Alpha Chiropractic
Red Light Therapy
Available July 1st***
Red light therapy doesn't just help with pain. It helps your life as a whole. Not only does it help with pain but it has anti-aging treatment, reduced inflammation, and facilitates faster healing.
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Our BIOMAX series panels feature two red wavelengths, three NIR wavelengths, as well as trace amounts of blue and infrared wavelengths to give you the most comprehensive treatment possible, from antibacterial properties on the skin surface to deep tissue healing.
Improved Sleep
The China Institute of Sport Science conducted a study on twenty elite female basketball players and found that adding 30 minutes of red light therapy every night for two weeks resulted in increased melatonin levels and better sleep quality, which translated to better on-court performance.
Another 2016 study found: "significant effects of light therapy for all sleep problems combined, as well as for CRSD, insomnia, sleep problems related to Alzheimer's disease/dementia, and other types of sleep problems. The effects were in the expected directions, indicating that light therapy was effective in diminishing sleep problems."
van Maanen A, Meijer AM, van der Heijden KB, Oort FJ. The effects of light therapy on sleep problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Med Rev. 2016 Oct;29:52-62. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2015.08.009. Epub 2015 Sep 9. PMID: 26606319.
Zhao J, Tian Y, Nie J, Xu J, Liu D. Red light and the sleep quality and endurance performance of Chinese female basketball players. J Athl Train. 2012 Nov-Dec;47(6):673-8. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-47.6.08. PMID: 23182016; PMCID: PMC3499892.
How RL helps post workout?
Red light therapy increases blood flow to the area to speed up healing. According to a 2016 study, it also has an analgesic effect, which means pain relief. The treatment has also been shown effective in relieving pain from delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS.
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Because of the demands of training, which sometimes leads to overtraining, some athletes suffer from chronic inflammation. Acute inflammation, which shows up as swelling, pain, and redness, is a necessary part of healing. These symptoms go away as the body part heals.
But chronic inflammation, which can result from overtraining or from other causes, interferes with cellular performance and disrupts healing. Red light therapy is well known for its anti-inflammatory properties.
Recude Inflammation/Pain
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Anti-aging Treatment
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