Learn how Chelsea found benefits for postpartum healing using Pittsburgh's only medical-grade, deep red light therapy.

Chelsea pursued Pittsburgh's only medical-grade, deep red light therapy in the aftermath of a complicated childbirth due to postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), a severe and relatively common complication of childbirth.

Chelsea required multiple surgeries and transfusions and spent considerable time in the intensive care unit. Once released, she found herself juggling trips to the NIC unit to bond with her newborn son and sessions of red-light therapy.

“I was driving to and from the hospital several times a day,” she says. “I had dark bruises over all of my arms … that’s where I saw the immediate benefits of red light. The bruising significantly improved and became lighter the next day.”

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Chelsea continued the deep red light therapy at Transformation to support her recovery journey. “What would have taken weeks to heal resolved in a matter of days. I felt like the red light helped me heal,” she says. “And while I had previously experienced postpartum depression, with the red light, I had no issues.”

Along with her physical recovery, Chelsea credits red light therapy and its supportive effects with giving her more time with her newborn in the crucial early bonding period.

Research shows clear benefits from red light therapy with bruising and healing through several mechanisms:

• Effects on Cellular Function: Red light therapy works by stimulating mitochondria, the energy-producing structures in cells, increasing ATP production, providing more energy for cellular repair and regeneration, and enhancing cellular metabolism and function.

  
  

• Improved Blood Flow: Red light therapy promotes angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels) and increased circulation between blood and tissue cells. This improved blood flow can help deliver oxygen and nutrients to damaged tissues more efficiently, potentially speeding up the healing process.

  
  

• Collagen Production: Studies indicate red light therapy can increase fibroblast production (cells that produce collagen and other connective tissues), promoting faster tissue repair and regeneration.