Red and near infrared lights – can they help degenerative neurological diseases?
A progressive neurodegenerative disease, the causes of Parkinson’s are not fully known. It tends to start later in life, and while everyone knows about the tremor and difficulties moving, it has many other symptoms that make life difficult. Prof John Mitrofanis’ research team are leaders in understanding the effect of red and near inrared light on the damaged neurons in Parkinson’s.
Congratulations to the maker of this very fine Eliza!
It is heartening to hear of more Eliza light hats being made at home.
For those who are apprehensive, take heart. It can be done. If you aren’t in a position to do the fiddly stuff yourself, then you will almost certainly have a mate who is prepared to help. Just ask.
I’ve just updated the page on the evolution of the Eliza light hats. Now that it is public knowledge that Max was asked to be the first guinea pig, I can be a little more open with information and photos.
Over the first 12 months of Max’s use of light hats, I made him five different versions. I’m not sure he has ever had so much headwear!
I had a great query this morning about what baseline information to collect before you start using an Eliza. I have an excel spreadsheet which is basic, but a useful start, and it allows you to add comments over time. I will post it separately.
There are three very important things you can do to track any changes.
An Eliza arrived in California today.
She is the first light hat to travel out of Australia.
Over the last two years we have made, for people with Parkinson’s, a number of Eliza light hats, both one and two wavelength. I’ve been musing on what they and we have been noticing. Bear in mind that each person is different, experiencing symptoms in different ways.
We have seen improvements in everyone who uses the lights daily.
The person least likely to notice any improvements is the person with Parkinson’s
Constant knee pain makes it hard to be active, so in mid 2015, I did a lot of sitting and reading. One of the books was Norman Doidge’s The Brain’s Way of Healing. He mentioned the positive effect of red and near infrared light on arthritic joints and damaged tendons, and on brains.
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Red lights on the brain 