Introduction to Red Light Therapy for Sports Medicine
The use of Red Light and Near Infrared light as a treatment and recovery tool has exploded recently, leaving many clinicians to play catch up on the mechanisms and science behind how and why it works. Specific wavelengths of light can be absorbed through the skin and into our visual field to trigger physiological changes in our body to effectively stimulate healing and repair. Red Light Therapy is a safe, effective, evidence-based treatment option for treating a wide range of medical conditions. This course will review mechanisms for RLT for its most evidence-based indications – reducing pain and inflammation, improving circulation, aiding recovery and performance, improved brain health and cognition, neurological condition treatments, improving sleep quality, managing mental health conditions, and improving collagen production and skin health. Contraindications and precautions with Red Light Therapy will also be reviewed.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the historical uses of light therapy for health and healing
- Understand how photobiomodulation works and its potential uses for clinical/sports medicine settings
- Prescribe photobiomodulation parameters for injured patients to assist with their healing
- Review mechanisms for RLT for its most evidence-based indications
- Learn and review Contraindications and precautions with Red Light Therapy
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COURSE OUTLINE
0:00-0:10: Speaker Introduction and Background
0:10-0:20 Photobiomodulation mechanisms and science
0:30-0:40 Specific wavelengths and differentiation
0:40-0:50 Evidence Based RedLight indications
0:50-1:00 Review. FAQs and closing remarks
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