sleep OVERVIEW

Sleep is a complex biological process. While you are sleeping, you are unconscious, but your brain and body functions are still active. They are doing a number of important jobs that help you stay healthy and function at your best. So when you don't get enough quality sleep, it does more than just make you feel tired. It can affect your physical and mental health, thinking, and daily functioning.

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THERAPY OVERVIEW

Over the last seventy years or so, many previous studies have shown that photobiomodulation, the use of red to near infrared light on body tissues, can improve central and peripheral neuronal function and survival in both health and in disease. These improvements are thought to arise principally from an impact of photobiomodulation on mitochondrial and non-mitochondrial mechanisms in a range of different cell types, including neurones. This impact has downstream effects on many stimulatory and protective genes. An often-neglected feature of nearly all of these improvements is that they have been induced during the state of wakefulness. Recent studies have shown that when applied the state of sleep, photobiomodulation can also be of benefit, but in a different way, by improving the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and the clearance of toxic waste-products from the brain.

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SCIENTIFIC BACKED RESULTS

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Brain photobiomodulation improves sleep quality in subjective cognitive decline: A randomized, sham-controlled study
X Zhao, W Du, J Jiang, Y Han - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2022 - content.iospress.com

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The effect of photobiomodulation on the brain during wakefulness and sleep
C Moro, A Valverde, M Dole, J Hoh Kam… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org

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Brain Waste Removal System and Sleep: Photobiomodulation as an Innovative Strategy for Night Therapy of Brain Diseases
O Semyachkina-Glushkovskaya, I Fedosov… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com

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effectiveness

 

This study aimed to test whether Photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy targeting the frontal cortex could improve sleep and cognitive function.  Fifty-eight people were divided into the PBM group (N = 32) in which real light therapy was administered and a sham light therapy group (N = 26). All the participants received either real light or sham light therapy for 6 days consecutively, while the sleep data were recorded.  The sleep efficiency and REM were improved within the true light group on the fifth day. The true light group perform better than the control group in the n-back test, the accuracy was higher in the 2-back test (88.6% versus 79.6%, p = 0.001), and the reaction time in 1-back was shorter (544.80±202.00 versus 592.87±222.05, p = 0.003). After five days of PBM therapy targeting the prefrontal cortex, sleep efficiency and N-back cognitive performance were improved on the fifth day.

X Zhao, W Du, J Jiang, Y Han - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2022 - content.iospress.com

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HOW OFTEN

How often should you repeat this therapy? The Sleep problem relief therapy program at Recharge requires a once per week visit to the club for 90 minutes per session.

 

RESULTS

What are the results of this therapy?  After approximately 3-6 weeks clients should see a noticeable improvement

 

Cost

 How much does this service cost?  The cost for this plan is $99 per month.  There are no contracts or long term commitments.  To get started you will need to purchase a Recharge Health Plan

 

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