What is PBM Therapy?
PhotoBioModulation Therapy or simply PBM Therapy is probably the most scientifically proven treatment that Consultants, Doctors, Clinicians and members of the public have never heard of. PBM Therapy’s scientifically proven treatment has a huge and ever increasing body of published research proving its effectiveness. There are hundreds and hundreds of Random Controlled Trials (RCTs) and literally thousands of papers published in peer reviewed (scientifically checked) respected journals. The first paper documenting the action of this type of light was actually published in 1967!
PBM Therapy has a wide range of proven clinical applications and whole body benefits such as:
- Pain, swelling and inflammation treatment
- Sports performance (train harder, recover quicker and achieve greater endurance)
- Skin conditions – healing and repair e.g. post surgical and diabetic wounds
- Remove swelling (oedema) by treating the cause
- Promote cell growth, tissue healing and regeneration – there are over 200 different types of cells in the human body all with the same internal mechanism that PBM Therapy can effect so there can be body-wide effects
- Helps prevent cell death and further tissue damage
You can read more of this evidence via links throughout this website and specific blog posts on our blog/research page
After many years of research by many different scientific disciplines (e.g. Physicists, cellular biologists, biochemists, medics to name a few) the body of accumulated, proven research has reached the exciting point whereby:
- Scientists have refined our knowledge of how PBM Therapy works, and why PBM Therapy treats so many conditions across the whole body
- Scientific research has proven the best red and near infrared (NIR) photon wavelength ranges to use with the greatest therapeutic effect
- The optimal time and frequency of the light photon beams to achieve the greatest biologic effect and so,
- The specific irradiance (the ‘irradiance’ is the amount of photon waves reaching the tissues per cm² per second needed to produce a benefit) have been discovered to achieve the greatest therapeutic affect for many medical conditions
PBM Therapy Treatments we Offer
NovoTHOR Whole Body PBM Therapy
This is our Flagship Treatment. This Revolutionary LED light bed technology has been specifically developed to treat large areas of your body. It is more suited to body wide conditions or when you have multiple health conditions that PBM Therapy can help with. The great advantage of the NovoTHOR is that a session it can treat your whole body, head to toe all at the same time!
THOR LX2 Body Part PBM Therapy
The exciting new THOR® LX2 features different sized LED’s and Laser probes and is very versatile in being able to treat specific body parts. It is ideal if you have a single problem, when you need the treatment to penetrate more deeply as this can be achieved by the Laser rather than the LED probe. This may also be an alternative for you when full body PBM Therapy may not be advised.
NovoTHOR + THOR LX2 Brain PBM / tPBM Therapy
Brain PBM – Transcranial Photobiomodulation or tPBM Therapy is a rapidly expanding field of neuroscience using PBM technologies to help treat/improve a range of neurological and psychological conditions. We can use our NovoTHOR whole Body Light Bed in order to help maximise the potential for your improvements and/or our targeted THOR LX2 hand held devices.
What Can PBM Therapy do?
There are many health conditions that PBM Therapy can treat or help with, not just the ‘big three big hitters’ of Pain, Skin Healing and Sports Performance. These three applications have had the most PBM research dedicated to them, and as a result have the strongest evidence of effectiveness. Many other health conditions have evidence of effectiveness but not as robust from a scientific point of view. Lower levels of evidence of effectiveness can vary from single to multiple cases, to small cohorts/groups and full Random Controlled Trials (RCT’s), but wont include large numbers of RCT’s with their data pooled to make conclusions. Click /tap the images or links going to the ‘Big three’ dedicated pages. At the bottom of these pages are the posts only related to o them.
All the ‘big three’ posts and all the other health conditions posts can be found on our research and blog page. You can filter posts using the search boxes. If you can’t find the information you are looking for or have unanswered questions then simply use our contact form and we will get back in touch usually the next working day. Often its easier to have chat rather than play email ‘ping pong’. You will get no hard sell. We will always give you honest impartial advice as to whether we think PBM Therapy could help your condition and what level of evidence supports its treatment.
Where Is The Evidence That PBM Therapy Works?
Published Evidence – As of October 2024
There are over 1,632 Randomised placebo Controlled Clinical Trials (RCT’s) plus 544 specific Dental / Oral RCT’s published in peer reviewed medical journals. Over 5,000 laboratory studies published researching for example the mechanisms of action and dose response. Over 200 systematic in depth reviews published on PBM’s action and effectiveness. More than 758 new Academic papers in 23-24 (63 per month). Over 10,597 Academic papers published in total. See the open access database at Pubmed.
PBM Therapy Research
New research is published every month. It includes more trials and lab studies on established PBM Therapeutic effects as well as newly discovered effects – which could lead to potential new treatments for many debilitating medical conditions. It is an exciting time for PBM Therapy, our NovoTHOR® Whole body light bed pod and our specific body part LX2 PBM Therapy machines. Visit our PBM Therapy Research page to read more. Alternatively to review the current extensive world wide open access data base about PBM Therapy just tap/click this link PBM Therapy research.
Our PBM Therapy Clinicians
Ian and Richard have collectively over 60+ years of experience working in the health care sector treating patients and are delighted to be able to bring PBM Therapy science to you using their NovoTHOR® Whole body Photobiomodulation light bed pod and body part specific THOR LX2 PBM Therapy machines.
