Seasonal Affective Disorder is a form of depression that typically happens in the fall or winter due to lack of sunshine. Reduced sunlight can also cause your serotonin levels to drop and melatonin levels to become unbalanced, which can play a role in your sleep patterns and mood.

If you have SAD, you may experience some of the following symptoms:

  • Lack of energy
  • Trouble concentrating
  • Sadness
  • Anxiety
  • Weight gain
  • Irritability

Of the 16 million affected, 75% of those are women.

Red Light Therapy is one of the most exciting tools we can add to our health arsenal.

Who can benefit from Red Light Therapy?

Seasonal Affected Disorder

Red Light Therapy (LLLT) is shown to boost your alertness, mood, energy, and concentration. It’s important to use Red Light regularly to achieve and maintain results.

Depression

By helping your circadian rhythm and balancing serotonin levels, research shows that light therapy may improve depression and mental clarity.

Sleep Disorders

Research is showing that using light therapy can positively affect melatonin and serotonin levels in your brain. This allows for a more restful and deep sleep which will allow for a more consistent sleep schedule.

People taking Anti-Depressant Medication

If you’re taking an antidepressant, think of using light therapy in partnership with your medications. By balancing out serotonin levels on top of your current medication, it will amplify the affects.

Studies in animals and humans have shown that depression and anxiety coincide with certain mitochondrial alterations—including changes in cellular respiration and the generation of ATP, the energy currency of all cells.

So, it might not come as a surprise that low-level laser therapy, targeting mitochondria, can have an impact on these conditions! The first clinical trial of red light therapy for depression and anxiety found that a series of treatments with an 810 nm laser led to improvements in their depression and anxiety scores at the two-week follow-up.


What is Spinal Decompression? 

Spinal decompression works by gently stretching the spine. This changes the force and position of the spine, taking pressure off the discs, which are gel-like cushions between the bones in your spine. Negative pressure is then created in the disc, which allows bulging or herniated discs to retract and take pressure off nerves and other structures of the spine. This helps promote movement of water, oxygen, and nutrient-rich fluids into the discs so they can heal and regenerate.

Conditions Benefited from Spinal Decompression:

  • Cervical and lumbar disc bulge or herniations
  • Degenerative disc disorder (thinning discs)
  • Lumbar radiculopathy (radiation into butt and/or legs)
  • Cervical radiculopathy (radiation into shoulder and arms)
  • Chronic low back pain
  • Chronic neck pain

Images taken of the lumbar or cervical spine are encouraged prior to treatment plan. Your physician will recommend a treatment plan based on your health history and current health status.

What does it look like?  

A belt will be wrapped around your hip area and tightened. A cord from the machine will then be hooked onto that belt. Laying down on the table, another belt (we call the girdle) will be wrapped around your waist. This belt is attached to the table and is meant to keep your body in place. The level of the table is adjusted to target the specific disc that is compromised. For approximately 20 minutes the cord attached to the machine will gently pull and stretch your body as the "girdle" keeps you in place on the table.

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