Red and near infrared lights – can they help degenerative neurological diseases?
I’ve spent the afternoon trying to tidy up the blog, including updating the FAQ page and making a photo of a Cossack into the logo.
The old logo of a battered bucket Eliza light hat is so yesterday.
Still a lot of work to do, but at least it has finally started, and I’m hoping that information will be easier to find over time.
I’m sure there will be the odd glitch. Such is life.
The wonderful photo is by pan xiaozhen on Unsplash
I’ve just seen and listened to Kate Swaffer, an extraordinary Australian first diagnosed with dementia at the age of 49.
Here is a link.
Kate’s message is simple and powerful. If you are given a diagnosis of dementia, don’t go home and give up.
People with dementia see the world in a different way – not better, not worse, just different.
Her message, especially if you have just been diagnosed, is that the more you do in your life, the better your life will be. Don’t hide away. Be active, take part, do things – lots of things.
We know that red and near infrared lights help – if they slow down the progression, then you win. No harm in trying.
Just as Parkinson’s is an insidious disease that creeps up and takes things away, the effect on the life of partners is just the same – insidious and inexorable.
Photo by Nani Chavez on Unsplash
For everyone with Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease or any other neurodegenerative disorder, there is almost always someone who walks alongside every step of the disease progression. It’s not the doc tor, or nurses or anyone from the local Parkinson’s disease association doing the twenty four hour shifts. It’s the partner.
Continue reading “Partners”Exercise and photobiomodulation are both neuroprotective.
Yesterday I had a really long conversation with a physiotherapist who specialises in treating people with Parkinson’s disease. It was one of those enormously cheering conversations. Listening to someone who is extremely experienced, supremely competent and concerned for and about each patient is a delight. On top of that, to have the drive and energy to keep up with the medical literature and identify other ways to help patients is awe-inspiring.
One of the topics we discussed is the role of exercise in Parkinson’s disease. It seems that there are some who think that exercise has a minimal role in management of Parkinson’s. This is astonishing, given all the research that consistently shows that structured exercise makes a big difference.
Continue reading “Exercise and Light”I’ve had a few queries of late about red lights for eyes. I’ve mentioned eyes in a previous post, here. Above is a photo of the eye light I made for a friend.
Continue reading “Eye light”For arthritis, photobiomodulation needs to be used daily.
If you’ve ever read how this blog came about, you’ll know that osteoarthritis is a subject dear to my heart and right knee.
I described in agonising detail life before and after months of 850nm near-infrared light on my knee every day. Every day. Not just once a week, or twice a week, but every day.
Even then I knew enough about the effect of red and near infrared light on mitochondria to have worked out that mitochondria are like batteries and need a very regular recharge.
Mitochondria work best if they get daily boosts of energy courtesy of the response of their clever proteins that are able to absorb near infrared light and transform it into metabolic energy.
Continue reading “Knee arthritis”Mitochondria get a lot of airplay in this blog. (Here’s an early post.)
The mitochondrial experts of the world have been blown away by new research. It seems that our blood not only contains the various sorts of red and white cells, but it also contains nomadic mitochondria.
This is amazing! Here’s why.
Continue reading “Mitochondria in your blood”
