According to the emerging research in the area of drug-free therapies for chronic pain relief, green light therapy appears to have profound results. Do you think it will positively or negatively affect pain relief? The researchers at the Banner – University Medical Center Tucson who have studied the effects of green light therapy think it has a positive effect.
The following is an excerpt from an article on the site Texas Medical Center News, titled “Exposure to green light may reduce pain”. The article discusses a study involving human subjects and the effects of green light therapy. The article also discusses the science between green light and its effect on the human nervous system, and the natural pain-relieving hormone it can trigger. Here is the article:
“Exposure to green light may reduce pain
Long-time sufferers of migraines and other chronic pain conditions may benefit from exposure to green light. A new study, led by pharmacologist Mohab M. Ibrahim, M.D., Ph.D., found that the color green may be key to easing pain.
Ibrahim’s interest in studying the ameliorating effects of green light was inspired by his brother, who has dealt with severe headaches for several years. Instead of taking ibuprofen, his brother would sit in his garden and soak up the verdure of nature to ease the pain from his headaches.
‘I wanted to see what is it in his garden or in a garden, in general, that would make headaches better,’ said Ibrahim, director of the Chronic Pain Management Clinic at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.
In his clinical practice, Ibrahim also saw that his patients suffering from migraines and fibromyalgia had limited treatment options, and wanted to find a novel, noninvasive, nonpharmacological therapy.
In his study, which has yet to be published, Ibrahim exposed 25 migraine volunteers first to white lights for two hours as a control, then to green LED lights. He measured multiple parameters, including pain reduction, frequency of migraines or headaches, frequency of fibromyalgia flare-ups, pain intensity and duration, and quality of life.
The results, Ibrahim said, were ‘profound.’”
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From a green garden to a string of green LED lights. New technologies in combating chronic pain … going low-tech! Kidding aside, there appears to be hope in green light therapy as a safe and affordable treatment for chronic pain relief. Green eyeglasses, anyone?
To Your Success & Freedom,
Glenn Shimabukuro
