Yesterday’s post introduced the topic of red light therapy, otherwise known as RLT, providing some background information about the concept and some of its benefits. RLT has become more popular in the wellness community in the past few years, which is wonderful, but I do think it is something that could benefit a significant number of people with a little more advocacy and knowledge dedicated to the topic.
I didn’t know much about RLT myself until I started to regularly use an infrared sauna for Lyme disease, and because it has been so advantageous for me, I wanted to write a couple of posts about it in hopes of communicating the pros of it to a broader audience. Again, this information comes from healthline.com.
“According to a 2018 review of research, many studies suggest promising results for the use of RLT, but it’s still controversial. Additional clinical research is needed to confirm its effectiveness.
“That said, studies from the past 20 years suggest that RLT may help:
- promote wound healing and tissue repair
- reduce some cancer treatment side effects, such as oral mucositis, radiation dermatitis, and lymphedema
- improve hair growth in people with androgenic alopecia
- treat carpal tunnel syndrome in the short term
- reduce myopia progression
- reduce psoriasis lesions and burn scars
- reduce neuropathicTrusted Source pain
- improve neural function and protection to improve cognition and memory for people with Alzheimer’s disease
- improve skin complexion and build collagen to diminish wrinkles
- relieve pain and inflammation in people with pain in the Achilles tendons
“RLT may also be used with photosensitizing medications to help treat certain types of cancers. This is referred to as photodynamic therapy. In this type of therapy, the light only serves as an activating agent for the medication,” the web page explains.
Perhaps RLT could be a game-changer for you, too.
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