Light Therapy
Red light therapy — and light therapy in general — is the use of the electromagnetic fields of light and infrared to support health. When scientists realized that LEDs could do the same work as lasers, the consumer market for LED light therapy exploded. Learn more about this powerful yet affordable wellness technology.
How Light Therapy Works
Learn the science and concepts driving photobiomodulation (the use of light to heal).
The Complete Book of Ridiculous Red Light Answers
Light therapy heals with photons. A red incandescent bulb throws more heat than light, so it’s not likely to have a light therapy effect. Yes, you can use light therapy to reduce acne scars. Traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s and dementia respond to red and infrared light therapy.
What is a “Dose” of Red Light Therapy?
A dose of red light therapy is a quantity of energy measured in joules from light with a wavelength of 600 to 1200 nanometers. Whether the dose we just defined is actually helpful to the body depends on the wavelength being the right one for the target treatment, and
the energy quantity being sufficient to kick off energy-creation and healing cascades of events.
Dr. Hamblin Explains Photobiomodulation (Red Light Therapy)
Red light mechanism: Mitochondria absorbs the light at cytochrome c oxidase (CCO), and increases membrane potential. Lght activates heat/light gated channels.
What is Red Light Therapy?
Red Light Therapy is the use of red and infrared energy to help the body heal. It does work, with scores of studies backing it up. Users find improvements in skin, muscles, joints, bones and the brain.
Is LED Therapy Effective? Yes. Yes it Is. (study summary)
Low level light therapy works on multiple energy and skin building processes to heal wounds and improve skin conditions. This article discusses 830 nm (infrared) light wave results.
How To Do Light Therapy Treatments
I take successful light therapy studies and explain how to copy them at home.
Does Light Therapy Really Work for Acne?
Red, infrared and blue light therapy reduce acne symptoms. Red and infrared reduce inflammation, redness and bumps. Blue light kills the bacteria P acnes. Blue, red, or infrared work alone and in combination.
Does At Home Light Therapy Work for Psoriasis?
Several studies show that light therapy helps reduce psoriasis symptoms. In order of effectiveness, these lights reduce psoriasis symptoms: Ultraviolet B (UVB), Ultraviolet A (UVA), Blue, Red, Infrared
Four Extremely Successful Acne LED Light Therapy Treatments
In one study, researchers used alternating blue and red light to reduce acne up to 78%. In another, they alternated between blue and red each week to achieve a 69% acne lesion decrease. In the third study, they found that differing red wavelengths both worked well to reduce acne up to 48%. In the fourth, they used a low power laser green light to reduce acne 67%.
What Can You Do for Severe Osteoarthritis of the Knee?
Red light therapy significantly reduces knee osteoarthritis pain. Red light therapy grows connective tissue that osteoarthritis wears away. Multiple studies show that red light therapy significantly improves even severe osteoarthritis of the knee.
Does Red Light Therapy Work for Allergies?
Red light treats the histamine reaction allergies cause. It reduces itchiness, redness, sneezing, coughing, and mucous production. It does not matter if pet dander or pollen triggered the allergies as red light treats the histamine response.
Read This Before Using Red Light Therapy for Photodamage
Yes, you can reverse photoaging. Red, infrared, yellow, and violet light therapy can reduce wrinkles, increase collagen, and smooth out pigmentation issues. Studies show that treatment with these lights reverse photodamage from the sun. While dermatologists offer topical treatments, his article is all about how to reverse photodamage using light therapy.
How Much Red Light Energy Does it Take to Flush Fat?
Red light therapy does flush fat from fat cells with enough energy. A 3.6 J/cm^2 dose of 635 nm red light allows fat to leave the cells.
How to Control Your Appetite with Red Light
Did you know that you are not supposed to be hungry all the time? Alternatively, that eating is supposed to make you feel uncomfortable so that you stop eating?
Four Arthritis Knee Pain Alternatives to Cortizone Shots
Here are four devices that use electromagnetic fields (EMF) to easy arthritis problems. COOLIEF* is implanted at the doctor’s office. The TENS, Red Light Therapy, and PEMF devices are consumer treatments that you use at home without a prescription.
Red Light Therapy Treatment Time Calculator
You can use tools on this site to determine everything you need about your dose and treatment time. This post will show you how.
Use Red Light Therapy to Grow Back Your Hair
Red light therapy is a science-backed hair growth treatment. Hundreds of studies support its use. Thousands more support the use of red light for safe, effective treatment of other conditions. So long as your light has the right coverage, wavelength, and power, there is a very good chance you can use it to stimulate hair growth.
Light and Laser Therapy: CLINICAL PROCEDURES, by Curtis Turchin, MA, DC (book review)
Light and Laser Therapy is an instruction manual for healthcare professionals treating patients using LED and laser devices.
Light Therapy Devices
Red light therapy devices come in at least seven different configurations. There are handhelds, panels, bulbs, headsets, domes and more. Learn where each design helps with getting healing light where you want it.
Best Light Therapy List
These are all the products reviewed on EMF Channel and Best Red Light Therapy.
Best Bulb Red Lights
Therapy bulbs pack a lot of power into a small device. You mount the bulb into a light socket either as a handheld or on a lamp. I buy adjustable lamps for my bulbs or just hold them using a corded socket and switch.
Best Panel Red Lights
Panels are tall units that you hang from the wall or ceilinig (if you do hang it from the ceiling, don’t sleep under it, just in case it isn’t properly fastened). Panels treat large areas of the body and so are good wellness devices. Panels usually run on household electricity, so they are not guarded from emitting non natural EMFs. Allow 6 or more inches between you and the therapy device that runs on household electricity. Panels are best for people who want to absorb light on the widest area in the shortest time.
Best Pad Red Lights
Light therapy pads have a huge advantage over other device designs. You can wrap a pad around the treatment spot for a hands-free session. So long as the pad is battery-operated, you have portability and mobility too.
Best Handheld Panel Red Lights
A handheld light therapy device is small enough to hold in one hand. You use it to target specific areas without affecting anything else. You can reach anywhere with a handheld, with the possible exception of the middle of the back. To move about while using a handheld, get a battery-operated variety.
Best Handheld Red Lights
A handheld light therapy device is small enough to hold in one hand. You use it to target specific areas without affecting anything else. You can reach anywhere with a handheld, with the possible exception of the middle of the back. To move about while using a handheld, get a battery-operated variety.
Best Red Light Comparisons
Pros and cons of handheld, handheld panel, bulb, pad and panel light therapy devices
How to Get a 36″ Red Light Therapy Panel for Way Less Money
You can get a heavily advertised unimaginative “bit name” red light therapy panel, or for 25% less money, you can get a future proofed multi wavelength red light therapy panel with 10,000 pulse frequency options.
Evidence-Based EMF Therapy and Protection
The color blue, a radio wave, and an x-ray beam are each fields of light particles that travel in waves. Also known as “electromagnetic fields” (EMFs), these waves of energy range from weak to powerful. Long waves have relatively little energy per photon. Short waves can knock the electrons right out of your DNA.
Only a tiny part of the spectrum includes the light that we as humans can actually see: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. EMFs can be healthy or harmful. Ultraviolet and blue light are both. Ultraviolet helps us create Vitamin D, and it causes sunburns and skin cancer. Blue light can kill P acnes bacteria, which clears the face, but it can also hurt the eyes.
Red light is a healing EMF because it creates a cascade of energy starting at the mitochondria. This is why red light therapy works for so many problems. EMF Channel explores all the ways the EMFs can help us heal, and how to protect ourselves from the ones that do us harm.
