Red Light Therapy Treatments

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Red light therapy treatments   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM8SR11Oazw   Watch this podcast with Joe Rogan for more information.

Red light therapy (RLT) is a therapeutic technique that uses low level wavelengths of red light to help treat skin conditions, such as wrinkles and psoriasis.

In the 1990s, light-emitting diode (LED) technology was used by scientists to help grow potatoes in space. The intense red LEDs helped promote photosynthesis.

Red light was then studied for its potential medicinal application during space travel. Supposedly, it also helped wounds on the scientists’ hands heal faster. Researchers hoped it would help treat the muscle atrophy, slow wound healing, and bone density issues caused by weightlessness in space.

How RLT works

RLT works by repetitively exposing your skin to low levels of red and near-infrared light for a certain period of time. At low wavelengths, red light doesn’t generate heat and penetrates the skin between 1 and 2 millimeters, according to 2013 research.

This red light exposure may produce a positive biochemical effect in your cells that strengthens the mitochondria, which is where the cell’s energy is created. RLT may do this by increasing the transportation of electrons, oxygen consumption, and your levels of ATP (adenosine triphosphate).

By increasing the energy of the mitochondria, cells may function more efficiently, as well as rejuvenate and repair themselves.

LEDs are gaining popularity over lasers as the chosen RLT light source because they’re nonablative and nonthermal. Plus, according to the 2013 research, they may help:

  • increase blood flow
  • reduce inflammation
  • increase levels of collagen
  • increase the production of fibroblast

We recommend 3 Red light therapy treatments per week for maximum effect.

According to a 2018 review of research, many studies suggest promising results for the use of RLT, but it’s still controversial.

Studies from the past 20 years suggest that RLT may help:

  • promote wound healing and tissue repair
  • reduce some cancer treatment side effects, such as oral mucositis, radiation dermatitis, and lymphedema
  • improve hair growth in people with androgenic alopecia
  • treat carpal tunnel syndrome in the short term
  • reduce myopia progression
  • reduce psoriasis lesions and burn scars
  • reduce neuropathic pain
  • improve neural function and protection to improve cognition and memory for people with Alzheimer’s disease
  • improve skin complexion and build collagen to diminish wrinkles
  • relieve pain and inflammation in people with pain in the Achilles tendons

RLT may also be used with photosensitizing medications to help treat certain types of cancers. This is referred to as photodynamic therapy. In this type of therapy, the light only serves as an activating agent for the medication.

 

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