Red light therapy has been used as a treatment for a variety of skin issues ever since it became popular. In its early days, red light therapy was discovered for pain relief and wound healing.
That’s right: Your favorite LED light therapy can be part of your skincare routine to help you achieve lasting pain relief. In this article, we’ll give you a comprehensive guide to how red light can treat pain, inflammation, and mobility.
How Red Light Therapy Helps Relieve Inflammation and Pain
Let’s take a look at the clinically proven, well-documented anti-inflammatory benefits of red light therapy.
Increases Blood Flow
Red light therapy reduces inflammation by increasing blood flow to damaged tissue, ensuring that affected cells receive oxygen and nutrients for tissue regeneration.
Prevents Oxidative Stress
Red light is known to inhibit oxidative stress, which refers to an imbalance of free radicals and antioxidants in the body. If left unchecked, oxidative stress can cause cell and tissue damage while leading to chronic inflammation. Red light can boost your body’s antioxidant protection, helping to keep free radical levels low.
Stimulates Collagen Production
If these benefits weren’t compelling enough, red light can also boost collagen production. Collagen promotes the development of cartilage, a connective tissue that absorbs impact and prevents friction in your body’s joints. Especially for people with chronic joint pain caused by arthritis, this benefit can be valuable for long-term pain management.
Increases ATP Production
For muscle pain, red light therapy offers another key benefit: increased ATP production. ATP is a molecule that provides energy to cells and is the fuel they need to function properly. After red light treatment, ATP comes to your body’s rescue, helping to heal soft tissue damage and keep your cells functioning properly.
LED Therapy for Pain and Inflammation: Clinical Results
At Sgrow, we take evidence very seriously, and when it comes to LED light therapy for chronic pain, the evidence is plentiful! Below are just a few of the many clinical studies that support LED light therapy for pain, inflammation, and injury recovery.
LED Therapy for Arthritis
In 100 patients with degenerative knee osteoarthritis, red and infrared light therapy reduced arthritis pain by more than 60%. With red light therapy, people were also able to wait longer after their last treatment before going for further treatments.
LED Therapy for Chronic Back Pain
In a clinical study, patients with chronic back pain were treated with infrared light therapy. They were asked to rate their pain levels on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being no pain and 10 being the worst possible pain.
Before light therapy, the average pain score was 7 out of 10. After light therapy, the average pain score was only 3 out of 10!
LED therapy for acute injuries
A 2020 clinical trial found that patients with ankle sprains who received LED therapy for one week experienced significantly less pain and a greater reduction in swelling than those who did not receive LED therapy.
In another study, 76.5% of student athletes with injuries (including sprains, strains, tendinitis, bruises, and ligament injuries) reported being satisfied or very satisfied after 4 to 6 sessions of red light therapy.
Customer feedback
We have also received a lot of positive feedback from customers about our red light products. Customers like our products very much. Our red light therapy has helped them a lot in suppressing pain and anti-inflammation; this gives us more confidence that our products have a great help in suppressing pain and anti-inflammation
