I have an FIR sauna big enough for 1.5 people from Coscto. I cannot find a comfortable way to sit in this thing without my backbone, neck, back screaming at me. I feel I am undoing all my acupuncture work.
I have gone to the professional sauna place and had the same problem. I can't remember if I laid down.
Currently I have towel rolled up running down my backbone against one of the wood strips. Then a towel rolled to support my neck.
Anyone have any suggestions? I have searched the internet for a back pad for these thing but cant find anything.
Posted by jory (Member # 50029) on :
A foam swimming pool lounger could be a good solution. Something like this:
Thank you!
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- While a foam lounger might be more comfy and the nice link to that one appears to be a closed-cell type (better in that it would not absorb moisture & promote mold as the open-cell foam can),
still . . . it can off-gas dangerous fumes that you may not even smell when it gets warm. It's all made out of petroleum.
Even hard plastics like with a radio or CD player will off-gas and should not be in a sauna.
While infrared saunas are to be used at low heat - and lyme patients do best with low heat, it's still going to get warm enough that some of the petroleum "fabric" will off-gas.
Cotton towels that you can wash and dry would be best.
If you have such a closed-cell foam lounger or other piece that is many years old and has been exposed to air for years, and if you wrap it with a cotton cover, that might be better than one that is new (might is the key word, though, and I would not recommend it).
Remove it from its cover to air out when the sauna is not in use and launder the cover with each use. If you feel it start to warm up, chuck it out the door so it does not interfere with your air quality or transmit petro stuff to your skin.
Is there anyway at all to LIE DOWN, at least your torso with legs leaning up on the wall? -
Posted by jory (Member # 50029) on :
Good point Keebler. Cotton towels are a better idea, extra large and fluffy bath towels would do the job well.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- jory,
glad you did not take offense at my lack of charm. sometimes I just don't have the energy to state it nicely and just jump in with the "but . . ." -
Posted by terv (Member # 29410) on :
Unfortunately towels do not work. That is what I am doing now. I have to stay perfectly still or else they fall down and then I have to get it back into position.
I can only lean against a 2 inch strip of wood. It isnt a wood panel. You can see the inside of it here
it smells like horse. Maybe it has sufficiently "gas out" and I can cover it? It certainly is firm and cushy. They call it "resilient closed cell foam"
Posted by jory (Member # 50029) on :
Keebler, however wisdom floats its' way down it's still wisdom. And smarts are charming Posted by jory (Member # 50029) on :
Terv, maybe an oversized lounge chair cushion could do the job? Just a matter of finding one in the right material without any funky dyes. I'm thinking something like this:
I wish I could use something like that but I think it would cover the area where the heat comes out. It is very hot on each side of the thin strip of wood.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- jory,
my, you do have such a nice way with words. Thanks.
BTW, it seems to take an entirely different part of my brain to think / write conversation than to do so with other stuff. It's so startling different that I just have to opt out of so much conversational interaction and stick with the basics. -
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