What is Preconditioning PBM Therapy ?
Preconditioning or wellness PBM Therapy is an exiting development in Photomedicine. Scientists have discovered that applying PBM Therapy (light in the Red and Near Infra Red (NIR) spectrum) to undamaged ‘normal’ cells:
- Enhances / maximises how the cells function – making them work better than before
- Triggers defensive cell mechanisms that helps make the cells more resilient to cell damage and death. When researchers try to kill cells with toxic substances (e.g. X-ray radiation, UV light, methanol, *Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) the PBM Therapy triggers cell defensive/protective mechanisms in the healthy cells which does not happen in non treated PBM preconditioned cells
- Preconditioning can prevent disease processes**, such as these debilitating pathologies (conditions/diseases) Oral Mucositis and Radiodermatitis which occur as a result of damaging chemicals and radiation (Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy). Both these are valued treatments used to kill cancers cells but they also unfortunately also kill/damage lots of normal cells leading to undue extra suffering and symptoms that could be avoided.
- Preconditioning helps protect your skin from damaging UV light.
- PBM Therapy stimulates the release of vital stem cells needed for healing and repair
- Research has shown preconditioning PBM Therapy can significantly help to prevent organ damage.
* LPS – Lipopolysaccharides are very inflammatory chemicals produced by bacteria when you have an infection, and are powerful causes of systemic inflammation and a cause of septic shock.
Preconditioning PBM Therapy Keeping Cells Younger
Long term Random Controlled Trials (RCT’s) to study human tissue cell damage/aging is not possible in real life as we age far too slowly (life span of 70+ years) and there are so many other factors during that time that could alter the results such diet, lifestyle and exercise. But long term RCT cell research is easily carried out on animals, usually mice as:
- Mice’s cells tissues and organs are physiologically and biochemically similar to humans (which is why they are used in drug/vaccine trials for humans)
- Mice age quickly – mice live about 1 year in the wild and a bit longer in captivity so they are ideal to use as their bodies age rapidly
- In lab RCT’s all the factors can be controlled so the ONLY difference between groups is whether they have PBM Therapy or not.
Already in this long term preconditioning PBM Therapy study looking at cell (brain tissue) aging in mice, the preconditioned PBM Therapy group showed dramatic and significant slowing down of brain cells/tissue aging – effectively ‘staying younger’ than age match control mice who did not have preconditioned PBM therapy! Younger brains!
**This preconditioning – cell maximising /enhancing protection mechanisms, has huge potential benefits in terms of human health and wellness. Research in this area is still very much in its infancy but it is hoped that more research will prove preconditioning to be a simple way to help prevent/reduce the severity of other illness or diseases – not just those skin pathologies above related to radio and chemotherapy.
NovoTHOR Whole Body Preconditioning PBM Therapy
The NovoTHOR PBM Therapy light bed pod surrounds your whole body thus bathing you head to toe with Red and Near Infra Red (NIR) penetrating light with the potential to affect all the Mitochondria in the cells that the light interacts with. These are found in abundance in each and every cell in your body and are needed to provide energy to the cell so it can perform the job it has been programmed to do!
It’s been recently discovered that these Mitochondria can also migrate in your blood stream travelling around your body reaching potentially all parts of the body, even where the PBM Therapy light cannot reach. This might explain some of the systemic effects PBM Therapy has on parts of the body or the brain tPBM affects that occur too deep for the light to reach.
The NovoTHOR light bed pod means you have the potential to have multiple preconditioning benefits all at the same time, even some that you were not expecting. e.g. enhancing muscular strength, performance and recovery. Apart from preconditioning – there are so many other health benefits that PBM Therapy has demonstrated that are good borne out by years of research.