What is Whole Body Photobiomodulation PBM Therapy?
PBM Therapy, previously known as Low-Level Laser Therapy, is the application of red and near infrared light to the tissue where there is degeneration or injury, to stimulate tissue regeneration, and reduce inflammation and pain. PBM Therapy appears too good to be true as it does many things, but really it does just one thing and it does it very well. It reduces oxidative stress at the cellular level. Oxidative stress is accepted as the underlying trigger for most diseases and degenerative conditions. It is also a component of the inflammatory phase of acute and chronic injuries.
In recent studies, pretreatment with photobiomodulation has also been clinically shown to increase ATP, increase blood flow, as well as improve biomarkers for injury and inflammation (including reduced lactate, creatine kinase, and C Reactive Protein) after exercise contributing to more power, less fatigue, and faster recovery.
Michael Hamblin, a Ph.D. associate professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School and a principal investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, states the use of PBM Therapy “can provide such benefits as the increased healing of chronic wounds, improvements in sports injuries …, pain reduction in arthritis and neuropathies….” He said in an interview that the “efficacy of such devices is now supported by at least 5000 peer-reviewed papers.” “It is not only for pain and recovery, but it has major effects helping in training,” Hamblin said. “If you use light therapy combined with a training regimen, the training is a lot more productive. You put on more muscle and can exert more work. Everything works better.”
Unlike drugs and surgery, PBM Therapy promotes regeneration, reduces inflammation and pain, is non-toxic and non-invasive, and has no side effects.
While there are over 400 studies, the main effects that researchers seem to be sharing boils down to 4 cellular processes:
- Inflammation A reduction in oxidative stress and inflammation has been shown in nearly every study and this seems to be the most recognized cellular benefit – Inflammation is the leading cause of disease, including cancer, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, fibromyalgia, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. A full body system treats the entire body – the largest organ, your skin and the largest mass, your muscles. The entire body is illuminated by the system using the same energies, shown ineffective in 30 years of research.
- Reduce Toxicity Toxic threshold is a point whereby the body is overloaded with its ability to process internal and external toxicity. This is the point where most naturopath and integrative medical doctors suggest disease originates. What we want for peak performance is to minimize toxins and optimize nutrients and energy.Photobiomodulation seems to detoxify the body of waste and free radicals. Adding a multiwave system to a full body chamber, might prove to reduce toxicity in different ways, at different cellular depths, and present different healing signatures. This reduces the energy the body dedicates to fighting over toxicity and reallocates it towards performance.Think of your body like a 1000 watt light bulb. You have 1000 watts available to manage trillions of processes. Stress and anxiety might steal 100 watts from that total and it can cause inflammation. Environmental and food toxicity can cause LGS (leaky gut) which escalates into cellular toxicity and inflammation which might steal another 200 watts. Even something as simple as desire consumes energy. The brain, which consumes the majority of energy the body, dedicates energy to focus on what is desired.The focus of audiobiomodulation is to reduce stress and anxiety and calm the mind from distracting focus points. The focus of full body multiwave photobiomodulation is to create detoxification and energy production throughout the entire body in as many ways as we can and for as much of the body as we can.
Free of side effects, the benefits accumulate. You Just Get Better.
- An increase in cellular energy – The current theory of aging is based on the dysfunction of the energy producing mitochondria. The older we get the more oxidative stress we accumulate and the more damaged our mitochondria become. Mitochondria to a cell, is like a motor to a car. ATP is like gasoline. The respiratory chain inside the mitochondria is kind of like the fuel pump, fuel line and fuel injectors of a car.So imagine a 4 cylinder motor in a car with 250,000 miles on it. Things go wrong with the motor, the fuel pumps go out, the fuel lines get clogged and it stops being able to use the gasoline.Photobiomodulation is kind of like cleaning up the fuel system and replacing the motor with a brand new V8. The increase in energy production is coupled with the reduction of oxidative stress and inflammation. This new healthy energy trickles down into the tissues, organs and systems. These side effects are all positive. You just get better. You have less toxicity to fight, less inflammation, and more energy to fight it with.You just get better – the side effects are good.
- Increased circulation – Photobiomodulation seems to stimulate the angiogenesis of new arteries which increases the circulation of nutrients to the cells. Now your cells are fed with not just energy, but nutrients and done so within a less toxic cellular environment.You just get better – the side effects are goodAn arthritis patient may for example find that photobiomodulation reduces pain. At the same time, they may find that their skin starts to look better. That sprained knee that happened falling off the step seems to be gone. And they are sleeping better and waking up more refreshed because of the better assimilation of ATP.You just get better, the side effects are good.
Traditional medicine treats toxic threshold with toxic chemicals or procedures. While it may alleviate some really nasty symptoms, the additional toxicity wears on the body.
What we ultimately want is to feed and energize the cells while we reduce toxicity. Photobiomodulation seems to do this.
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