in today's video i'm going to be giving you everything you need to know about red
light therapy now if you've never heard of red light therapy before or maybe you've just been
introduced to it it can seem a little bit out there the idea that you can use a type of light
and this can lead to benefits such as reduced wrinkles faster muscle recovery and wound healing
sounds crazy but red light therapy is backed by over 4 000 clinical trials so it's not just
some bandwagon health trend the benefits are vast and legitimate and it only takes
being exposed to this light for a few minutes every day to reap the benefits
but anyways i'm getting ahead of myself we'll get into the benefits the research and how to use it
later in this video but first off we're going to start by talking about what red light therapy is
hey guys welcome back to my channel if you're new here my name is kait i'm a health coach and i post
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about what red light therapy is and the different types of it then we will discuss the benefits and
we'll finish off talking about how to use it and how to know if you are buying a legitimate device
what is red light therapy red light therapy is a treatment that uses specific wavelengths
of red light and near infrared light these types of light are beneficial because they enhance our
energy production on a cellular level up regulating our cells ability to create atp
is short for adenoside triphosphate which is a big word for our cells energy the more energy
our cells have the better they can function and red light therapy has been around for decades
in the early 1990s it was used to grow plants in space since then it has been used by top-level
athletes to aid recovery and estheticians for skin treatments it has only been within the last
decade or maybe not even that long that red light therapy has been available to the general public
and red light therapy increasing atp is the root of all the benefits and as i said before
red light therapy is backed by numerous peer-reviewed clinical trials basically the gold
standard of research some of these benefits include faster injury repair and muscle recovery
red light therapy increases circulation and blood flow to damaged tissues and promotes
cellular regeneration this means that injuries will heal faster stiff joints will loosen
up and muscles will recover quicker after exercise it also increases fitness performance studies
consistently show that red light therapy improves strength endurance speed and muscle growth
it improves our skin health clinical studies show that red light increases collagen in the skin
this reduces and prevents wrinkles and cellulite and can also help to heal cuts burns and scarring
it improves sleep it aids the body's production of melatonin it helps to support thyroid health
studies have shown it can improve thyroid conditions like hypothyroidism and in some cases
it has helped patients to reduce or eliminate their need for medication and these are just
some of the benefits red light verse near infrared light now you can't just get the benefits of red
light therapy from any red light bulb it has to be very specific wavelengths so red light therapy
actually includes two types of red light the first being red light which is in the mid 600 range
which is visible to the eye and the second being near infrared light which is in the mid 800 range
which is not visible to the eye these are proven to be the most beneficial wavelengths of red light
so when you are buying a device make sure to check the wavelengths if the wavelengths aren't listed
i would be wary so the benefits of each are a little bit different red light is absorbed by
your skin and boosts collagen so it is beneficial for skin health it has been shown to reduce
wrinkles reduce scarring reduce acne if you have a sunburn it can help it to heal faster
it also has been shown to improve skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema and anything that is
surface level really red light therapy can help with now near infrared light penetrates deeper
into the body it has been shown to be beneficial for speeding up muscle recovery reducing joint
pain improving blood circulation if you have an injury or a broken bone it can speed up healing
pulled muscles will recover faster and nerve injuries as well some red light therapy devices
have only one or the other and some have both now if you guys are not new to my channel you will
know that i had a double jaw surgery just over two months ago now and i swear that red light
therapy has really really helped me to reduce the swelling speed up the nerve damage recovery
just help healing overall i use red light therapy every single day and i think that my swelling
has gone down almost entirely at this point sorry i'm just looking at myself in the camera
i still have just a little bit of stiffness in this area obviously both of my jaws were broken
and shifted around and i've had stitches here and there and i now have all these plates in my face
but honestly i thought it was still going to be a lot more swollen especially since they tell you it
can take up to one year for all the swelling to go down and with the nerve damage so i had a lot of
numbness in this side of my face especially right after surgery you guys will remember me talking
about that i almost have full sensation back it's a little bit numb just around here in my chin but
other than that pretty much all back i can't help but think that red light therapy helped with that
as well again they tell you that it can take up to a year in order for all the nerve damage to repair
so i mean two months out i'm feeling pretty good and if you guys just go back through some of
my videos over the last few weeks you can see my swelling it just go down progressively and
honestly it's been really cool to see because i was super super swollen at the beginning
i mean it was to be expected obviously but yeah i'm pretty happy with the results and
i definitely think that red light therapy helped with that but anyways let's get into how to use it
how to use red light therapy all it takes to reap the benefits of red light therapy is to
stand in the light for five to fifteen minutes every day you're going to get the best results
if you use it consistently the more surface area of your skin you can cover the more your cells
will absorb the light you can think of red light therapy as if it's charging your cells now when
it comes to buying a device i already mentioned that you really need to make sure you're buying
one with the correct wavelengths i've been using red light therapy for three maybe four years now
i have a couple different devices so i'll just talk to you about my experience with those the
first device i ever bought was the juve solo i believe it was the original one which is no
longer for sale and this device is absolutely great i love it use it every day my issue
with juve though is number one the price and number two the shipping cost it cost me a small
fortune to ship it here yeah red light therapy in general isn't cheap i believe the newest edition
of the juve solo is 1400 us dollars plus the shipping as i already mentioned
and the thing with juve is they don't offer promo codes they do have sales every once in
a while but significant discounts aren't really a thing now since i bought my juve blueblox has
also started selling red light therapy devices at a much more affordable price the hive max which
is the equivalent size to the solo is just over 1 000 us dollars and i also have a promo code
with blue box so we'll bring that down to 850. i know that this is still a very large investment
but these devices are pretty big they cover a lot of surface area if you're just getting into
red light therapy and wanting to give it a try but not wanting to make such a big investment i would
recommend starting with a smaller targeted device i actually have the hive mini in the background
this is the targeted device from blue blocks and it has both red light and near infrared
light you can see the near infrared ones you can't actually see lighting up so i think
both juve and blue blocks these are the only two brands i've tried they both work equally
well however blue blocks is significantly less expensive especially when you use my promo code
so i will link to the ones i recommend in the description box down below and if you do shop
through blue blocks you can use my code hck15 and that will save you 15 off your entire order
anyways guys i hope you enjoyed this video i just wanted to do a really quick recap on red light
therapy and just give you all the basics that you need to know if you guys have any questions about
red light therapy leave them down below i'll try to answer as many as i can especially if you ask
them right when i post this video i try to answer as many questions as i can right after i upload
so be quick and i'll try to get to you if you guys did enjoy this video you might also enjoy
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