{"id":1983,"date":"2023-07-24T10:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T08:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/treating-crossfit-injuries-with-light-therapy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T09:56:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T07:56:42","slug":"treating-crossfit-injuries-with-light-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/treating-crossfit-injuries-with-light-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Treating CrossFit injuries with light therapy"},"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<p>CrossFit is recognised as one of the fastest growing high-intensity functional training modes in the world. It\u2019s also one of the toughest on your body. By combining calisthenics, high-intensity interval training, plyometrics, power-lifting, and more, CrossFit challenges participants in ways they never experienced before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although when you first start out you may experience what is known as CrossFit soreness, there is a big difference between muscles that are being thoroughly worked for the first time versus an injury\u200b.<\/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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/YV4B0926-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/YV4B0926-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/YV4B0926-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/YV4B0926-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/YV4B0926-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/YV4B0926.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\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\">\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\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Photizo Sport LED device\u2019s red and infrared light therapy will help you to reduce the pain associated with non-chronic CrossFit-related injuries such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Achilles tendonitis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back strain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knee pain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elbow injuries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shoulder injuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How will light therapy help treat non-chronic pain related to CrossFit injuries?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/revivelighttherapy.com\/how-light-therapy-works\/\">Red light therapy works<\/a> by <strong>increasing blood flow<\/strong> and <strong>stimulating cell regeneration<\/strong>. Essentially, these treatments help the mitochondria in muscular cells complete their respiration cycle more efficiently, which results in <strong>less muscle <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21814736\"><strong>fatigue.<\/strong><\/a> Improving the mitochondrial respiration cycle leads to better activation and formation of the muscle stem cells that eventually develop into healthy muscle tissue. This means that athletes who use light therapy on their muscles can experience long-lasting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25417170\"><strong>healthy muscle tissue<\/strong><\/a> as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA conducted research throughout the 2000s indicating that the light stimulated energy production within cells, effectively providing enough fuel to boost tissue regeneration and accelerate the healing process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CrossFit is recognised as one of the fastest growing high-intensity functional training modes in the world. 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