What is red light therapy?

Red light therapy (RLT) is a treatment that may help skin, muscle tissue, and other parts of your body heal. It exposes you to low levels of red or near-infrared light. Infrared light is a type of energy your eyes can’t see, but your body can feel as heat. Red light is similar to infrared, but you can see it.

Red light therapy is also called low-level laser therapy (LLLT), low-power laser therapy (LPLT), and photobiomodulation (PBM).

Red light therapy is the use of red and infrared to trigger energy-production in the mitochondria. The net result of the energy production is an increase in oxygen, nitric oxide, and blood flow.Over 7000 studies have been done on red light therapy. The vast majority have positive results.

Red light therapy does have many healing benefits, and it’s not a trick or a lie. The reason it’s so capable of dealing positively with so many issues is because it doesn’t work on the issue, it works on the mitochondria. Every cell in the body has mitochondria. That means red light therapy can positively affect trillions of spots in the body.

The discovery of low level light therapy was in 1967 when a Hungarian researcher discovered that light he was testing on mice had the effect of growing back hair he had shaved off their backs.

In the thousands of low level energy light studies done since then, red light therapy has been shown to help non-union fractures to heal; increase collagen on the face; and enable more blood flow and symptom reduction in brain issues including brain injury, dementia, and Parkinson’s.