HOW TO MAKE RED LIGHT THERAPY WORK FOR YOU

This lab note is inspired by a question from our group:

Red light therapy has huge potential as a safe, non-toxic therapy for a variety of uses. It works well with our physiology, which developed over billions of years in the context of a watery earth lit and warmed by our sun. And it has an impressive and growing literature base.

But when it comes to discussions of any therapy or tool, we need to be mindful to avoid taking shots in the dark, wondering if this next tool will be the thing that helps. When we have a simple health issue, simply using a new tool can get us out of the rut and back on top of the world.

But if we’ve bene struggling for any length of time, we’ve usually tried a lot of different things to help us get back to help. Some work, some don’t, some seem to help but then life happens and we slide back.

Like with many promising tools, the evidence for its benefit tends to be centered around certain types of health issues, people who are certain stages of healing. If we don’t know how to assess this for ourselves, then we can get stuck trying one thing after another.

When we understand where we’re at in our healing journey, then we’re empowered to know when to use the many tools that we may have at our disposal.