Light therapy dates back to the IV century B.C. when Hippocrates used sunlight to treat a variety of diseases. Fast forward to the 1980s, a team of Swiss scientists discovered that they could “synthesize” the sun’s full spectrum of light minus the harmful ultraviolet rays and achieve incredible healing.
The five billion dollar Swiss company, Zepter, developed the Bioptron System which “synthesizes” the sun’s full spectrum, polarized, incoherent (out-of-phase) and low-energy light. This polychromatic light penetrates the skin down to the subcutaneous layer. Even though the light focuses on a small area of the patient’s skin, the blood picks up the biopositive effect of the light and transmits it to the whole body.
The advantages of the Bioptron System is that it is totally safe, non-invasive, painless, short treatment time, cost effective, no UV radiation, and has a wide range of applications and can be used in conjunction with any other treatments. The Bioptron System has been documented to increase microcirculation by 47% making it extremely effective for:
- Relieving acute and chronic pain
- Speeds up wound healing after trauma injuries (ex. Calf and Hamstring injuries)
- Effective for healing burns (reduces scaring)
- Post-surgical wound healing
- Ulcers that resist healing (decubitus-pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, and venous ulcers)
Medically the Bioptron System has been shown to be very effective for:
- Rheumatology (osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis)
- Low back pain
- Neck pain
- Shoulder pain (rotator cuff strain)
- Facial pain
- Tendonitis
- Spasms and knots
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Soft tissue injuries of muscles, tendons, and ligaments
- Skin Diseases (Atopic dermatitis, Psoriasis, Herpes simplex, Herpes zoster
- Superficial bacterial infections, Acne, Acne rosacea, and Oral lesions)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
Bioptron System can be specially beneficial for athletes:
- Relief of aching muscle
- Tennis elbow
- Reduce muscle and joint pain
- Accelerates healing
- Increase range of active and passive motion of joints
- Achieve quicker recovery of muscular and joint activity
- Reduce inflammation and swelling
- Boosts endorphin production
- Blocks pain transmitting chemicals
- Pre & Post training stiffness
- Plantar fasciitis
- And many more applications
Treatment time with the Bioptron depends on the type of injury and can range from 2 to 10 minutes one to two times per day. The number of treatment days also depends on the severity of the problem. Most minor issues can be resolved in 5 or 6 days. Moderate problems may require two weeks.
Gerald H. Smith, DDS, DNM
