Red Light Therapy
Did you know that the benefits of red light therapy were originally discovered by NASA?!5 Since then, low-level laser therapy (LLLT) or photobiomodulation, such as red and near infrared light, has become an increasingly mainstream scientific approach with therapeutic applications used in ophthalmology, neurology, psychiatry, and rehabilitation.2, 3 Research has found red light therapy (LLLT) to have a range of beneficial effects on cognitive functioning, wound healing, pain relief, inflammation, tinnitus, skin rejuvenation, acne, 4 hair (re)growth and alopecia, muscle fatigue and recovery, arthritis, mood disorders such as anxiety and depression, recovery from stroke, myocardial infarction, degenerative or traumatic brain disorders such as traumatic brain injury (TBI),1 sleep, fatigue, fibromyalgia,2 and inflammatory-related issues such as COVID long-haul. It’s beneficial properties have been associated with its effects on cerebral blood flow and cellular functioning, particularly mitochondrial function, enhancing neural metabolism and supporting nerve cells in the retina and brain and nervous tissue.3, 6 Red light therapy has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Red light therapy can be calming, healing, and has virtually no adverse side effects!
Key benefits of red light therapy:
- Improved cognitive functioning
- Faster wound healing
- Pain relief
- Decreased inflammation
- Beneficial for tinnitus
- Skin rejuvenation, acne
- Hair (re)growth & alopecia
- Decreased muscle fatigue
- Increased muscle recovery
- Beneficial for arthritis
- Decreases anxiety and depression6
- Supports recovery from stroke
- Supports recovery from myocardial infarction
- Supports recovery from degenerative brain disorders1
- Supports recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI)1
- Improved sleep
- Decreased fatigue
- Supportive for fibromyalgia
- Circadian rhythm (sleep/wake cycle) regulation6
- Reduced cellular oxidative stress
- Neuroprotective effects on central nervous system diseases (i.e., Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, TBI, depression)6
- Improved mitochondrial health and energy6
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1 Hashmi JT, Huang YY, Osmani BZ, Sharma SK, Naeser MA, Hamblin MR. Role of low-level laser therapy in neurorehabilitation. PM R. 2010 Dec;2(12 Suppl 2):S292-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.10.013
2 da Silva, M. M., Albertini, R., de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho, P., Leal-Junior, E. C. P., Bussadori, S. K., Vieira, S. S., … & Serra, A. J. (2018). Randomized, blinded, controlled trial on effectiveness of photobiomodulation therapy and exercise training in the fibromyalgia treatment. Lasers in medical Science, 33, 343-351. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-017-2388-2
3 Julio C Rojas & F Gonzalez-Lima (2011) Low-level light therapy of the eye and brain, Eye and Brain, 49-67. https://doi.org/10.2147/EB.S21391
4 Glass, G. E. (2021). Photobiomodulation: The Clinical Applications of Low-Level Light Therapy, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Volume 41, Issue 6, June 2021, Pages 723–738, https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjab025
5 https://spinoff.nasa.gov/NASA-Research-Illuminates-Medical-Uses-of-Light
6 Shirkavand, A., Tavakoli, M. A., & Ebrahimpour, Z. (2023). A brief review of low-level light therapy in depression disorder. Journal of Lasers in Medical Sciences, 14, e55.
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