliance on water often means more synthetic preservatives are added to maintain shelf life, which can irritate sensitive skin and disrupt your skin’s natural balance.

Oliveda is changing the game. This revolutionary European skincare brand has reimagined what skincare should be by eliminating water entirely. Instead, they focus on nutrient-dense, bioavailable ingredients that work harder and smarter for your skin. Every product is powered by the olive tree, nature’s ultimate healer, to target fine lines, wrinkles, redness, dryness, and even inflammation. The result? Skin that looks and feels better, naturally.

As a functional medicine physician, I’m meticulous about the products I use and rec...

 Infrared sauna therapy has become a popular wellness tool, but what sets it apart from traditional saunas? The secret lies in its unique ability to heat the body directly using infrared light, bypassing the need for excessively high temperatures. This approach not only creates a more comfortable environment but also delivers a range of health benefits that go deeper than the surface. Understanding the science behind this therapy is the first step in appreciating its transformative potential.

How Infrared Saunas Work
Infrared saunas use invisible light waves to gently heat your body from within. Unlike traditional saunas, which heat the air around you to induce sweating, infrared saunas penetrate up to 1.5 inches below the skin. This deep heating activates your body’s natural processes, increasing circulation, relaxing muscles, and stimulating a detoxifying sweat. By raising your core temperature, infrared therapy mimics the effects of moderate exercise, boosting cardiovascular functi...

Our liver doesn’t often get the credit it deserves. Sure, it’s known as the body’s “detox center,” but from detoxification to digestion, immunity, and energy production, its functions extend far beyond what we might initially consider.

The liver’s health (or lack thereof) can impact everything from sluggish digestion to fatigue and even low immune resilience. Let’s dive into why liver health matters way more than just flushing out toxins and how you can support it in a way that makes a real difference in your overall well-being.

Why Your Liver Is Doing More Than You Think

The liver isn’t just a detox machine – it has to-do list that’s never-ending. Here are just a few of the key roles it plays:

1. Detoxing: The liver filters toxins from the blood, metabolizes medications, and breaks down environmental chemicals. It converts toxins into water-soluble compounds, which are then excreted via the kidneys or bile. This keeps us from being weighed down by harmful chemicals, but it’s just o
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The following blog is about our previous Women's Retreat and our vision behind its inception. If you're interested, stay tuned in your emails about any retreats in the near future!

Over the course of my almost 25-year wellness career I’ve worked with patients individually, I’ve led workshops of fifty and I’ve lectured to hundreds in a corporate setting. I’ve discussed health with toddlers (thanks to Parker’s preschool), taught stretching to the elderly and infirmed and even worked with attorneys looking to live healthier, happier lives.  I have had the opportunity to work with clients from Chicagoland to Austria (unfortunately not in person - yet!). But something was missing…

For those of you that have had the chance to visit our clinic in the Chicago suburbs it was envisioned fifteen years ago while I was finishing up Chiropractic school. I wanted somewhere clients would feel comfortable. Somewhere that didn’t scream “doctors office”. If we were to be someone’s first introduction to...

As the weather is changing and you are spending more time outdoors, you’ll be noticing those pesky critters biting your exposed skin. Especially after a nice rain, mosquitos are everywhere and it’s hard to find a good repellent that keeps them away!

If you are tired of putting chemicals all over day after day, you are in luck! There are some natural remedies out there that actually work!

If you are an essential oil pro, or novice, there are some great ways to use them to avoid bug bites. The first way to keep the mosquitos at bay is to create your own bug spray. Grab or buy any glass spray bottle, add witch hazel, water, and a tbsp of vodka as your base. Then you can add a combination of oils that not only smells great but that bugs hate! A good combination is Rosemary, Peppermint, Citronella, Lemongrass, and Cedarwood. 

If you currently use or have thought of using an essential oil diffuser at home, they are fantastic to take outside! You can diffuse the same oils you use in a spra...