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The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy
2.1.3 RLT and Lower Back Pain
One study explored using RLT to treat chronic lower back pain.
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They recruited 40 people who had been
suffering for over six years. Half received real light therapy, while the others got a sham treatment (placebo).
The real light therapy used invisible infrared light delivered through wearable devices on the waistband.
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These devices met safety standards and delivered light with wavelengths between 800 and 1200 nanometers
(invisible to the human eye). The placebo group wore identical devices but with no actual light.
Participants received treatment once a week for seven weeks.
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Researchers measured pain using a scale
from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain ever). They assessed overall pain and pain during different movements. The
results were encouraging.
The
real
light
therapy
group‘s
average
pain
score
dropped very significantly, from nearly 7 out of 10 to
3 out of 10.
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The placebo group only saw a small improvement.
Importantly, there weren‘t any reported side effects from
the real light therapy.
This
suggests
that
light
therapy
could
be
a
effective option for chronic lower back pain.
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safe
and
However,
more research with larger groups is needed before definitive
conclusions can be drawn.
A second study investigated the
potential
light
benefits
therapy
for
of
infrared
chronic
non-
specific low back pain (NSLBP),
a
common
clear
condition
cause.
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Ten
without
a
participants
(five men, five women) with an
average of nearly two years of
NSLBP received 15-minute IR light
treatments three times a week
for four weeks.
