In today's world, our bodies are constantly being invaded and saturated with the toxins in our air, water, and food. In cities everywhere, oxygen levels in the air we breathe are declining. The Environmental Protection Agency reports that more than 3,000 chemical additives have been found in the food that we eat each day and that the average adult consumes four pounds of pesticides each year. Some of the harmful toxins and chemicals lodged in our fatty tissues include pesticides, metals, prescription drugs, natural and artificial chemicals, and food preservatives. Accumulated toxins slowly destroy healthy tissues and cells and are responsible for many health problems and diseases.

The combination of these effects results in a lack of oxygen in the body, which can result in diseases and cancers. Proper oxygenation of the tissues and organs can help prevent, relieve or cure diseases and degeneration. TSWC offers numerous oxygen therapies that help to oxidize and detoxify these accumulated toxins in the body.

One of TSWC's primary oxygen treatments is the Oxygen Sauna Therapy, a steam and heat therapy combined with "activated oxygen" that can be a great benefit to anyone. The combination stimulates the immune system, aids the body in purging itself of accumulated toxins and produces a state of general relaxation essential to the healing process. We invite you to explore Oxygen Sauna Therapy by reading the following information.

How does oxygen sauna therapy work?
Oxygen therapies work because they flood the body with nature's single oxygen atoms. Singlet oxygen and its by-products are very energetic oxidizers -- they burn up waste products, pollution, microbes and weak or cancerous cells. Like most primitive forms of life, the disease-causing viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites -- including HIV, cancer cells, arthritis microbes, colds and flu, and West Nile virus carried by mosquitoes -- cannot live in high oxygen concentrations.

Steam inside the sauna raises body temperature, which induces opening of pores and sweating. While the steam opens pores and moisturizes the outer skin, the pure oxygen inside the sauna seeps in and is easily absorbed through the pores and into the bloodstream, where it can travel to the fat and lymph tissue. It is very important to cleanse the lymph tissue of toxins and the oxygen/steam sauna is the easiest and best way to accomplish this.

The combination of steam, heat and oxygen provides an excellent detoxifying effect; oxygenates all the tissues, organs, and cells of the body for faster and more complete healing; boosts the immune system; stimulates release of anti-cancer substances; and enhances blood and oxygen delivery throughout the body. The increased level of oxygen within the blood speeds up metabolism, improves circulation, increases mental alertness, and generally energizes the body, while the sauna soothes tired and aching muscles, relaxes and calms, fosters deeper, sounder sleep, and rejuvenates and refreshes the entire body.

Is oxygen sauna therapy effective?
European physicians have used oxygen therapies clinically for over a century. The therapies have been studied in major medical research centers throughout the world, including Baylor University, Yale University, The University of California (Los Angeles) and Harvard University in the United States, as well as in medical schools and laboratories in Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Russia, Canada, Japan and Cuba. Oxygen sauna therapy has been used by an estimated ten million patients in Europe since the early 1960s and is hailed as a safe, effective and low-cost treatment for a wide spectrum of diseases.

What is the relationship between oxygen sauna therapy and conventional medical care?
In some cases, oxygen therapies are administered alone, and in others, they are used in addition to traditional medical procedures (such as surgery or chemotherapy) or as adjuncts to alternative health practices like megavitamin therapy, acupuncture or herbal medicine.

What happens during the initial visit?
Your practitioner will ask you to fill out a form and/or talk to you before the session begins. You may be asked about your reasons for seeking oxygen sauna therapy, current physical condition, medical history, lifestyle, and stress level. All the information you provide will be kept strictly confidential.

How long does it take to gain results?
Mild diseases may take a few treatments, whereas chronic ones may take several months. Other factors also affect how many treatments you may need before you see results, such as the foods you eat, whether you smoke, drink or take any medications, have had chemotherapy or other poisoning in your life, or lead a stressful life with little exercise. The aim is to safely and comfortably expose the body to oxygen as you detoxify. The practitioner can review your overall medical condition and decide how many treatments you might require.

What happens during an oxygen sauna therapy treatment?
The oxygen sauna is one of the simplest and most enjoyable oxygen therapies. It involves sitting and relaxing in a steam cabinet that surrounds only your body and limbs, not your head. Oxygen is then pumped into the unit at the correct therapeutic amount. As you relax, all of your body, except your neck and head, will be bathed in a mixture of steam and activated oxygen. The steam moistens and warms your skin, opening your pores, which allows the oxygen to gently penetrate and oxygenate your tissues. Within 30 minutes of sitting in an oxygen steam sauna, the blood stream is saturated with oxygen, allowing the user to take advantage of two therapies at the same time: sweat therapy (see infrared sauna for more information on the benefits of sauna) and oxygen therapy, each with their own unique health benefits.

Is oxygen sauna therapy painful?
The sauna used for this treatment is of the type where your head protrudes from the top of the sauna, and therefore you are not breathing the oxygen/steam mixture. Following the treatment, you will feel clean, refreshed, and rejuvenated.

Is oxygen sauna therapy safe?
There is no evidence that oxygen at the low flow levels used in this therapy can be dangerous to a normal person's health. When administered in prescribed amounts by a qualified practitioner, the chances of experiencing adverse reactions to oxygen therapies are extremely small. It has been estimated that over ten million people have been given oxygen therapies over the past seventy years to treat more than fifty different diseases, including heart and blood vessel diseases, diseases of the lungs, infectious diseases, and immune-related disorders.

What does oxygen sauna therapy treat?
The secret to good health and general well-being is preventive treatments. Oxygen therapies are not only for those people wanting to live a long, healthy, and happy life, but are also useful for those suffering from disease. Hypoxia, or lack of oxygen in the tissues, is the fundamental cause for all degenerative disease.

This therapy treats the grassroots of most disease: lack of oxygen, and a weakened immune system. More than 150 diseases respond positively to oxygen sauna therapy, including chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, candida, heart disease, lyme disease, lupus, MS, macular degeneration, diabetes, stroke, cancers, AIDS, and many others.