Blog – Essential Light Therapy

“Silent Epidemic”— Beating Traumatic Brain Injuries with Light Therapy

There exists a “silent epidemic” in America: traumatic brain injury (TBI). Brain injuries are a result of sports injuries to car crashes to falls. Resulting in fogginess to headaches to sleepless nights to memory loss. These symptoms have…

Winter Cold and the Affect on Neuropathy

With winter in full gear, the winter cold has an effect on neuropathy. It can magnify sensitivity. The nerve pain seems to intensify no matter what you do. And all those layered socks don’t seem to help at all. Why winter cold can hurt Being…

Health Goals

The Year of Health Goals Health goals are at the top of your list. You're re-evaluating your life choices. Start small. Think in terms of the day's resolution, not the years. The perfect time to try light therapy, perhaps? You don't know…

Every day is Light Therapy Day

Every day is Light Therapy Day Light therapy, you have been in my life every day for the past 2 years. You help me through my stomach aches, comfort me when I throw my back out, relax me when I have a stressful day, take away the sting…

Effect of LLLT on serum vitamin D & magnesium levels in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy…January 18, 2019 - 12:00 PM
Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy on serum vitamin D and magnesium levels in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy – A pilot study M Anju 1, Lincy Chacko 1, Yenoshan Chettupalli 1, Arun G Maiya 2, Velladath Saleena Ummer 3 Affiliation 1 Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. 2 Department of Physiotherapy, […]
Effects of photobiomodulation on experimental models of peripheral nerve injuryOctober 23, 2017 - 12:00 PM
Effects of photobiomodulation on experimental models of peripheral nerve injury L Andreo 1, C B Soldera 2, B G Ribeiro 2, P R V de Matos 3, S K Bussadori 1,2, K P S Fernandes 1, R A Mesquita-Ferrari 4,5 Affiliation 1 Postgraduate Program in Biophotonics Applied to Health Sciences, University Nove de Julho (UNINOVE), Rua Vergueiro, 349, São Paulo, SP, CEP 01504001, Brazil. 2 Postgraduate […]
Effect of Laser Therapy on Chronic Osteoarthritis of the Knee in Older SubjectsMarch 27, 2016 - 12:00 PM
Effect of Laser Therapy on Chronic Osteoarthritis of the Knee in Older Subjects Enas Fawzey Youssef 1, Qassim Ibrahim Muaidi 2, Alsayed Abdelhameed Shanb 1 Affiliation 1Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. 2Chairman of Physical Therapy Department; Vice Dean for Academic Affairs of College of Applied Medical […]
The Use of Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) For Musculoskeletal PainJune 9, 2015 - 12:00 PM
The Use of Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) For Musculoskeletal Pain Howard B Cotler 1,2,*, Roberta T Chow 3, Michael R Hamblin 4,5,6, and James Carroll 7 Affiliation 1 Gulf Coast Spine Care LTD, USA 2 Laser Health Spa LLC, USA 3 Brain and Spine Research Institute, University of Sydney, Australia 4 Wellman Center for Photo […]
Adjunctive use of combination of phototherapy on nonspecific knee pain…May 21, 2014 - 12:00 PM
Adjunctive use of a combination of super-pulsed laser and light-emitting diodes phototherapy on nonspecific knee pain: a double-blinded randomized placebo-controlled trial Ernesto Cesar Pinto Leal-Junior 1, Douglas Scott Johnson, Anita Saltmarche, Timothy Demchak Affiliation 1 Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE), Rua Vergueiro 235, 01504-001, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ernesto.leal.junior@gmail.com. PMID: 24844921 DOI: […]
Unique Use of Near-Infrared Light Source to Treat PainMay 1, 2012 - 12:00 PM
Unique Use of Near-Infrared Light Source to Treat Pain A pilot study using a cosmetic device shows promise in reducing musculoskeletal pain in the foot, ankle, wrist, and knee joints. By Everett M. Lautin, MD, FACR, and Suzanne M. Levine, DPM. RPT Debilitating foot and ankle pain are the banes of many patients. The sufferer […]
The nuts and bolts of low-level laser (light) therapyNovember 2, 2011 - 12:00 PM
The Nuts and Bolts of Low-Level Laser (Light) Therapy Hoon Chung 1,2, Tianhong Dai1,2, Sulbha K Sharma1, Ying-Ying Huang1,2,3, James D Carroll4, Michael R Hamblin1,2,5 Author Information 1 Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 2 Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 3 Aesthetic and Plastic Center of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s […]