Hi V and group,

For anybody who doesn’t already know, V makes a very nice high quality device
that anyone would be proud to own. I got one each of the 660nm. and 880nm.
single arrays. I haven't done much with the 660nm. yet, but I’ve had some good
luck with the 880nm. array!

I did notice that the 880nm. array gets pretty hot after five minutes of use,
enough so that I feel the need to shut it off and let it cool down after this
period of time. The 660nm. array does not exhibit this tendency.

Here is my success story. I sprained my thumb pretty bad on my right hand. I
couldn’t touch the tip of my little finger with it. In fact, I could hardly
touch the tip of my index finger with the injured thumb. There was very little
range of motion, and quite a lot of throbbing pain. This went on for over a
week, until I remembered my LED’s. Duahhh.

Anyway, I was taking no prescription or over the counter medication, although I
certainly could have used it. I started out irradiating for ten minutes a day
with the 880nm. device, concentrating on the thenar eminence (e.g., the body of
muscle on the palm of the hand just beneath the thumb). Each ten minute session
was broken up into two five minute periods with about five minutes or so in
between to allow for cooling. After four days of this I didn’t seem to notice
any improvement, so I stopped. Then, after three more days of pain, I decided
to go for it. I irradiated for five five minute periods (maybe six, I don’t
remember), with time in between to let the device cool off.

When this marathon session was over, I did notice some improvement in the pain
level, maybe a 10% improvement, let’s say. But the big change showed up the
next day when I woke up realizing to my complete surprise that the range of
motion in my thumb had improved 80%, and the pain level had diminished 50%!
What a relief!

I was going to irradiate again but I didn’t seem to be able to find the time.
Yet, over the next week or so I noticed that the improvement was continuing,
even with no further irradiation! Every day there was noticeably more range of
motion, and less pain. At this point, the thumb is completely back to normal.

A skeptic will say that the thumb would have recovered the same way without
irradiation. I don’t think so. I’ve had plenty of similar sprain injuries
including sprains to the thumb, and these kind of things do not resolve
themselves very quickly. The discomfort and limitations in range of motion
ordinarily seem to just go on and on for weeks and weeks. I have never
experienced an injury like this resolving itself so quickly.

I am not a medical doctor and this is not medical advise. Your experience may
vary, of course. I myself am convinced that irradiating with the 880nm. array
did something to accelerate the healing of my sprained thumb while reducing the
discomfort I was experiencing, as well. The LED’s seemed to work best when the
sensation of heat became noticeable deep within the tissue, although I am not
sure whether this was just an effect of the LED’s themselves heating up, or an
effect of the near IR irradiation. One relatively long exposure session seemed
to work better than several shorter sessions spread over a period of several
days.

Using the LED array is not anywhere near as convenient as mindlessly swallowing
capsules containing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, for example. But in
this case, anyway, the LED’s did seem to offer a viable alternative, and
appeared to actually stimulate genuine healing instead of merely reducing
unpleasant symptoms, but without having any actual effect on the underlying
problem.

Pete Macomber