Introduction & Episode Overview
Mike Volkin (00:00)
All right, welcome everybody to another Red Light Therapy podcast. Today we are as always or joined by the wonderful Dr. Enman. Welcome to the show, Dr. Enman.
Alan (00:09)
Hello everyone, it's great to be back.
Mike Volkin (00:11)
All right, so he is from, as you know, West Texas. If you listened to us before, and he has a two clinics actually in Costa Rica. He's a medical director of a stem cell clinic. And as a red light therapy expert, he's gonna be sharing his wisdom today so you can make the most of your red light therapy devices. We're gonna keep this one short, just like all the other ones, less than 15 minutes. And today we're gonna be discussing blueprint for success. So for those of you who are beginners to red light therapy, especially the beginners to the platinum pro.
platinum therapy light's newest model. We're gonna be discussing some of the features around that. So you ready to dive in, Doctor I? so
Alan (00:47)
Yes, sir. Let's
I Just Got My Panel Out of the Box. Now What?
Mike Volkin (00:49)
let's just take it from the beginning. I just got my light out of the box. Now what? What do I do?
Alan (00:55)
First of all, that's not overcomplicated because one of the biggest mistakes that people have is they got the red light therapy and then they're trying to understand every wavelength, you know, and every setting and every frequency and every possible protocol, and it's like, slow down. You're not an expert, so
you don't have to, okay? So once you've got these lights, you know, you gotta set them up securely and decide.
What area of the body you really want to treat? Start with a simple protocol. The fundamentals about this is always looking at, you know, the distance in which you're finding yourself from the panels, you know, how long you're going to be using it, how you know how long you're going to be using each session and you know it in the area of skin you're you're dealing with. So the important thing is that start simple. learn how your body responds, and then, you know, as time goes on.
You can learn about different protocols and then apply them.
What Are the Smart Modes and Which One Should I Start With?
Mike Volkin (01:57)
Yeah. The thing about red light therapy, especially with platinum, is that it's y you plug it in and you can get going right away, but there's also other things like remotes and apps and stuff. We'll we'll talk about those in in a minute, but it also has this smart mode. what are the smart modes and which one should I start with?
Alan (02:15)
Well, for the smart modes, there are various types, but it depends on what you're looking for. And so it's pretty plainly, you know, s written so that you know which one you're looking for. So we don't we take out the guesswork. We're not making you have to go, crap, what is each one? You know, it's gonna tell you exactly what you're looking for if you know it has to do with longevity or skin specifically. So for a beginner it makes it really easy.
It takes all like I said, this guess workout, and then all of a sudden you don't spend all these weeks trying to figure out, you know, what protocol am I gonna set up, what are the frequency, the you know, the length, etcetera. It's better to just stick with this and as you, you know, use the lights more and more and you find out more because you start to read, then you figure out if you wanna go and do it, you know, manually and go into the sessions and start, you know, tinkering.
Mike Volkin (03:12)
That's what I do. my smart mode is set to deep tissue for athletic recovery. And I've that's what I've stuck with, but people buy it for skin rejuvenation and they use a smart mode for skin. So there's a lot of smart modes that you just basically you just take your problem, the reason why you bought the red light therapy panel and you set it to that smart mode and just let it ride. That's what most people do. So there's also a remote and an app that comes with the platinum therapy light. How do I use the remote and app in the easiest way possible?
How Do I Use the Remote and App?
Alan (03:41)
Well this is really convenience. It's it's quite nice to be able to set up and I'd say specifically in your case, Mike and mine, that we have, you know, four panels and instead of having to go manually, you know, push each one on, they're all, you know, synced in and you just turn it on and you're ready to go. Because the panel itself, you know, is gonna sit there and, you know, depending on the time, it's gonna even tell you of when to rotate and flip.
And then when whenever, you know, it's gonna end. But it it does make it, you know, nice to keep up with you know, to create a routine. And but it is very important that we always keep the s simple protocol again, you know, your distance, area of skin, you know, the length of time.
Mike Volkin (04:33)
Yeah, I mean I I wouldn't say you really can't go wrong using red light therapy, but the best thing that you can do is like you have mentioned several times, is consistency. Just make it a daily practice. and that's the the most effect most effective way you'll get use out of the red light therapy.
Alan (04:49)
I can tell ya it's so effective. I've got hair growing like big time.
Mike Volkin (04:52)
Yeah. Yeah. I have I mean, I'm a competitive tennis player and I could tell you measurably my athletic performance being able to recover the next day has definitely increased. Like I usually before red light therapy, I would need to take two or three days off a heavy three hour match, and now I'm back on the court the next day because I consistently do red light therapy. speaking of, you know, actually using the device.
Does someone go naked? Do they wear clothes? If so, what type of clothes? Like, what's the protocol there?
What Should I Wear During a Session?
Alan (05:24)
Okay, it's I d it's ideal to keep, you know, your skin exposed 'cause that's the area that we want to be able to work on so that those photons can reach. the problem is is any barrier is gonna block some of that. And the idea is to take advantage as much as you can as of those red light therapies. So if you're treating, you know, your abdomen, then you know, expose your abdomen. If you're treating your back, expose your back. that doesn't mean you have to completely be naked. In my case I just do it because it's just
You know, it's better. You're getting functionality across all the skin. It's gonna cover it all. But, you know, it it it is very important that you don't have anything obstructing the light and clothing is doing.
Can I Use the Light While Doing Other Things?
Mike Volkin (06:05)
Can I use my light while I'm doing other things? Like people I've seen them, you know, they're they're reading or they're getting ready in the morning and they have it, you know, on their makeup stand or something. Is that okay to do it like that?
Alan (06:15)
Okay, I'll put it like this. It is, but it isn't something that you should be doing every day. Because there isn't enough medical studies to prove that you can just stare at the red light every day. So I try to do it like one or two days out of the week, and the rest of the time, you know, I wear the air or the eye protectance. but it will improve eyesight. So I'm not trying to say don't do it. It's just there's not enough information to say.
Hey, if you do five times out of the week, you're great. It's the lack of information that I'm trying to make you guys be aware that we're not gonna make the wrong decisions without, you know, appropriate information.
How Do Most People Set Up and Mount Their Panels?
Mike Volkin (06:56)
Okay, that makes sense. what is your configuration like in your house in terms of like how you hang it or mount it? I'm just curious because as you know, I think I've showed you my setup. I have four panels on this big mount and I just kind of lay on a cot underneath it, and that's the way I do I just kind of meditate while I do my red light therapy. I get a two for one basically. So how do you mount or or hang your your panels?
Alan (07:18)
So mine's on a mount just like yours. And the way I have it set up in the clinic is we have it over a very comfortable bed. So a lot of people, when they use this, they use like the chiropractor beds. And I for me it's all about comfort. So what we do is we make sure we cover up the bed, you know, with with paper, it's medical paper to protect, but the person is lying there comfortably.
in the nude they're in private you know we we have the door locked and they're receiving it in my home I have one as well and so mine's leaning over the extra bed that I have in my in my home and I'm using it in that in that way and it's it's something that I can tell people if you really know how this device is it is so powerful that when you pick up just one panel you're gonna realize
How really heavy it is. It's not like light equipment. It's something that really is putting out a lot of energy for such a small bulb. The rest of it is pretty much equipment that will program and the other component is the large fans to cool it off because the amount of energy that's being released.
The Single Biggest Mistake in Your First Week
Mike Volkin (08:32)
Yes, I I agree. You think they would be lighter, but I mean at least the good quality ones aren't. they need those components in there, right? what is one thing most people get wrong when they first get their red light therapy device, like in the first week?
Alan (08:47)
They go more is better. And so in this
Mike Volkin (08:50)
Mm, yeah.
Alan (08:50)
case, it's not that way. that is the biggest mistake. People don't realize that what they need to do is use exactly what is with the with the instructions and keep it there. So every panel is going to be releasing a different amount of photons. And so in our case, you do 10 and 10, and you're fine. You can still do maybe 12 and 12, but the idea is that you're not.
Going past that because there's a biphasic effect. Meaning when you get the sufficient stimulus, you're gonna get the optimal effect. And if you overdo it, or you won't get a better effect, or it will do something and where it won't have the effect that you're looking for. So the idea is to try to keep it simple. I'm gonna do the time in which is suggested with the the company that I'm working with.
And stick with it. And like you said, it is all about consistency. It is not about I'm lying there more. Okay?
Closing Outro
Mike Volkin (09:54)
Yeah, it's eas there's a reason why there's prepaid or not prepaid, pre-made timers on these. don't overdo it. It seems like it's an red light therapy is an easy thing to do. That doesn't mean that do more of it. You can't overdo it and make it less effective. You're actually working against yourself at that point. well thank you again, Dr. Inman. I think we covered everything we can on this topic. again, anybody who's listening who wants submit a question, go to red light therapy podcast dot com.
We'll come up with these episodes every couple of weeks and look forward to having you on another show. Thank you so much.
Alan (10:26)
Thank you. Everyone have a blessed day.
Mike Volkin (10:29)
Bye bye.
