August 2026
A description from a client as to how she has been impacted by Red Light Therapy
My body has been through grand mal seizures, breast & ovarian cancers & has now been thrown into the confusing and uncomfortable world of fibromyalgia. With so many people offering advice on how to not only survive but to thrive, I was, to be honest, a little leery of red light therapy. Fibromyalgia, among other ailments, is something doctors know little about and either give band-aid solutions to or write off as all in your mind. I didn’t know what to expect by coming to Listening Hands Physiotherapy but I was game to try – I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
I kept a notebook – on day 3 I wrote: ‘it’s easy to say where the pain is; it’s harder, at this point, to judge the success of the treatment. However, I do believe it takes time for the body to catch up and remember how it is supposed to be.’
Red light therapy was interesting for someone who had never seen it before. One might associate red light with heat but by the end of the allotted time, it was barely warm. In my situation I lay on treatment bed with the red light dome over my torso. There is no discomfort. It is very relaxing. I don’t know how Tylenol works on the precise location of pain, nor do I understand how red light therapy reaches deep to aid sore joints and assist in recalibrating my nervous system through the vagus nerve. But I do know after several appointments my symptoms were lessening, I was thinking more clearly, and my energy had improved. As far as my health goes, I am a researcher, so I learned more about red light therapy. Below are links to the science of it.
I didn’t believe red light, in this instance, could do as was claimed. It was indeed a surprise that something so gentle could be so powerful. I look back now and say I’m glad I didn’t let doubt win; I’m glad it’s been proven to work. Living is so much easier now.
Pam Bedwell
