Light therapy, also known in the medical industry as Photobiomodulation (PBM), is a treatment using specific wavelengths of light to regulate and enhance a host of biological processes in the body.  Research in light therapy has been going on for over 60 years in the United States, and has been attributed to treating dozens of conditions. More recently, the availability of advanced LED lights has allowed this treatment to be made available to many more people, as this could only be done in the past with expensive laser light sources.

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It's important to understand that the wavelengths used will impact the body in different ways.  Using UV light from our tanning beds as a visual example, we know that UV light is a shorter wavelength that doesn't penetrate deeply into the body, but does penetrate deep enough to trigger melanin production and vitamin D (hence how you get your tan).   This is an effect we can see and feel after spending a little time being exposed to the UV light.

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The Low Level Light in the spectrum between Red Light to Near Infrared (440nm - 1050nm) penetrates deep into the body all the way to the organs.  In the same way UV light triggers melanin production in the skin, the Red Light Therapy triggers ATP production (adenosinetriphosphate) deep in the cells of the body.  This speeds up the metabolic processes in the body to help with healing and recovery.

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The benefit of using our Spectrum 7 is, unlike some cheaper at-home devices, the medical-grade EXCELL in the Spectrum 7 system has incorporated a variety of wavelengths to treat multiple conditions in a single session all at once!

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