{"id":2071,"date":"2023-07-24T10:06:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T08:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/using-light-therapy-to-help-provide-relief-from-post-operative-pain-in-shoulders\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:26:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T14:26:14","slug":"using-light-therapy-to-help-provide-relief-from-post-operative-pain-in-shoulders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/using-light-therapy-to-help-provide-relief-from-post-operative-pain-in-shoulders\/","title":{"rendered":"Using light therapy to help provide relief from post-operative pain in shoulders"},"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=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/09\/man-holds-his-back-due-pain-800x533-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/09\/man-holds-his-back-due-pain-800x533-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/09\/man-holds-his-back-due-pain-800x533-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/09\/man-holds-his-back-due-pain-800x533-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/09\/man-holds-his-back-due-pain-800x533-1-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\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>A <strong>muscle spasm<\/strong>, also known as a <strong>charley horse<\/strong> or <strong>muscle cramp<\/strong>, refers to the involuntary, painful and <strong>forceful contraction of a muscle<\/strong>, most commonly in the thighs, calves, feet, hands, and arms. They can also occur in the abdomen or along the rib cage. Muscle spasms are typically harmless, but they may result in an inability to use the affected muscle for a short period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muscle spasms range in intensity from mild, uncomfortable twitches to significant discomfort, to intense, severe pain. The spastic muscle may feel harder than normal to the touch and\/or appear visibly distorted. It may twitch. Spasms typically last from seconds to 15 minutes or longer, and may recur multiple times before going away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Light therapy<\/strong> helps to provide relief for the pain suffered during muscle spasms by providing increased blood flow into the area being treated to ensure that any waste is quickly removed from the area.<\/p>\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<p><strong>How will light therapy help provide relief from muscle spasms?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photizo Pain Relief<\/strong> light therapy alleviates <strong>chronic pain <\/strong>and<strong> inflammation<\/strong> and will help to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines<\/strong> and <strong>increase anti-inflammatory cytokines<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reduce inflammation<\/strong> by modulating inflammatory cells<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reduce oxidative stress<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improve drainage of the lymphatic vessels <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Increase quality sleep<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\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\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/06\/page-3-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/06\/page-3-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/06\/page-3-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/06\/page-3-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/06\/page-3-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/06\/page-3-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/06\/page-3-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/06\/page-3.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A muscle spasm, also known as a charley horse or muscle cramp, refers to the involuntary, painful and forceful contraction&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,165],"tags":[172],"class_list":["post-2071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-articles","category-pain-relief-news-articles","tag-pain-relief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3050,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions\/3050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}