{"id":1069,"date":"2020-06-04T16:04:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T15:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/04\/red-light-therapy-5-reasons-to-try-photobiomodulation-bio-hacking-scientific-results\/"},"modified":"2020-06-04T16:04:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T15:04:46","slug":"red-light-therapy-5-reasons-to-try-photobiomodulation-bio-hacking-scientific-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/04\/red-light-therapy-5-reasons-to-try-photobiomodulation-bio-hacking-scientific-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Light Therapy | 5 Reasons to Try Photobiomodulation | Bio-hacking (Scientific Results)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UrUxUvUJH1I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Click Here to Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/Bit.ly\/ThomasVid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/Bit.ly\/ThomasVid<\/a><br \/>\nCheck out Joovv&#8217;s Red Light Therapy Devices: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joovv.com\/Thomas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.joovv.com\/Thomas<\/a><br \/>\nMy Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/ThomasDeLauer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/ThomasDeLauer.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Red Light Therapy | 5 Reasons to Try Photobiomodulation | Bio-Hacking (Scientific Results)<\/p>\n<p>Benefits:<br \/>\nAnti-Inflammatory-<br \/>\nRed light therapy limits the inflammatory response and reduces oxidative damage by reducing inflammatory cytokines (TNF-a, IL-1A, and IL-6)<\/p>\n<p>Skin\/Joint\/Hair Health:<br \/>\nLLLT aids skin rejuvenation through increasing collagen production. Increase in collagen production occurs by LLLT\u2019s increasing effects on PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor) and fibroblast production which happens through decreasing apoptosis, increasing vascular perfusion, bFGF and TGF-\u03b2<\/p>\n<p>Sleep:<br \/>\nRegulation of melatonin and temperature is controlled by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the hypothalamus of the brain, which fluctuates cyclically but needs an external stimulus to maintain a consistent 24-hour cycle. The mechanism of light therapy for sleep is believed to be via stimulation of the SCN, effectively correcting the timing and\/or strengthening the amplitude body\u2019s circadian cycles.<\/p>\n<p>Study &#8211; Journal of Athletic Training:<br \/>\nTwenty athletes (considered elite female basketball players) were divided into red-light treatment (n = 10) and placebo (n = 10) groups. The red-light treatment participants received 30 minutes of irradiation from a red-light therapy every night for 14 days &#8211; the placebo group did not receive light illumination. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire was completed, serum melatonin was assessed, and 12-minute run was performed at pre intervention (baseline) and post intervention (14 days.) The 14-day whole-body irradiation with red-light treatment improved the sleep, serum melatonin level, and endurance performance of the subjects. Specifically, they found that at pre-intervention, there was no difference between the red-light treatment (22.2 \u00b1 7.2 pg\/mL) and placebo (21.7 \u00b1 6.8 pg\/mL) groups (Picograms Per Millilitre.) At post intervention, participants in the red-light treatment group (38.8 \u00b1 6.7 pg\/mL) demonstrated greater improvement in serum melatonin level than the placebo group (23.8 \u00b1 7.3 pg\/mL<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23182016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23182016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Performance &#038; Recovery:<br \/>\nStudy &#8211; Lasers in Medicinal Science-<br \/>\nA single phototherapy intervention was performed immediately after pre-exercise (baseline) maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) with red light or placebo in six sites of quadriceps.<br \/>\n*MVC is a standardized method for measurement of muscle strength in patients*<\/p>\n<p>MVC, delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), and creatine kinase (CK) activity were analyzed. Assessments were performed before, 1 min, 1, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h after eccentric exercise protocol employed to induce fatigue. Phototherapy increased MVC was compared to placebo from immediately after to 96 h after exercise. DOMS was significantly decreased compared to placebo from immediately after to 96 h after exercise. CK activity was significantly decreased compared to placebo with phototherapy as well.<\/p>\n<p>Possible Mechanisms:<br \/>\nSome physiological effects attributed to red light therapy are related to soft tissue metabolism:<br \/>\nAcross different disorders, increased microcirculation, enhanced ATP synthesis, and stimulation of mitochondrial respiratory chain and mitochondrial function have been observed after red light therapy.<br \/>\nReduction of ROS release and creatine phosphokinase activity, and increased production of antioxidants and heat shock proteins are believed to play a role here.<\/p>\n<p>For Neurodegeneration:<br \/>\nRed light therapy has been reported to induce reductions in \u03b2-amyloid plaques, together with increased ATP levels and improved overall mitochondrial function. Red light therapy treatment increases ATP levels and overall cell number, while reducing \u03b2-amyloid plaques. First, RLT acts at a cellular level, activating intracellular cascades that ultimately contribute to the survival of the target, and possibly neighboring, cells and\/or stimulating neurogenesis. Second, RLT appears capable of triggering systemic protective mechanisms; this presumably involves as yet unidentified circulating cellular or humoral factors that can transduce protective effects to the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Resources:<br \/>\n1) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24942380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24942380<\/a><br \/>\n2)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/33385816\/Phototherapy_in_skeletal_muscle_performance_and_recovery_after_exercise_effect_of_combination_of_super-pulsed_laser_and_light-emitting_diodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/33385816\/Phototherapy_in_skeletal_muscle_performance_and_recovery_after_exercise_effect_of_combination_of_super-pulsed_laser_and_light-emitting_diodes<\/a><br \/>\n3)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/325118.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/325118.php<\/a><br \/>\n4)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4707222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4707222\/<\/a><br \/>\n5)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3926176\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3926176\/<\/a><br \/>\n6)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4126803\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4126803\/<\/a><br \/>\n7)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5843358\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5843358\/<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UrUxUvUJH1I\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click Here to Subscribe: http:\/\/Bit.ly\/ThomasVid Check out Joovv&#8217;s Red Light Therapy Devices: http:\/\/www.joovv.com\/Thomas My Website: http:\/\/ThomasDeLauer.com Red Light Therapy |<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,6,5,4,10,11,9,7,689,920],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-hacking-bio-engineering-videos","tag-bio-hack","tag-bioengineering","tag-biohacker","tag-biohacking","tag-biohacking-crispr","tag-biohacking-diet","tag-biohacking-kit","tag-biological-engineering","tag-genome","tag-genome-editing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biohackbase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}