Nitric Oxide (not to be confused with nitrous oxide) is the body’s natural vasodilator to improve circulation throughout the body. It acts as a signal molecule in the nervous system, as a weapon against infections, as a regulator of blood pressure and as a gatekeeper of blood flow to different organs.

Light energy stimulates the release of nitric oxide from hemoglobin, which enters the muscle cells through the walls of the blood vessels, causing the vessels to increase in diameter and allowing more blood flow, increasing oxygen and glucose.

The increase of oxygen and glucose, along with stimulation from Light Therapy, increases the production of ATP (adenosine tri-phosphate) — an immediate energy source for muscle contraction and essential in the metabolism of all cellular processes and sustaining living systems production.

What Nitric Oxide can do:

• Cause the growth of new blood vessels (angiogenesis)
• Decrease edema and swelling
• Increase nutritional flow to cells
• Restore blood flow to nerves (which may be responsible for pain)
• Reduce pain by increasing blood flow to nerves
• Speed up healing by improving circulation to wounds
• Improve the rate at which bones knit back together as well as tendon healing