Migraine Pain Relief Lamp

Green Light Therapy (GLT) is beginning to emerge for its pain-relieving properties and more.

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What I liked about this technology is that the pain relief was noticed in lab animals, not people. This eliminates the human placebo effect. Green Light Therapy (GLT) is similar to Red Light Therapy (RLT). It’s a simple, non-invasive procedure using light. With GLT we are using green light with wavelengths between 515 nm and 540 nm.

Green light initiates biochemical reactions at the cellular level as does red light.

GLT for Migraines

Many migraine sufferers are light-sensitive. Strong light intensifies their migraine pain. Which leads sufferers to rest in a darkened room until the migraine passes. In a light sensitivity study performed by Rami Burstein and colleagues [3], they found that majority of the participants’ headaches intensified to all colors of light with the exception of green light. Furthermore, they found that green light even reduced pain by 20%.

In efforts to explain this result, Burstein and colleagues conducted follow-up tests to measure signals and reactions in response to different light colors. Their findings showed that neurons in the thalamus (the part of the brain that transmits information about light) were…