Why Near Infrared is better than FIR and US

So if I’m understanding this, I need some kind of NIR heating pad and this is used in conjunction with an extender, is that correct? There is no way to do this with a Bib hanger?

Or a vac hanger (lost my edit window to add this).

The Bib hanger covers much of your shaft, and is probably opaque to the IR wavelengths we want. I’m not sure if it’s ABS or PVC; you might ask Bib on his forum.

I asked him years ago, I believe it is HDPE. But the point of your reply is received: Bib is not conducive to IR.

Of course, you could do your Bib session as usual, then use an ADS for an additional 20 minutes with the NIR wrap.

Thanks! I have read Kyrpa’s threads and fail to find what he is using for the ultrasonic heat, but I may have found something. I’m trying to wrap my head around all of this, as his knowledge and gains seem incredible.

Actually there’s no need for the ADS, you can use the NIR pad before or after the hanger. I’m not sure of its effect, though: the hanger works by causing microinjuries (I think?), i don’t know how that combines with the tissue growth effect of IR.

Let me know how it goes!

Thanks for posting here.

In the last couple of months i received a few PM thanking me and reporting very good gains, in line with what I had, but i don’t understand why not posting those here.

Perhaps they will once they reach a given objective?

I’m a grower, and tend to view things through that lens. Without an ADS or a pump tube, there’s not much area for the IR pad to work on.

Not even as a warming method for manual routines?

All remains relative to the time and load. More importantly to the strain rate.
If hanger loads several kilos at once there night be damage which is referred as Micro traumas.
Micro traumas occurring because of the strain rate. If starting low and going increments to the target load with time, there will be less.
The idea of Micro traumas needed for tissue lengthening is false in the first place.
It has been adopted from the muscle building environment
Where the tissue grows stronger after such an incidents.
As far as it goes for lengthening procedures of any connective tissue as in case of tunica albuginea, such a concept would be counter productive.

There is only one concept of lengthening such a tissue no the matter what the actual workout is.
There has to be a threshold strain reached during the workout for triggering the growth process which then produce permanent results. .
Had not reached stimulus enough there will be no gains no matter what. Including NIR.

For certain level and Group of individuals the force applied can trigger the growth processes by itself.
But once adapted or for some at the start already the displacement during the workout becomes crucial.
The whole meaning for using therapeutic temperature with ultrasound is to allow greater strain with lesser Micro traumas other wise unavoidable with such a displacement.

These techniques combined could be very productive.
For the the Heating purposes I would’t recommend these pads.
For that US and FIR remain better and safer choices.

As OP suggest NIR pads should be used for supporting and maintaining the growth responses.

EstherQueen Rot Licht Therapie Pad from aliexpress. Its for arms hands an has a hole for the thumb. ~50€

The cylinders are 2.00 to 2.25 I think. Covers it once around and a little too long. 13.1 "× 11" inches. Think the tube is 10 inches long.

I believe I found it in Aliexpress.

That pad is around 170 mW/cm2 at zero distance.

At 1 cm you can expect the power to be reduced to 10%

@JoshuaM
Its this one;
De.aliexpress.com/item/1005004174364985.html?

I can’t find a mW/cm2 statement anywhere. Please point to it if possible.
10% sounds like nothing. That would be disheartening but it feels like has a bigger impact than 10% getting targeted the whole shaft from all sides.

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