U.S. Interest Leaps Ahead ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR: SAUNA DOOMS ON STATESIDE

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31381, 29 May 1967, Page 11

U.S. Interest Leaps Ahead ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR: SAUNA DOOMS ON STATESIDE

'THE industrial giant, General Electric, 1 has recently produced two new models of sauna heaters to meet the growing demand for this age-old Scandinavian invention for relaxation and health improvement. Already, many U S companies are devoting their entire resources towards the manufacture of sauna baths. This is just one indication of the fantastic growth of interest in sauna and its benefits.

On the west coast it is becoming common practice to incorporate sauna baths in new apartment buildings, motels, spas and sports clubs. But not only leisure places are going in for sauna baths; many of the biggest commercial buildings offer their occupants the sauna as an antidote to nervous tension a recognised symptom of today’s way of life.

In the air Thirteen Strategic Air Command bases in me United

States use sauna baths as part of their conditioning programme. In a four - year period, outstanding results have been recorded in eliminating muscular soreness after exercise and relieving fatigue and nervous tension in combat crews returning from flights of long duration or strain.

Even astronauts use sauna as an essential part of their training in Houston, Texas.