May. 29, 2024
How does red light therapy relieve pain?
Red light therapy is an expert-proven natural pain treatment. Studies show that red light penetrates deeply into your tissues, making muscles more flexible, thereby relieving chronic pain such as back pain, muscle pain, knee and joint pain, and improving healing after injuries and surgeries without the need for painkillers or other over-the-counter medications.
Optimize cell function
One important way red light therapy relieves pain is by stimulating the production of ATP in the mitochondria, promoting more energy and allowing cells to function optimally. This in turn allows cells to heal and regenerate faster. Greater cell function accelerates healing throughout the body. This results in faster muscle regeneration, reduced chronic inflammation, restoration of exposed nerves, and other benefits that help relieve many types of pain in the body.
Increase blood flow
Another significant benefit of red light therapy for pain relief is its ability to enhance blood circulation in the body, especially to damaged tissue. Improved blood flow efficiently delivers oxygen and nutrients to needed tissues, which is critical to the healing process. Increased blood circulation also improves the removal of waste products and inflammatory by-products from tissues, thereby promoting a cleaner internal environment that facilitates wound healing and relieves pain.
Enhance cell repair and regeneration
Red light therapy activates cytochrome C oxidase, a key component of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, by irradiating light into cells, leading to increased efficiency of respiration and improved ATP synthesis. These improved energies can enhance cell regeneration or repair damaged cells.
Cell repair and regeneration are critical for wound healing and pain relief. Damaged cells release signals that trigger pain and attract immune cells to the damaged site to begin healing. By enhancing cell repair and regeneration, red light therapy helps damaged cells repair faster, effectively relieves pain and reduces inflammation.
Finally, many studies now show that red light therapy has been shown to reduce pain and inflammation, making it suitable for arthritis, muscle soreness, joint pain, etc.
