{"id":1978,"date":"2023-07-24T10:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T08:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/light-therapy-the-runners-friend\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T09:51:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T07:51:56","slug":"light-therapy-the-runners-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/light-therapy-the-runners-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Light therapy \u2013 the runner\u2019s friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/photizo-sport.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/photizo-sport.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/photizo-sport-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/photizo-sport-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How will light therapy help treat running injuries?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most important mechanisms of action for light therapy is the release of <strong>nitric oxide (NO)<\/strong>. A naturally occurring chemical in the body, nitric oxide is a key signalling molecule which can set off a number of beneficial effects. Most notably, it has a critical role in <strong>promoting blood flow<\/strong> to tissues and <strong>increasing lymphatic drainage<\/strong>. Through the increase in lymphatic drainage, light therapy indirectly <strong>inhibits inflammation<\/strong> processes and thus <strong>reduces swelling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Red and infrared light therapy is a non-invasive treatment that stimulates the body\u2019s own healing mechanisms through both molecular signalling and circulatory modulation, thereby helping to reduce non-chronic or acute pain associated with running injuries. Once the LED light has increased the cell\u2019s energy production, each cell within the treated area begins producing new cells to replace the cells of the injured tissue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Whether you\u2019re a casual social <strong>runner <\/strong>or a serious <strong>athlete<\/strong>, suffering from a <strong>running-related injury<\/strong> can seriously set back your fitness levels and performance. It can be very frustrating sitting on the sidelines while you wait for your <strong>injury<\/strong> to heal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Photizo Sport LED device\u2019s red and infrared light therapy will help you to <strong>reduce the pain<\/strong> associated with non-chronic running-related injuries such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hamstring strain<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Knee strain<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Costochondral sprain<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ankle sprain<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-1-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-1-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-1-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-1.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How will light therapy help treat running injuries? One of the most important mechanisms of action for light therapy is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,166],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-1978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-articles","category-sport-news-articles","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2857,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978\/revisions\/2857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}