by NOLA Chill | Oct 23, 2026 | Infrared Sauna, New Orleans Wellness
Short answer: warmth is what most people reach for when their muscles are sore or stiff, and the small amount of research on infrared sauna points the same way. In one study, people who used an infrared sauna after a hard workout reported less soreness than when they...
by NOLA Chill | Oct 22, 2026 | Infrared Sauna, New Orleans Wellness
Updated Oct 22, 2026. Flu leads the three respiratory viruses the CDC tracks in New Orleans-area emergency rooms. In the week ending Oct 17, 2026, 2.2% of ER visits had a flu diagnosis, about 4 times the 0.52% in the same week last year. COVID was at 0.64% and RSV at...
by NOLA Chill | Oct 22, 2026 | Infrared Sauna, New Orleans Wellness
Short answer: a sauna isn’t an allergy treatment, so keep taking what your doctor recommends. One small study did find better airflow through the nose after six weeks of regular sauna sessions. And because allergies aren’t contagious and don’t cause...
by NOLA Chill | Oct 22, 2026 | Infrared Sauna, New Orleans Wellness
Short answer: skip cryotherapy if you have a fever, a cold, the flu or any other infection. A 2025 expert consensus on whole body cryotherapy lists fever and acute illnesses or infections as temporary reasons not to go, to be put off until you’ve recovered. Come...
by NOLA Chill | Oct 22, 2026 | Infrared Sauna, New Orleans Wellness
Short answer: after a cold, flu or COVID, wait until you’ve gone at least 24 hours without a fever (without fever medicine) and your symptoms are getting better overall. That’s the CDC’s point for going back to normal activities. After a stomach bug,...
by NOLA Chill | Oct 22, 2026 | Infrared Sauna, New Orleans Wellness
Short answer: skip the sauna while a cold is new, getting worse or comes with a fever, because you could pass it on. For a stuffy nose, the CDC suggests steam from a hot shower or a bowl of hot water, and an infrared sauna is dry heat, so it won’t do the same...
