Photobiomodulation takes advantage of how the body reacts in a positive way to specific wavelengths of red and near-infrared light.
Everyone knows that light has an effect on the human body. Sunlight helps with Vitamin D synthesis. UV light causes a reaction in melanin, changing the colour of our skin. Blue light is used to treat neonatal jaundice.
There is a staggering amount of evidence for the efficacy of PBM and new research is being published regularly. It’s currently in use at cutting edge hospitals to treat debilitating side effects of chemotherapy (Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants).
THOR (our PBM bed manufacturer) collaborates with Harvard Medical School, Massachussett’s Institute of Technology, and many other leading research hospitals around the world. Evidence for PBM has been published in leading journals, such as The Lancet and is recommended by the World Health Organisation for the treatment of neck pain.
