Photobiomodulation: What You Need To Know About This Incredible Healing Modality
Many species inherently take advantage of the power of light. You’ve probably seen a reptile sunning mid-day, stretched across pavement or draped over a rock. If you’ve ever laid in the sun, you may have noticed that within a few minutes, you begin to feel relaxed and maybe even a bit drowsy. I can’t count the number of times I’ve fallen asleep and remained in direct sunlight far longer than I’d planned. That is just one example of the body’s response to intense light. But there’s so much more light can offer.
Photobiomodulation refers to the therapeutic use of laser or LED light to effect beneficial changes within the body. Light therapies are soothing, relaxing, and restorative. Red light therapy is one example that has featured prominently for the last several years. If administered at specific therapeutic wavelengths, light can penetrate deeply, stimulating our cells’ mitochondria — our energy powerhouses — initiating a cascade of biological processes including increasing cellular metabolism, enhancing wound healing, reducing inflammation, improving blood flow, and aiding in muscle function. These benefits have important implications in the management of overweight/obesity, cardiovascular disease, stress, autoimmunity, arthritis, insomnia, fatigue/exhaustion, pain, post-stroke and post-spinal cord injury recovery, and many, many other conditions.
At Integrated Wellness, I offer both laser and whole-body red light therapy, which are beneficial in both body contouring and functional wellness treatments. With respect to body contouring, SIX-wavelength LipoLaser is used to create pores in fat cells, allowing lipids to drain and to be excreted for fat reduction, but the laser light also relieves pain, relaxes the nervous system, smooths and firms skin, and increases cellular metabolism. For those seeking functional wellness, including weight loss and gut-healing, both laser and whole-body red light therapy are beneficial to calming the nervous system to manage stress hormones, and in modulating cellular metabolism to enhance deep healing. Studies further demonstrate the efficacy of red light therapy in fat loss. The color of the light influences the benefits it provides, and I can treat a wide range of skin conditions, including sun damage, wrinkles, acne, rosacea, eczema, and hyperpigmentation with facial light therapy. Clients absolutely LOVE these treatments, whether facial or whole-body, for their gentle warmth and soothing effects. Many will even doze off during treatment!
Light therapies are included in some treatment packages and can be added to others, although there is a substantial discount in package pricing. If you wish to see for yourself the amazing benefits of photobiomodulation, give me a call at (406) 219-7874 or book on either the “Non-Invasive Body Contouring” page or the “Weight Loss & Gut Health” page linked in the top menu. I look forward to being a part of your healing journey!