TheraLight 360 – Healing Our Veterans With The Power of Photobiomodulation (RED Light Therapy)

TheraLight 360 - Healing Our Veterans With The Power Of RED Light Therapy (Photobiomodulation)
TheraLight Light Pods & Beds utilize red and near-infrared light in four wavelengths for endless treatment options. With the only true 360° treatment system, our products deliver a complete treatment surface, so your clients will feel their best.

What is RED Light Therapy (Photobiomodulation)?

Red light therapy, also known as photobiomodulation therapy, is the use of clinically-determined wavelengths of red and near-infrared light to increase circulation and the synthesis of cellular energy. The natural metabolic processes enhanced by red light therapy help reduce the damaging effects of oxidative stress. Oxidative stress, or an influx of free radicals in the body, has been linked to wrinkles as well as more serious diseases like diabetes and cancer. Red light therapy helps promote the body’s natural processes for metabolizing free radicals, minimizing the damage they cause.

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Red light therapy, also known as photobiomodulation therapy, is the use of clinically-determined wavelengths of red and near-infrared light to increase circulation and the synthesis of cellular energy. The natural metabolic processes enhanced by red light therapy help reduce the damaging effects of oxidative stress. Oxidative stress, or an influx of free radicals in the body, has been linked to wrinkles as well as more serious diseases like diabetes and cancer. Red light therapy helps promote the body’s natural processes for metabolizing free radicals, minimizing the damage they cause.

What Is Oxidative Stress?

Simply put, oxidative stress is an imbalance between free radicals and antioxidants. Both of these molecules are necessary for normal, healthy reactions in the body, but an excess of either can cause damage.

Free radicals are molecules which contain oxygen and have an uneven number of electrons. Because free radicals have an uneven number of electrons, they’re unstable and highly reactive with other molecules, which helps them cause large chain chemical reactions in the body. On the other hand, antioxidants are molecules that can give up an electron without becoming unstable, so they have the ability to stabilize free radicals.

When there are more free radicals than antioxidants can manage, oxidative stress occurs. Because free radicals are highly reactive, they cause damage to the body’s proteins, fatty tissue, and DNA in their quest for that stabilizing electron. Damage by free radicals can affect cellular function and cause apoptosis, also referred to as programmed cell death.

While our bodies’ cells regularly die and get replaced, prolonged damage by oxidative stress has been linked to a variety of diseases such as diabetes, cancer, inflammatory conditions, and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimers. Oxidative stress also contributes to the aging process and can affect skin’s collagen production and elasticity, causing wrinkles.

Causes of Oxidative Stress

But how does a surplus of free radicals occur? Everyone’s body naturally produces some free radicals, but everybody needs some free radicals in order to be healthy and help fight off infections. An excess of free radicals, and therefore a potential for lasting damage, can be a result of several environmental factors, like pollution, ozone, radiation, certain chemicals and pesticides, and cigarette smoke (including second-hand smoke).

Dietary factors can also play a role in excess free radicals. Diets high in fat, sugar, and alcohol can impact free radical production, and diets containing foods rich in antioxidants, like berries and dark, leafy greens, can introduce antioxidants to help manage free radicals.

How does Photobiomodulation Therapy Help Our Veterans?

The key to achieving results with red light therapy is accurate dosage, this is a combination of wavelength and exposure time. Different wavelengths are more readily absorbed by different tissues in the body, so it’s important to select the wavelength that is appropriate for veteran’s concerns and goals. Additionally, exposure time should be incremental and consistent. For example, a veteran’s session in the TheraLight 360 Light Pod shouldn’t exceed 20 minutes, but sessions should be scheduled every other day, at least in the beginning weeks, to achieve complete results. When the correct dosage is achieved, photobiomodulation therapy has a positive impact on a person’s overall health and wellness.

Photobiomodulation can be used to manage a variety of conditions, such as:

  • Arthritis
  • Nerve pain and nerve regeneration
  • Tendinopathies
  • Soft tissue healing
  • Anxiety and depression
  • Improved skin appearance and elasticity
  • Improved muscle performance and recovery
Photobiomodulation Therapy Provided By Grey Team

How does Photobiomodulation Therapy Help Our Veterans?

The key to achieving results with red light therapy is accurate dosage, this is a combination of wavelength and exposure time. Different wavelengths are more readily absorbed by different tissues in the body, so it’s important to select the wavelength that is appropriate for veteran’s concerns and goals. Additionally, exposure time should be incremental and consistent. For example, a veteran’s session in the TheraLight 360 Light Pod shouldn’t exceed 20 minutes, but sessions should be scheduled every other day, at least in the beginning weeks, to achieve complete results. When the correct dosage is achieved, photobiomodulation therapy has a positive impact on a person’s overall health and wellness.

Photobiomodulation Therapy Provided By Grey Team

Photobiomodulation can be used to manage a variety of conditions, such as:

  • Arthritis
  • Nerve pain and nerve regeneration
  • Tendinopathies
  • Soft tissue healing
  • Anxiety and depression
  • Improved skin appearance and elasticity
  • Improved muscle performance and recovery

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Hard Charging K9 Soldiers

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Dogs of War have been used since before recorded history. We know that Alexander the Great employed them in his world-conquering armies, as did Julius Caeser in the Roman Empire.
 
Throughout time, different breeds of dogs were utilized for this task as some breeds are better suited for certain jobs. climate, conditions, and the tasks expected of the dog also play a role in the decision. And not all dogs of war are expected to engage with enemy combatants, many are used for explosives detection, search and rescue, courier work, hauling medical supplies in difficult terrain, etc.

But when it does come to deploying dogs for the specific task of enemy engagement, today’s modern U.S. Military utilizes of two closely-related breeds, the Belgian Malinois and the Dutch Shepherd.
 
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Typically the Malinois are lighter, Fawn colored dogs, and the Dutchies are darker, often brindle colored. These breeds have been interbred so frequently that the differences are mostly just color at this point. And although some German Shepherds still get utilized for this, their numbers are smaller by percentage. 
 
Military K9’s are typically “harder” dogs than what your average civilian is capable of living with, day-in-day-out. They are supplied by a few specialty vendors that breed dogs for one thing only; their Working Ability. Conformation (the dog’s shape), looks, pedigree and registration numbers, kennel clubs, etc do not matter to the soldiers these dogs get deployed with. The only thing important is that the dog is capable of being calm when necessary, has a desire to work, has a stable temperament, and possesses an “On-Off Switch”.. And when it’s switched ON, it’s GO TIME. These dogs have to be able to function through pain, fear, gunfire, explosions, and distractions that would terrify most other dogs as well as humans. They need to accomplish their mission no matter what and do it regularly, day after day, shift after shift, often working until they are physically exhausted. But they love their work and form tight bonds with their human handlers, often becoming inseparable after a few combat experiences.
 
Since the US military has a budget much larger than any Police Dept, they often get the first choice when new dogs with promise become available. Typically these dogs run about $20,000 to $25,000 each, but to the soldiers deployed with them, they are priceless. 
By Dale Ironwood