From cake to coffee, too much of a good thing can actually be harmful to your health. The same can be said about certain medical treatments. If you become over reliant on painkillers or passive treatment techniques, not only can you find their effectiveness waning, but it could actually lead to dependence or overdose. Can the same be said about red light therapy? Are their risks to overtreatment with red light therapy? We tackle that question in today’s blog.
Can You Overdo Light Therapy?
Our bodies naturally crave light. In fact, our bodies actually create vitamin D3 when our skin is exposed to sunlight, so it’s important to get outside and safely expose your skin to sunlight. Too much direct sunlight can lead to burns and even skin cancers, so what about red light therapy? Can too much red light therapy be a bad thing?
Unlike other treatments, you really can’t overdo it when it comes to red light therapy. Now, we’re not saying that you need to come in every day for a session, but you’re not at risk of health issues if you make a habit of red light therapy. This is especially true when you connect with the team at HyperCharge Clinic. We have a comprehensive system for learning more about your body on a cellular level, and we closely monitor your changes and progress along the way.
We pair this tracking with scientifically validated patient questionnaires so that we aren’t just looking at numbers on a device. We take real world feedback from the patient and see how it correlates to our measured data so that we can truly understand the extent of your treatment success. We can accurately measure the impact of light therapy on your cells and your energy level, and this ensures that we develop a healthy schedule for therapy. Of course, when paired with other lifestyle improvements like diet, exercise and sleep health, you may find that you no longer need this additional boost from red light therapy.
Red light therapy is designed to help your cells function more efficiently and eventually help you maintain this efficiency on your own without continued light therapy sessions. We don’t expect our patients to remain on our schedule for years at a time. We can always provide you with energy boosts down the road if you’re starting to find your energy levels waning, but you can’t really overdo it when it comes to red light therapy because our goal is always to slowly wean you off the treatment as your cells become more energized and better at the tasks they perform.
There are red light therapy technologies that are designed for home use, but these are much less powerful than what you would find at a clinic. You will want to follow the operating instructions and the advice of your primary physician before diving into a home-based red light therapy regimen, but it’s unlikely you’d notice any ill-effects from overexposure.
Whether you’re pursuing red light therapy at home or at the clinic, it’s important that you inform your specialist if you are feeling any uncomfortable symptoms so that any necessary adjustments can be taken, but adverse symptoms are incredibly rare when it comes to professionally administered red light therapy. We’d love to show you ourselves if you’d give the team at HyperCharge Clinic a chance!
For more information about red light therapy or the other rejuvenation techniques we offer at Hypercharge, pick up the phone and give our team a call today.