LIGHT THERAPY & TANNING KNOWLEDGE
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Can Red Light Therapy Enhance Muscle Strength?
Australian and Brazilian scientists investigated the effects of light therapy on exercise muscle fatigue in 18 young women. Wavelength: 904nm Dose: 130J Light therapy was administered before exercise, and the exercise consisted of one set of 60 concentric quadricep contractions. Women who receive...Read more -
Can Red Light Therapy Build Muscle Bulk?
In 2015, Brazilian researchers wanted to find out if light therapy could build muscle and enhance strength in 30 male athletes. The study compared one group of men who used light therapy + exercise with a group that did exercise only and a control group. The exercise program was 8-weeks of knee ...Read more -
Can Red Light Therapy Melt Body Fat?
Brazilian scientists from the Federal University of São Paulo tested the effects of light therapy (808nm) on 64 obese women in 2015. Group 1: Exercise (aerobic & resistance) training + phototherapy Group 2: Exercise (aerobic & resistance) training + no phototherapy. The study took place...Read more -
Can Red Light Therapy Boost Testosterone?
Rat study A 2013 Korean study by scientists from Dankook University and Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital tested light therapy on the serum testosterone levels of rats. 30 rats aged six weeks were administered either red or near-infrared light for one 30 minute treatment, everyday for 5 days. “Se...Read more -
History Of Red Light Therapy – The Birth of the LASER
For those of you who are unaware LASER is actually an acronym standing for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. The laser was invented in 1960 by American physicist Theodore H. Maiman, but it wasn’t until 1967 that Hungarian physician and surgeon Dr. Andre Mester that ...Read more -
History Of Red Light Therapy – Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman use of Light Therapy
Since the dawn of time, the medicinal properties of light have been recognized and utilized for healing. Ancient Egyptians constructed solariums fitted with colored glass to harness specific colors of the visible spectrum to heal disease. It was the Egyptians who first recognize that if you co...Read more -
Can Red Light Therapy Cure COVID-19 Here’s The Evidence
Wondering how you can prevent yourself from contracting COVID-19? There are plenty of things that you can do to strengthen your body’s defenses against all viruses, pathogens, microbes and all known diseases. Things like vaccines are cheap alternatives and vastly inferior to many of the n...Read more -
Proven Benefits Of Red Light Therapy – Enhance Brain Function
Nootropics (pronounced: no-oh-troh-picks), also called smart drugs or cognitive enhancers, have undergone a dramatic spike in popularity in recent years and are being used by many people to enhance brain functions like memory, creativity and motivation. The effects of red light on enhancing brain...Read more -
Proven Benefits Of Red Light Therapy – Increase Testosterone
Throughout history, the essence of a man has been linked to his primary male hormone testosterone. At around the age of 30, testosterone levels begin to decline and this can result in a number of negative changes to his physical health and wellbeing: reduced sexual function, low energy levels, r...Read more -
Proven Benefits Of Red Light Therapy – Increase Bone Density
Bone density and the ability of the body to build new bone is important for people recovering from injuries. It’s also important for all of us as we age since our bones tend to progressively become weaker in time, increasing our risk of fractures. The bone-healing benefits of red and infr...Read more -
Proven Benefits Of Red Light Therapy-Accelerate Wound Healing
Whether it’s from physical activity or chemical pollutants in our food and environment, we all sustain injuries regularly. Anything that can help accelerate the body’s healing process can free up resources and allow it to focus on maintaining optimal health rather than the healing it...Read more -
Red Light Therapy and Animals
Red (and infrared) light therapy is an active and well studied scientific field, dubbed the ‘photosynthesis of humans’. Also known as; photobiomodulation, LLLT, led therapy and others – light therapy seems to have a broad range of applications. It supports general health, but also tre...Read more