Ease your aches and using LED Light Therapy for pain

Light therapy works by stimulating or inhibiting processes in your body that affects healing or pain.

Pain occurs when sensory receptors throughout the body send a message to the brain via the spinal cord. The brain then processes the information which will result in a sensation of pain, this is our body’s protective systems keep us safe and stops us from doing a specific behaviour.

LED therapy is a natural, effective and free from side effects, and has shown great therapeutic potential in clinical trials to reliving pain.

How does LED (light-emitting diode) therapy work.

Light interacts with the skin in four ways:

1.      Transmission through the skin;

2.      Absorption into the skin;

3.      Diffusion; and

4.      Reflection away from the skin.

LED wavelengths (not visible to the human eye) are known to benefit the human body when light is transmitted through the skin and reaches the targeted tissue such as an injured muscle.

As the light reaches the skin, particles of light (photons) are absorbed by light sensitive molecules called chromophores within each cell’s mitochondria – the ‘energy centre’ of each cell. Much like recharging a battery, this process amounts to an abundance of energy within each cell that promotes healing of skin, bone, muscles and connective tissues.

Triggers a complex chain reactions that can

·        Speed wound healing and tissue regeneration

·        Increase Circulation

·        Reduce acute inflammation

·        Help restore normal cellular function

·        Reduce acute and chronic pain

Unlike ultraviolet light this treatment will not burn the skin, and does not have any harmful effects.

How does LED help with Chronic Pain?

The Healite II LED uses near-infrared which reduces chronic inflammation because it is absorbed deeper into the body’s tissues and positively affects the organs, large muscles and innermost connective tissue.

LED therapy

·        increases collagen production,

·        Increases blood flow,

·        activates stem cells,

·        helps with Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, and

·        Relieves lower back pain.

Light therapy works at a cellular level to promote optional cell functioning. LED is placed near the skin over the area of pain. Pain is decreased when less of the pain signals reaches the brain. When getting treated with light therapy you will feel some warmth penetrating your skin and muscles, the warmth calms the mind and makes you feel relaxed. This in turn will activate your parasympathetic nervous system the body’s ‘rest and digest’ which will help to relieve stress that is known to amplify pain.