Positives

• Infrared therapy overlaps heavily with red-light, sauna, and far-infrared routines in patient conversations, and some people find the category confusing because devices and heat exposure vary so much. Reddit.

Negatives

• Some patients report no clear change after weeks of infrared sauna or light-based experiments, so expectations may need to stay closer to comfort, warmth, or circulation support than predictable symptom relief. Reddit.

Hurdles & Side Effects

• One patient using a NovoTHOR did two 20-minute sessions a week and felt invigorated, while another spent $1,400 on a Mito Red full-body panel, used it daily for a year and reported no symptom change Health Rising.
• Patients are commonly advised to cap sessions at 20 minutes and start with no more than three sessions a week, since very ill patients often respond better to lower doses than to maximum exposure Health Rising.