Learn the Science of Red Light Therapy
Reducing Pain and Inflammation
Millions of Americans experience inflammation, but what is it exactly? This article gives an overview of inflammation: types, causes, symptoms, and treatments. We also look at how red light therapy promotes balance, optimizes cellular function, and supports your body’s response to inflammation and pain.
Why Use Light Therapy?
What is light therapy and why should you use it? We’ll answer those questions below and explain how light therapy treatments can improve your health and help you thrive. With so many other health modalities and therapies out there, it’s natural to be skeptical. In this article, we’ll also show that light therapy is an effective treatment backed by science and peer-reviewed clinical research.
Clinical Studies Data Base
Photobiomodulation reduces abdominal adipose tissue inflammatory infiltrate of diet-induced obese and hyperglycemic mice.
Non-irradiated control animals display inflammatory areas almost five times greater than the treated group (p < 0.001). This result on inflammatory infiltrate may have caused impacts on the significant lower blood glucose level from irradiated animals (p = 0.04), twenty-four hours after the last irradiation session.
Effect of low-level laser therapy on abdominal adipocytes before lipoplasty procedures.
Recently, low-level laser therapy was reported to liquefy or release stored fat in adipocytes by the opening of specialized yet not identified cell membrane-associated pores after a brief treatment. No histologic tissue changes or specifically in adipocyte structure were observed at any depth with the longest low-level laser therapy (60 minutes with superwet fluid). These data do not support the belief that low-level laser therapy treatment before lipoplasty procedures disrupts tissue adipocyte structure.
Histologic Evaluation of Early Bone Regeneration Treated with Simvastatin Associated with Low-Level Laser Therapy.
Greater new bone formation and a lower degree of inflammation were observed in the animals that had bone neoformation at the center of the defect, especially in the LLLT and SIM-LLLT groups. SIM and C groups presented greater angiogenesis than LLLT and SIM-LLLT. SIMLLLT therapy showed a statistically significant reduction in the degree of inflammation when compared to the control group (P < .05).
Influence of broad-spectrum and infrared light in combination with laser irradiation on the proliferation of wounded skin fibroblasts.
Results indicate that 5 J/cm(2) (using 632.8 nm in the dark or 830 nm in the light) is the most effective dose to stimulate cell proliferation, which may ultimately accelerate or improve the rate of wound healing.
The effect of light-emitting diode (590/830 nm)-based low-level laser therapy on posttraumatic edema of facial bone fracture patients.
Our analysis showed a 16.5% reduction of edema in the LLLT group and 7.3% in the sham light group. The edema reduction was statistically significantly greater in the LLLT group than in the sham light group (p < 0.047).
Red Light Combined with Blue Light Irradiation Regulates Proliferation and Apoptosis in Skin Keratinocytes in Combination with Low Concentrations of Curcumin.
In this study, we show that curcumin at low concentrations (1.25–3.12 μM) has a strong anti-proliferative effect on TNF-α-induced psoriasis-like inflammation when applied in combination with light-emitting-diode devices.
Prolotherapy and Low Level Laser Therapy: A Synergistic Approach to Pain Management in Chronic Osteoarthritis.
Regenerative injection therapy and low level laser therapy are alternative remedies known for their success in the treatment and symptomatic management of chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
Effect of laser irradiation on aphthae pain management: A four different wavelengths comparison
Diode lasers 808 nm and 450 nm defined almost the same results with an improvement starting already after the application and gradually improving until 7 days after treatment without any statistically significant difference between them.
Efficacy of low-level laser therapy in pain management after root canal treatment or retreatment: a systematic review.
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) for pain management after root canal treatment or retreatment.
Low-level laser therapy protocols in dental movement acceleration and in pain management during orthodontic treatment.
In recent years various studies about the biostimulatory effects of the laser therapy in orthodontics have been carried out.
The Beneficial Effects of High-Intensity Laser Therapy and Co-Interventions on Musculoskeletal Pain Management: A Systematic Review.
High-intensity laser therapy (HILT) has been used more recently in the therapeutic protocols of pain managements
Influence of various laser therapy methods on knee joint pain and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
One-wave laser irradiation at a dose of 8 J per point and two-wave laser irradiation with doses of 12.4 J and 6.6 J per point significantly improved knee joint function and relieved knee pain in patients with osteoarthritis.