HOW RED LIGHT THERAPY WORKS Light therapy has been used in humans and animals for
around 100 years. T e 1903 Nobel Prize was given to Niels Finsen, a Danish doctor, who was a pioneer of red light therapy (also known as photonic light). His research, focused on fi nding the wavelength that could be used to heal, found that red light sped healing in recovering smallpox victims. Today, the research most recognized is by Dr. Harry Whelan
and the NASA Space Flight Center. Dr. Whelan discovered that human cells needed “gravity” to stimulate cell growth, and his work showed that the use of red light therapy was well docu- mented in helping astronauts with muscle and bone atrophy, and wounds that would not heal until the astronauts landed back on Earth. It has been found and proven that red light stimulates mito-
You want to be sure to work the back and loin area, which takes a lot of the stress during collection and carrying a rider. T is will help the horse relax and give it the abil- ity to round his back and drive off his hamstrings.
then red lights is the technology I use to help connect the brain with the problem and help it heal. I always start at the head, because the goal is to “open the door” to the brain, to help the horse have a clear and open pathway from every part of his body to his brain. T at is when the horse is at his best. T e reason an injury can take so long to heal is that the brain has shut the door to that part of the body, so all things the body is created to do to heal do not happen. T e other thing that the lights do is to help the muscles stay in “stasis”—balanced tension, so they are not
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chondria within the cells, which helps increase ATP production, which in turn allows damaged cells to accept nutrients and oxygen more quickly and to help eliminate toxins. T e process of using red lights enhances the body’s ability to heal itself by reducing and eliminating pain and infl ammation and increasing circulation. Today, visible red light is used both in humans and horses as
a healing and preventive care program by increasing production of endorphins (the body’s natural pain killers), relaxing tight muscles and releasing muscle cramps, and boosts the release of anti-infl ammatory enzymes to help reduce swelling.
Work the coronet band side to side and over the heel bulbs. T is area actu- ally contains some important “Ping”
acupuncture points, so working here will help the energy into the foot as well as the leg and body higher up.
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