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Our lives are busier than ever, and even though red light therapy sounds like something that could significantly benefit you, we know you might be thinking: “when will I have time for red light therapy?”

Part of the beauty of red light therapy is that you don't need to change your current routine or lifestyle to enjoy its benefits: if you're someone whose day is busy in front of a desk, you can turn the device on while you work; or if you have easy-going mornings but hectic afternoons, you can enjoy your morning coffee while using our red light therapy device. Or, you can turn on the panel while you’re unwinding with a movie in the evenings –– the options are endless.

Red light therapy treatment isn’t supposed to take over your day and cause an inconvenience. With an at-home red light therapy device, you make the rules.

That said, you may be wondering what’s the best time of day to use our red light therapy devices. Well, there are a couple of ways you can integrate red light therapy into your lifestyle.

There are three main parts of the day: morning, midday, and evening. Though you’re able to use red light therapy any time of the day, some parts of the day can be more effective than others, particularly given your personal health and wellness needs.

If you’re someone who’s suffering from a sleep disorder, then you may want to focus on using red light therapy during the mornings and evenings. For sleep conditions, using red light therapy around sunrise or sunset are the best times of the day. Why is that?

It has to do with our biological circadian rhythm, which is the natural internal process that helps regulate your sleep cycle within a 24-hour day. To optimize your circadian rhythm and improve your sleep cycle, you need to sync with your natural sleep rhythm. By doing so, you reduce sleep inertia, insomnia, and other sleep disorders.

When regulating your circadian cycle, your body releases a hormone called melatonin. This particular hormone is the highest in the blood at night and optimal for helping you fall asleep. When using red light therapy at night, it can help you enhance your natural melatonin production.

When using red light therapy in the morning, exposure to light helps stop melatonin production, giving your body a natural energy boost. So, either time of the day––morning or night––can be an incredible time to help your body reset its circadian rhythm.

You don’t need to schedule off your morning for red light therapy treatment. While you’re eating your breakfast or going through your emails, you simply turn on your red light therapy device and enjoy 10 to 15 minutes of treatment.

Or, in the evenings when you’re cozied up on the course, washing the dishes, or sitting in bed with a book, turn on your red light therapy panel to help regulate your sleep cycle, mood, and overall health.

If you can’t manage to use red light therapy in the morning or evening, you can always have a treatment in the afternoon, as well. If you’re dealing with a sleep disorder or seasonal depression, we recommend morning or evening treatment. However, midday treatment will also provide you with a load of benefits, including collagen production, decreasing symptoms of depression, improving sleep disorders, and non-seasonal Bipolar depressive episodes.

Whatever the condition may be, whether it's a sleeping disorder, skin condition, or depression, red light therapy devices promote cellular healing from the inside out. What’s important is you find the time of the day that best suits your body’s needs. Everyone is different, so it’s important to find out what works for you and your unique routine and lifestyle.

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When making the decision on what device to choose from our range there are a few important questions you need to ask yourself

1. What are my goals
2. What is my budget
3. Treatment Flexibility

Let me expand on each of these and hopefully this will make your decision easier! What are my goals? This is one of the most important factors in deciding on your device. If you have a local area that you want to focus on such as an arthritic joint or painful shoulder, our targeted devices such as the LumiRed Mini or LumiRed 300 panel will be effective and you can treat these areas easily along with some lymphatic points for maximum effectiveness. If however, you are suffering from more widespread issues in your body and need to maximum benefit of Red Light Therapy throughout your body you will require a larger device. A full body panel will allow you to address your whole body in the shortest time frame. A half body panel will also allow you to treat your whole body, you will just need to double up your treatment time. If time is no issue, this poses you no problem. If however you want the maximum benefit in the shortest time frame, a full body panel will work best. What is my budget? The bigger the panel the more light energy you are able to deliver to your body in a given time frame. As we have mentioned above, you can get the same energy with smaller panels by increasing the time. We then have an option between the LumiRed and the LumiPro range. So what are the key differences between the 2? The LumiPro range offers the following over the LumiRed range:

• Digital controls and timer-Set your time on the digital timer, press ok and your panel starts and stops automatically. On the LumiRed range you manually switch on and off the panel and will need to time your session yourself on your phone or watch
• More robust design- The LumiPro’s aluminium shell extends over the front of the panel and will be more resilient to knocks and bangs
• Modular design-If you decide you want to expand your panels in the future or want to build a bigger array now, the LumiPro panels connect together with a link cable so all connected panels can be controlled together with just one digital display
• Longer lasting LED’s- The LumiPro LED’s have a lifespan of 100,000 hours compared to the LumiRed’s lifespan of 50,000. This makes the LumiPro range better suited to more intense use and for commercial settings.

Treatment Flexibility This can be a personal choice. By flexibility we mean, where do you want to deliver your treatment. All our panels stand independently on their bottom or their side so depending on your preference you can stand it on the floor or on a table and stand in front of it. You can place it lying on its side and lie in front of it on the floor or your bed (you may need to prop it a little here). You can also hang the panels on a door. There is plenty of flexibility. Some people will have a set area where they will leave their panel and use this area for their treatment. Others may like some flexibility with moving it to different areas. You may like to administer your treatment on the sofa watching TV and also in your bedroom. Large full body panels make this more difficult. When making your choice, take these points into consideration. Consistency with your treatment is key so choose a device that gives you the best possible chance to be consistent with your treatment and reap the maximum benefits.

Red Light Therapy is highly effective in helping your body recover from viruses such as Covid 19. Viruses attack the body and the body fights them. This comes at a cost though and frequently the efforts of the bodies cells in repelling the virus results in long standing effects such as fatigue, generalized aches and pains, poor exercise tolerance, poor quality sleep and in the case of Covid 19, shortness of breath and chest pain. Out of the millions of people who have contracted Covid 19 and recovered, there are thousands that continue to suffer symptoms for months after and find that recovery can be surprisingly difficult. This myriad of ongoing health problems has been termed Long Covid. Symptoms include: extreme tiredness, chest pain/tightness, shortness of breath, brain fog, heart palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, joint pain, general muscle ache, rashes, loss of appetite, depression, anxiety and changes to smell and taste. Medical management is limited and rest, diet and exercise is generally advocated. Supplementation with vitamins and minerals is also beneficial. Fortunately, Red Light Therapy shows great promise for Long Covid treatment.

Infrared Light Therapy Benefits for Long COVID

Red and Infrared Light Therapy for Long Covid treatment is highly beneficial as it boosts the cellular energy throughout the bodies cell’s that have been attacked by the virus. Restoring normal cellular energy and boosting repair in the cells helps to reduce the widespread inflammation and bring relief from the symptoms of Long Covid. Infrared light penetrates deep into the tissues boosting ATP production in the cells providing natural healing in the tissues. Reduction of the widespread inflammation caused by the virus is how infrared light benefits the recovery from Long Covid and helps give relief from the many symptoms listed above. Treatment is simple, comforting and easy to do in your own home with one of our LumiRed panels. There are no side effects and benefits are often seen within a few days of use. If you are tired of waiting for your symptoms to subside why not accelerate the process and see how treatment with Red and Infrared Light Therapy can give you relief from the debilitating symptoms of Long Covid.

Every day, people are looking for ways to protect their skin from this factor called aging. These variant methods may be medical, technological, and even herbal. Because having youthful skin has become a daily trend globally, red therapy is now one of the sorts of means for anti-aging.

Concept of Anti-Aging

The first known use of the word anti-aging can be traced back to 1943. It can be said to mean the act of delaying the biological process of becoming older. A frequent question asked is how simple few minutes of treatment, a few times per week if not daily, help to age. It sounds impossible, that is why you can’t blame a lot of people for being cynical on this matter.

Why Anti-Aging?

I guess it is evident to everyone that the answer is to look youthful and beautiful. But have you ever asked yourself if this is the only reason? In recent times, I have come to understand that apart from people wanting to look beautiful and younger, abjuration plays a significant part. Imagine you looking at yourself in the mirror only to see the older version of you. Some people might be happy with it, but others will be in a state of denial.

Does Red Light Therapy Work?

The answer to this question is yes. Nutrients and oxygen are delivered to the skin, thereby stimulating blood circulation and developing new capillaries. This is one of the astonishing effects of red-light therapy. It gives you that instant glow that people associate with healthy and young skin. Another distinct feature of this treatment is that it increases lymphatic system activity, which further reduces puffiness and swelling. This Lymphatic system removes extensively excess fluids and waste from the skin tissues. This Anti-Aging Light Therapy Treatment further boosts the production of collagen and fibroblasts that make you achieve a youthful appearance over time Increased collagen and fibroblasts in the skin help reduce pore size and wrinkles and help smooth out the skin’s texture.

How exactly does this work?

To achieve this youthful fit, some steps must be followed. To start, wash your face to remove any product, dirt, and oil from your face. Failure to do this might lead to the light not touching certain areas of the skin. Make sure to follow the time allocated for the product. Generally we use the light on the red light setting only from a further distance for skin health and anti aging. You can apply your moisturizers immediately the treatment is complete. You can also apply make-up after each use. This treatment is painless and does not cause any discomfort.

What to expect.

It smooths overall skin tone, reduces wrinkles, repairs sun-damaged skin, lightens stretch marks and scars, speeds the skin’s capacity to heal blemishes, and lessens broken capillaries. The results you will get will be gradual as the process is slow. There is no overnight result you will get with red light therapy. It may not be instant, but there will be a noticeable difference in your skin after each day. In clinical studies, it takes about eight weeks to see visible results. So, my advice, be patient.

What product is advisable for this therapy?

LumiRed 300 is very affordable and adequate for treatment of the face and for anti-aging and skin health. It can be set to deliver Red Light only which is best suited for this purpose. It can also be combined with the Infrared setting and be used in reducing pain throughout the body, speeding muscle recovery and improving lymphatic flow. It also helps alleviate fatigue. Larger panels such as LumiRed 500 and LumiRed 1000 are best used for full body treatm

Not everyone knows the secret of looking good, but we all want it. If you care about your skin, then you should know about Red Light Therapy (RLT). This is a treatment that uses LED lights that produces specific wavelengths of light in these healing spectrums to improve skin conditions. It is easier to use red therapy at home with portable devices like the LumiRed therapy lamp. Red Light Therapy is one of the most effective natural skin treatments available, and it is used by some skincare professionals for wrinkles, rejuvenation, acne, and healing injuries and scars.

How Red-light Therapy Improve Skin Conditions

Although Red Light delivers safe, concentrated wavelengths of natural light to your skin and cells, with no chemicals, UV rays, or excess heat, it creates friction below the skin’s surface. This activates the mitochondria in your cells similar to natural sunlight, and stimulate cells to increase their activity and reproduce faster. This makes more energy and spreads throughout your body’s cells, improving physical function, and speeding the healing process. In addition to this, red light therapy also boosts your collagen production for healthier, younger-looking skin. Every time a skin cell breaks, it creates two new cells leaving you with a much healthier cell. RLT also improves blood circulation, which also contributes to skin regeneration. It is a natural anti-inflammatory treatment for the skin. Comparable to most beauty products, the effect of red-light therapy is gradual. Consistency is the key to realizing results. Results might be evident, but the full effects will show within three to six months. After that, it is advisable to use the device periodically for maintenance.

How to use Red Light Therapy

The procedure for using this therapy is not complicated. If followed appropriately, you will be surprised to see the magical effects of red-light treatment. For treatment of superficial tissues such as the skin, we utilise the Red Light Setting on the lamp and treat with further distance from the lamp. Effective treatment can be achived in as little as 5 minutes.

What Red Light Therapy Devices are Available for Skin Conditions?

This technology, Red light Therapy, had come a long way from when it was first used by NASA aboard their spacecraft. Now, it is available to you in the comfort of your home. LumiRed devices range from LumiRed 300, which delivers targeted treatment from 60 5W LED’s, LumiRed 500 delivers treatment from 100 5W LED and LumiRed 1000 providing effective full body treatment through 200 high power 5W LED. The variety of these devices makes it easier to achieve results on an affordable budget than waiting for expensive appointments at a spa. Explore all LumiRed Therapy lamps for skincare products here.

Pain and inflammation are two concepts that are difficult to sift through and advise people about. Although determining the cause of both can be complicated, there are many actions you can take to help alleviate your pain. It’s all about relieving pressure, reducing strain, protecting your spine, and strengthening your muscles. And all these can be helped with ‘Light Therapy’.

What Are Pain and Inflammation?

Although separate ailments, pain and inflammation are closely related to each other. According to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), pain is ‘an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage’. On the other hand, the tissue’s immunologic response to injury is called inflammation. There are two types of pain: chronic and acute. Acute pain frequently results from disease, inflammation, or injury to tissues. This type of pain always has the time it appears. It is self-limiting and can become chronic. But this rarely happens. Chronic pain represents a disease itself. Inflammation is similar to pain in that it can be both acute and chronic The pain of any type is the most frequent reason for people seeking different solutions. Despite the occurrence of these conditions, the primary option available for their treatment has always been medicinal and herbal. Interestingly, the rise of technology in this modern era has ensured that conditions such as these can be managed at home. Even the medical field today has adopted this treatment.

How Can Technology Help to Reduce It?

The introduction of technology has led to so many sectors of the economy being improved. When it concerns pain and inflammation, light therapy is how technology has helped to manage pain. Once your cells are hit with the red-light wavelengths, a multitude of regenerative effects occur. Red Light Therapy is known for its anti-inflammatory properties. Red light is effective at reducing joint pain in almost all areas of the body. Once the cells mitochondria are stimulated, inflammation begins to reduce, and there is an increase in blood flow. Red Light Therapy helps treat chronic inflammation. It represses the body’s production of inflammatory cells and reduces inflammation all over the body drastically.

What Kind of Pain and Inflammation does Red Light Therapy Manage?

Red Light Therapy helps in relieving different types of pain. It could be pain sustained from injury or even athletics. However, we shall be focusing on three main aspects; wound healing, muscle repair, and recovery, and pain relief.

Wound Healing

A recent study found red light therapy promoted increased tissue repair and healing. It also has beneficial effects on wrinkles, acne scars, hypertrophic scars, and cure of burns.

Muscle Repair and Recovery

Evidence suggests RLT is beneficial when used both before and after a workout. This therapeutic technique led to reduced muscle strength loss, less muscle soreness, and range-of-motion impairments for up to four days after exercise. RLT reduces knee muscle fatigue both before and after exercise.

Pain Relief

One potential benefit of light therapy is to reduce inflammation and pain. Researchers have observed that Red Light exposure can help reduce pain for osteoarthritis knee pain, meniscus tears, general knee pain, rheumatoid arthritis, and back pain. LumiRed Therapy lamps provide a clinical recommended irradiance that is helpful in reducing pain and inflammation throughout the body. Lumi Products like LumiRed 300, LumiRed 500, and LumiRed 1000 are accessible anywhere and best used for reducing pain and inflammation.

Having health problems is challenging. This is because some health issues can be solved while others can’t. Fortunately, Fibromyalgia treatment is one of those health issues that RLT has been able to remedy.

What is Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is also called fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). This disorder intensifies painful sensations by affecting the way your brain processes pain signals. It is a long-term condition characterized by musculoskeletal pain with fatigue, sleep, memory, and mood issues. Fibromyalgia syndrome is believed to affect neural stimulation, which causes blood flow and reduces vasoconstriction in blood vessels. People with this ailment may suffer from muscle stiffness, difficulty sleeping, headaches, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Problems with mental processes known as Fibro-Fog is also a symptom associated with this condition. Such a problem impairs the ability to pay attention and concentrate on mental tasks. These symptoms sometimes manifest after physical trauma, surgery, infection, or psychological stress. In other cases, symptoms gradually amass over time with nothing to trigger it. Anyone can get Fibromyalgia, though, women are likely to develop it than men. The condition usually develops between the ages of thirty to fifty but can also occur in people of any age. Fibromyalgia is a difficult condition to diagnose. Therefore, no specific test can be carried out since it is not common.

What Causes Fibromyalgia?

Doctors have not been able to point out the exact cause of Fibromyalgia. But studies have shown that abnormal levels of certain chemicals in the brain can cause this disorder. It is also believed that some people are more likely to develop this because of factors like age and genes inherited from their parents. In most cases, the condition manifests because of a stressful physical or emotional event. These events could be; an infection or injury, surgery, giving birth, and trauma.

Treatment of Fibromyalgia

While there is no cure for Fibromyalgia, Red Light Therapy (RLT) can improve this condition if the procedure is followed correctly and continuously. Red light therapy is effective in reducing pain throughout the body, particularly chronic pain and Fibromyalgia. Red light therapy for fibromyalgiaalso helps ease tiredness, improve sleep, and facilitate the production of endorphins and serotonin, which will alleviate pain and improve mood. Exercise is one essential factor for these conditions. Red light therapy for fibromyalgia will reduce pain and inflammation on your entire body, allowing you to exercise comfortably. After one week of therapy, there is often a significant reduction in pain levels and an increased ability to perform daily activities.

Best Red-Light Therapy Devices for Use

LumiRed Therapy Lamp’s larger devices are best suited for fibromyalgia due to full body treatment being required. Full body treatment can also be achieved with our smaller devices but the treatment times need to be much longer. A variety of these products are accessible to you here. These products include; LumiRed 300, which delivers targeted treatment from 60 5W LEDs, LumiRed 500 provides treatment from 100 5W LED, and LumiRed 1000, giving effective full body treatment through 200 high power 5W LED.

A large base of research has shown that red light therapy improves physical performance. This is the reason why so many athletes have included LumiRed Therapy Lamps into their workout routine. However, being an athlete, muscle soreness, fatigue, and pain can be the effects of a strenuous workout routine. This can hinder daily workout. Fortunately, Red Light Therapy does not just improve physical performance. It also soothes aching muscles, sports injuries, and helps improve general wellness.

How Does Red Light Therapy Work to Power Your Muscle?

Scientific research has shown that RLT is drug-free and amplifies the benefits of exercise by enhancing muscle gain and fat loss. Not only that, but this therapy can also improve muscular performance and Athletes Recovery by augmenting muscular repair. Light therapy, delivers specific wavelengths of light from a LED source, to a body part. The red and infrared wavelengths penetrate the skin to kickstart tissue recovery. This is possible because this therapy is exceptional at improving your mitochondria’s health and improving their efficiency. The muscles are packed with mitochondria because they are energy-concentrated tissues. Thus, when red light therapyrecovery acts on the mitochondria, it enhances the overall ability, muscle strength, and recovery. The natural red light helps promote antioxidants, which play a significant role in reducing the oxidative stress associated with muscle fatigue. Antioxidants also increase the production of heat proteins, which help protect cells from stress and early cell death. Athletes are advised to include this therapy in their workout program. If an athlete uses red light therapy in conjunction with stretching, you can reap both practices’ benefits.

Why Should Athletes Use Red Light?

According to Frank Hoeffner, a physical therapist at Professional Physical Therapy, Red Light Therapy can promote tissue healing and decrease pain. Red light therapy uses your natural biology to help you recover. It does this through collagen stimulation, increased blood flow, and growth in cellular energy. Red Light therapy increases blood flow and stimulates cell regeneration by amplifying ATP production in your cells. This helps your body perform and recover quickly. Light therapy also boosts muscle growth and improves sleep allowing you to perform at your best. This type of therapy can help athletes prevent muscle fatigue and speed up recovery, so the pain does not interfere with training and performance

What Products Can Athletes Use?

With recent technological developments and research on how this light-based therapy can help repair muscles, our new product LumiRed Therapy Lamp has made it easy for athletes to practice red light therapy from the comfort of their homes. Ranges of these products accessible to you here and are affordable. It comes in three different consumer options LumiRed 300, which delivers targeted treatment from 60 5W LEDs, LumiRed 500 provides treatment from 100 5W LED, and LumiRed 1000 giving effective full body treatment through 200 high power 5W LED. Its easy-to-use design allows professional athletes and weekend warriors to make post-workout recovery at home instead of spending time and money on massages and light treatment at sports and medical facilities.