Phenomenal Light Therapy Plus Grounding Mat Therapies

PHOTOBIOMODULATION: RED LIGHT AND NEAR INFRARED LIGHT THERAPY  

Our Red and Near Infrared Light Therapy utilizes powerful red light and near infrared wavelengths to provide optimal health benefits.  Light Therapy provides effective therapeutic wavelengths to the entire body reducing oxidative stress and stimulating the production of ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate). This process, known as Photobiomodulation, has been extensively researched for many years and adds measurable energy to the mitochondria of your cells. Our Clearlight® Light Therapy Tower can be used during your sauna session or you can utilize our  Light Therapy room. The Light Therapy room has a massage table and adjustable lights that allow you to lay down and relax while treating the front side and back side of the body in a short session. While you are experiencing Red and Near Infrared light therapy from the light tower, you will also be receiving far infrared gemstone heat therapy with tourmaline, amethyst, & jade, PEMF therapy, photon light therapy, and negative ion therapy. These additional therapies are found in the grounding mat that you will lay on during your session. Other facilities may offer red light therapy but only Arise Wellness Center incorporates multiple therapies in one single session. 

Mechanism #1: Stimulating Mitochondrial Energy Production

Researchers have found that one specific mechanism of red and near infrared light therapy is that these wavelengths of light are able to penetrate into cells and activate the mitochondria, directly leading to increased cellular energy production. The mitochondria are the life yielding, energy yielding engines within the cells of all living things. Our mitochondria produce cellular energy in the form of ATP. Our bodies are constantly producing and using massive amounts of ATP in every cell in order to fuel every function in the body, from breathing to thinking. Every time you breathe, digest food, your heart beats or you perform a push up, your cells are using ATP energy. The mitochondria are the batteries that fuel all the processes of our organs; thus, things which enhance the mitochondria translate into more cellular energy inside the cell, which allows the cell or organ (brain, heart, liver, skin, muscles, etc.) to work optimally. 

Mechanism #2 Hormesis

Another key mechanism for how red and near infrared light therapy work is through hormesis. Hormesis is the process by which a transient metabolic stressor stimulates adaptations that actually improve health. Exercise is a type of hormesis. Exercise works by transiently creating metabolic stress- stressing out the body and temporarily increasing reactive oxygen species, aka free radicals and then in response to that stress, the body adapts to it with things like improved cardiovascular efficiency, improved blood delivery to the muscles, and by strengthening and growing the mitochondria. It also involves down regulating the genes involved in chronic inflammation and oxidative stress (two key drivers of aging and disease!) and upregulating the genes involved in energy production and the internal cellular antioxidant defense system. In this way, red/near infrared light becomes a powerful tool that doesn't just temporarily alleviate symptoms (for example, an anti-inflammatory or painkiller drug), but stimulates your body making lasting adaptations at the cellular level that lead to more resilience against stressors and a greater capacity to produce energy. 

Other mechanisms being researched include how red/near infrared light interacts with water in our cells by causing more positive viscosity at the intracellular level and the interaction of the light with chlorophyl metabolites produce COQ10 which has significant impacts on mitochondrial energy production.