red light?

[kaypeeoh]

I ordered a red/infrared light as a Parkinson's treatment. The idea that PD is a mitochondrial dysfunction syndrome? And Far InfraRed FIR can improve the body's mitochondria.

I didn't realize it's hard plastic device with multiple LED lights embedded. I have a chronic bad back going back to high school. I laid the plastic against my back for 15 minutes. Then laid it against my left thigh for another 15 minutes. Years ago, I remember a spot on my thigh becoming numb and painful at the same time. I didn't do anything about it and eventually the problem with away. This time I'm wondering if there's a mild nerve pinch in my lumbar spine causing the symptom. So I tried the hard plastic FIR lights. Websites say improvement comes in weeks, not days.

I see rubberized lights exist that can wrap around a knee, shoulder or lumbar back. Anyone know anything about this and whether wrap-around works better than hard plastic?

TIA.

kevin

[Boscoejean]

we did have one of the wraps for the knees but it has not really held up that well over time- it seems to work some of the time and some of the time does not work- it was inexpensive but... on the item you ordered is it with the red light in the 600 nm range and the near infrared light in the 800 range? I think the helmets are in nm ranges that are higher than those numbers like 900-1020 with the idea that in the higher range the infrared light can penetrate into the brain more effectively. I was talking to a practitioner we visit once a month about the red and infrared light and she told me that she had owned a machine that provided this treatment and the idea was that it was helpful to the mitochondria but that eventually the machine broke down even in the professional setting and she could not afford the $30,000 to replace it.

[Psalmody]

sounds interesting. Please keep us posted on whether u feel it improves or not

[kaypeeoh in reply to Psalmody]

I noticed right away that after 15 minutes of the light, my back radiated heat for several hours. Heat means blood cells are dilated and actively healing tissue. Whitten's book says 820nM wavelength stimulates mitochondria.

[Zella23]

My HWP uses a red light hat and uses it every morning, it’s automatic and the programme lasts about 20 minutes. He’s been using it for several years now. We both feel it helps with PD, I notice when we go away and he doesn’t take it. At the same time I purchased a red light pad which operates different programmes for injuries or aches and pains.

My husband has used it for chronic back pain and I’ve used it frequently on my shoulder, where muscles were torn and movement was restricted. It definitely helps with pain.

I also use it on my arthritic hands as the medical professionals can’t really help with pain relief when my hands are painful.

Not to do with red lights but we ve both been taking Um Pea 1000 mgs with luteolin for pain and it’s definitely lessened the pain in my joints.

[Bracondale in reply to Zella23]

Good to hear that the red light devices are working for your husband work, and also PEA...about which I've read many positive things and I found helpful myself for inflammation and mast cell stabilisation. (I take luteolin and rutin separately and get some quercitin from capers every day.)

[CRMACK1948]

We bought a wrap round red light helmet that can be converted to a flat T shaped pad from The Red Light Man in the UK.For red light therapy to work effectively it must be on the skin the further away the less it helps.I think it has helped as a helmet,and calmed gut problems when used flat.His site has lots of useful info about the science, maybe worth reading.

[gaga1958]

have you also looked into methylene blue for mitochondrial dysfunction syndrome?

[kaypeeoh]

Thanks for the notes. I've heard of methylene blue but never tried it.. It's interesting that...."For red light therapy to work effectively it must be on the skin..." I read Ari Whitten's book, Red LIght Therapy and it all makes sense. So I will return the hard plastic red light and look for a flexible version.

kevin