Red Light Therapy Clinic York
ACTIVE CARE CHIROPRACTIC are proud to offer red light therapy (RLT) to treat all types of pain in your muscles, joints and bones. If you’re experiencing chronic pain or want more out of your chiropractic sessions; this innovative treatment also has added benefits to your health, body and wellbeing. Red Light Therapy can be used alone or with chiropractic treatment.
What Is Red Light Therapy And Does It Work?
Red light therapy works by using near infrared light to create changes in our body similar to how the sun helps us produce Vitamin D. When your skin is exposed to the low level red light whether that be via a lamp, bed or laser device; this is absorbed by the mitochondria in the cells and creates energy, promoting cell repair. There are many reasons a chiropractor uses this treatment: to reduce inflammation, alleviate pain, increase blood circulation and encourage wound healing.
Does Red Light Therapy Work For Pain
Red Light Therapy is extremely effective for treating many different types of pain in your body, from chronic pain to joint and neck pain as well as many others. When your body is exposed to the low level laser light therapy it encourages the cells in the affected areas to rejuvenate, thus alleviating pain and promoting a faster healing time.
Chronic Pain Relief
Treating symptoms of chronic pain is essential for anyone dealing with constant aches and pains that won’t seem to go away on their own. Making an appointment for a session in a red light therapy bed will help to treat pain in your whole body and only takes 15 minutes.
Red Light Therapy To Treat Back Pain
Suffering from back pain is difficult to experience and causes disruptions to your life. Seeking RLT from a chiropractor could be the solution to eliminate your back pain, and by targeting that specific area, you’re able to start your journey towards a pain free life.
Joint Pain Relief
Genetics, injury and excessive strain from your daily routine can all lead to joint pain, which can be disruptive to your life while you are trying to recover. RLT works to alleviate pain in your joints naturally. As this treatment works to reduce inflammation, this has the added benefit of improving your mobility and relieving pain.
Red Light Therapy For Neck Pain
Treating neck pain with a chiropractor is perfect if you don’t want to take medication. Promoting cell repair, our technology can treat your whole body, or target your neck pain specifically by improving the flexibility in your neck and reducing inflammation.
How Does Red Light Therapy Work?
At Active Care Chiropractic, we offer two systems containing the red light therapy technology, as we believe this treatment is beneficial in helping you overcome physical injuries and treat any problematic symptoms you’re experiencing. Depending on what you require, we offer a red light therapy bed as well as a portable device, to target your whole body or just specific areas.
NovoTHOR® red light therapy bed
The Red Light Therapy bed by NovoTHOR® can treat your whole body in less than 15 minutes. If you want to experience the benefits to your whole body, this is the best technology for you, helping to increase blood circulation and helping your muscles relax.
LX2 Thor targeted red light therapy
The LX2 is a handheld laser treatment that can precisely target the pain in specific parts of your body. Perfect if you require treatment for a section of your body that’s been causing you problems, such as a recent injury to your neck or shoulder.
Red Light Therapy Bed Benefits
There are a number of benefits of using red light therapy, to make changes in your body which will also improve your mobility, reduce pain and increase circulation.
Increased Blood Circulation
Choosing to receive this treatment increases blood circulation, by promoting blood flow to the tissue in your body. An increase in circulation helps to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the body’s cells, leaving you feeling energised, refreshed and rejuvenated.
Reduce Inflammation
There are many different causes of inflammation in the body, whether that be genetic, from your body being under excessive stress or a recent injury. As this treatment increases blood flow, it’s an extremely effective method of reducing inflammation in your body, thus relieving pain and promoting healing.
Injury Recovery
Recovering from a sports injury can be a long, uncomfortable process as you’re waiting for your body to heal, which can be disruptive to your life. RLT from a chiropractor helps to repair tissue damage thus helping your body heal faster so you can get back into your sport as quickly as possible.
Collagen Production
When exposed to red light therapy your body starts to increase collagen production, which leads to healthy skin, joints and bones. This can also prevent joint pain as when collagen is at a healthy level, this reduces friction and supports the function of your joints.
Increase energy improve performance
When your cells are exposed to red light therapy it encourages the body to function more efficiently. It’s also been shown to improve muscle performance, which is ideal if you’re an athlete and are training for a sport.
ADDED BENEFITS OF RED LIGHT THERAPY
As well as the well known benefits red light therapy is actually known to have many cosmetic benefits too such as:
Treat Acne
Helping to repair tissue damage, the added benefit of using this treatment is that it reduces the appearance of acne. It also decreases the appearance of scar tissue promoting acne scars to appear less visible as they begin to fade.
Decreases Hyperpigmentation
As this treatment decreases inflammation and increases cell repair, it’s perfect to decrease the appearance of skin issues such as hyperpigmentation. It also increases your skin’s resistance to UV rays which will help prevent skin conditions from developing or prevent your existing skin condition from worsening.
Anti-Aging Benefits
Using this treatment helps to promote a youthful appearance through encouraging collagen production, which is responsible for the elasticity of the skin. You can use this to treat the first signs of ageing such as fine lines and wrinkles, as well as helping your skin maintain its firmness.
Increases Sleep
An added benefit of using red light therapy is that it can help to regulate your sleep cycle. When you’re exposed to this treatment it leads to your body producing more of the natural hormone melatonin which encourages sleep.
Treat Acne
Helping to repair tissue damage, the added benefit of using this treatment is that it reduces the appearance of acne. It also decreases the appearance of scar tissue promoting acne scars to appear less visible as they begin to fade.
Decreases Hyperpigmentation
As this treatment decreases inflammation and increases cell repair, it’s perfect to decrease the appearance of skin issues such as hyperpigmentation. It also increases your skin’s resistance to UV rays which will help prevent skin conditions from developing or prevent your existing skin condition from worsening.
anti-aging benefits
Using this treatment helps to promote a youthful appearance through encouraging collagen production, which is responsible for the elasticity of the skin. You can use this to treat the first signs of ageing such as fine lines and wrinkles, as well as helping your skin maintain its firmness.
increases sleep
An added benefit of using red light therapy is that it can help to regulate your sleep cycle. When you’re exposed to this treatment it leads to your body producing more of the natural hormone melatonin which encourages sleep.
What Are The Side Effects Of Red Light Therapy?
Red light therapy is a completely safe treatment unlike UV light which is a much stronger form of radiation. Red light therapy exposes you to light that is natural therefore there are minimal risks to using this treatment. This is why it’s important to seek this treatment from a registered chiropractor so you can be sure this treatment is performed properly and safely, in order to receive the benefits without having to worry about potential side effects.
Cost Of Red Light Therapy From Chiropractors
The price for full body Red Light Therapy is £40 for a 30 minute appointment. At Active Care Chiropractic there will be no additional cost for targeted red light therapy if it’s provided as part of your standard chiropractic session. You can also choose to make appointments for NovoThor® treatment as a separate session or combined with, before or after your regular chiropractic session.