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Illuminating Health with Light: Unveiling the Power Therapy with Lisa Fairney

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Unlock the secrets of low-level light therapy and discover how this remarkable treatment helps speed up recovery, manage pain, and address a spectrum of medical conditions. Lisa Fairney shares her journey, insights, and success stories that reveal the healing power of light.

• Introduction of Lisa Fairney and her background
• Explanation of low-level light therapy and its mechanisms
• Benefits of increased ATP production in healing
• Discussion on medical conditions treated by LLLT
• Success story detailing Joe's leg treatment
• Description of client experience during treatment sessions
• Misconceptions about LLLT and its safety
• Call to action for complimentary treatments available

Lisa's Approach  -  Lisa Fairney has lived in Chilliwack most of her life. She attended the UFV for her Certification as a Dental Assistant, worked with special needs children for 30 years as an Educational Assistant with the Chilliwack school district, and has now obtained her Certified LED Light Therapist program through Quantum Academies.

Her passion for helping others drove her to open Enlighten Me. Lisa believes the body can heal itself when given the resources it needs.  Natural approaches should be explored whenever possible.

Watch our YouTube video to learn more:  https://youtu.be/v3r7C7L1I84

Lisa offers a one-time complementary treatment at her clinic.

You can book this at:
Sardis Naturopathic Medical Clinic -
Enlighten Me Therapy & Systems enlightenmesystems.ca ( can book online) Or call the office at 604-858-7422




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Speaker 1:

Welcome everyone to another episode of Women Like Me, stories and Business. I am your host, julie Fairhurst, and I'm very excited. Today we are going to learn some really interesting, cool things. I am here today with Lisa Fairney and she's just got all sorts of really interesting stuff she's going to tell us, so I'm not going to dive into it yet, but let's welcome Lisa. And Lisa, would you please tell us a little bit about yourself?

Speaker 2:

Sure, I'm a 63-year-old. I have six children, five girls and a boy. I have eight grandchildren so far, and I've always been involved in something to do with helping people, whether it be dental assisting. I was a certified dental assistant, I did teacher aid for a number of years and now I'm doing the low level light therapy for people who are suffering with pain and inflammation.

Speaker 1:

And that's what we're going to talk about today. I am, I am like I looked it up a bit, did a little research so that I wasn't completely blind to it all when we were talking but low-level light therapy. Now, what exactly is that?

Speaker 2:

So it's LEDs and it's red light and near infrared, and what happens is the mitochondria absorb the light and it stimulates the mitochondria to produce more ATP, which is what the fuel that our body uses for healing. As we get older, we produce less and less of that, so that's why it takes us as we get older, it takes us longer to heal when we hurt ourselves. So, yeah, the ATP is crucial and also it releases nitric oxide, which is a vasodilator, and it increases circulation.

Speaker 1:

Ooh, so I don't know. What is it? Apt? Is that what you said? Atp?

Speaker 2:

I don't know. Adenosine triphosphate it's a mouthful.

Speaker 1:

It certainly is. It certainly is Okay.

Speaker 2:

It's the fuel that our body uses for healing, so it makes it stimulate the mitochondria to produce more of it. So your healing is sped up by about 45%.

Speaker 1:

Holy cow, that's a lot. You know I am. I have a girlfriend that is in her late 60s and it takes her a long time, like she gets a scratch from her cat, excuse me, it takes her a long time, like I'm shocked at how long it takes her to heal. So this is what happens to us. Yes, this is what we have to look forward to. Yes, ah, got it. So how does it work? So can you tell us a little bit about the science of it?

Speaker 2:

I actually have a link that I'm gonna share with you, okay, and it's it's very scientific and it takes you through exactly what happens inside the body when the lights are on you, and the lights continue to work for 48 to 72 hours after they're taken off of you. So that's why I have um clients come in twice a week, because that divides the week in half and they stay on a healing zone rather than going up and down. The science. The science part of it is very, very complicated.

Speaker 1:

Okay so, but you're so that you're going to give us a link and then I will put the link in the details section. So, everybody, if you are listening or watching, go to the details section, because I'm going to have that link there that Lisa is going to send me and that link is going to explain all of the sort of the science of how it works. Yes, perfect, okay, well, we'll just go to the video for the complicated answer. Okay, to the to the video for the complicated answer. Okay so, but you were saying that, um, that the effects of it will last 24 to 48 hours um 48 to 72 hours that's actually quite a long time.

Speaker 2:

Yes, yeah, it continues to um increase your circulation and continues to produce more ATP. And yeah, it's, it's, it's quite miraculous actually, wow.

Speaker 1:

Wow, so the benefits. Now I was snooping around looking and I know there's lots of medical conditions that it helps and we can talk about that and wound therapy. I read, of course, and you just mentioned that, but I also saw something weight loss, does it actually help?

Speaker 2:

weight loss. Yes, what it does is it works with the lymph nodes. So if you have congested lymph nodes, quite often you put on extra weight, and most people have congested lymph nodes because they don't have on extra weight. And most people have congested lymph nodes because they don't have their own little pump like the heart does. So unless you're a very active physical person, your, your lymph nodes get congested, and as we get older, it's more likely that they're congested. Yeah, so what happens is it's be it's. It helps release the, the lymph fluid, from your lymph nodes, and then the lymph nodes are better able to process your body fluids. So the, the lymph nodes and the fat cells, the fluid actually becomes more fluid, like less sticky and, and so it releases the fat. So, yeah, we do do body contouring.

Speaker 1:

Okay, all right, I'm so glad that I asked that question. Yeah, I, when I saw that when I was researching it the other day, I thought weight loss. I wrote it down. I have to make sure I ask her about that for sure. And then, but then it said like lots of different medical conditions. Do you want to run us through a few of those?

Speaker 2:

Okay, so we have a light cap that I put on clients' heads. That I put on clients' heads so it can help anything from hair growth to Parkinson's, dementia, concussion, depression, anxiety, difficulty with sleeping, all of those sorts of things. And then I have body pads that I put on different areas of the body so I can do shoulders, elbows, knees, hips. So if you've got arthritis or bursitis or an injury, the low level light therapy helps all of those things. Wow, and neuropathy too. I have boots that I put on people's feet. Neuropathy too. I have boots that I put on people's feet. Neuropathy is huge Like we can totally reverse the effects of neuropathy.

Speaker 1:

Wow, yeah, so, and you say wound therapy as well. So, and I guess we kind of discussed that a little bit. I already in the beginning.

Speaker 2:

Yes, yeah, people who have diabetic neuropathy quite often their their circulation is so poor that they have to be careful if they get a little cut or a little blister or something on their foot because they don't feel it and then, because there's no circulation, it doesn't heal, it turns into an ulcer and then ends up getting really big and they and that's how they end up having to have toes or their feet amputated right. So the low level light therapy actually brings the circulation back and it heals wounds and prevents them from happening. Wow.

Speaker 1:

Can you tell us one of your success stories? I'd love to hear that, okay.

Speaker 2:

I'll tell you the story of Joe's leg Okay, joe's leg.

Speaker 2:

Okay, joe was my daughter's friend and he had fallen off of a piece of heavy equipment and he broke his his ankle and he had or had neuropathy already.

Speaker 2:

So it wasn't healing and the leg was just getting worse and worse and it started to turn color. And, um, my daughter phoned me and said mom, do you think you could go to Joe's place with your lights and see if that, if they help him? So I did and I went to his house um several times a week for a couple of weeks and, sure enough, his leg, the circulation, started to come back. He had been scheduled for amputation and he invited me to go with him to his surgeon because he was going to the surgeon to get his date for amputation. And I walked in with him and he took one look at Joe's leg and said that leg doesn't need amputation, that's a healthy leg. And he said meet Lisa and her lights. That's amazing. So the surgeon said he couldn't really make too many comments on it. But he said carry on with what you're doing, you don't need amputation now.

Speaker 1:

Wow, but I mean that makes sense, of course, because if, if my, my grandfather had to have a leg amputated in my uncle, yeah, he had a lot, of, a lot of circulation problems and his foot was turning black. So that's what it does, I mean if you can get in there and get that circulation going. Obviously, anything that's not circulating, it doesn't have any blood circulation, is going to die.

Speaker 2:

Yes, Right, yes, and that's what people with diabetes have to worry about is that they slowly start amputating pieces of them as the neuropathy gets worse and worse.

Speaker 1:

Wow, and so what? How? How does it? So I know we're going to watch a video, I know there's a video for us to watch, but I'm just curious is it like, how like does it heat up? Is like, is it a warmth when you're lying there under the light? Is it a warm light that heats up the body?

Speaker 2:

or it's a very pleasant experience. It's like having heating pads on you, okay, and you just lay there and relax, and my treatment room has nice soft music playing and low light, and quite often I'll have the essential oils going as well and you just, all you experience is the warmth of the lights, but they make you very, very relaxed. Most of my clients fall asleep while they're having their half-hour session and they always are shocked when I come in and they say it's over already and I say you fell asleep. Yeah, wow, good clients say to me no, not yet, go away, I want more.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I bet I could see myself doing that. Oh so well, that's great. So it's nothing to fear. It's just a really relaxing meditative state, probably while you're laying there.

Speaker 2:

Yes, yeah, have you in a recliner, in a really comfortable recliner? Yeah, so are there any side effects? No, yeah, you in a recliner, you know, really comfortable recliner, yeah.

Speaker 1:

So are there any side effects?

Speaker 2:

No, no, it's completely safe, fda approved. Yeah, and I also. I sell the systems, so I've got over 40 people in Chilliwack now have bought low level light therapy systems from me.

Speaker 1:

Oh, wow, so they can do it at home.

Speaker 2:

Yes, and the company's name is InLight. Is is the company that makes the devices their class two medical devices and they are. You're allowed to sell them to people privately.

Speaker 1:

So are those? Do you know, do they have them in hospitals? Do you know, do they use them? Or is it just not really?

Speaker 2:

No doctors, and Western medicine does not recognize it. They are used by the professional sports teams, though. That's how they get their men back on the field and back on the ice as quickly as they do, because it speeds the healing so fast.

Speaker 1:

Oh, okay, well, that makes sense. Yeah, ah, interesting, wow, that is so interesting. So, and so one of my questions was going to be at what can a client expect? Um, but I guess we, we kind of answered that about the treat, about the, the, you know, when they come in for a treatment, but how long so? So, with joe, for example, having he was going to have his leg amputated, how long did it? How many? Like I know you said, you went to his home quite often. How many treatments, do you remember how many treatments he needed?

Speaker 2:

On his sixth treatment he called me. He was supposed to go home and drink lots of water. Yeah, on his sixth session he went straight to the pub, okay, and then, within not even an hour, he called me and said my foot is swelling up. And I said that's good. I said can you elevate it and drink lots of water? And he said, yeah, I can elevate it. And he took a picture of his foot and sent it to me so that I could see what it looked like. And I said you're at the pub. And he says yeah, he says, but he says I'm really excited, my foot is pink in color and it's swollen up, and so it it started the healing process.

Speaker 1:

Wow, that's amazing that. That is an amazing story. Another thing that I read about that I wanted to ask you about is hair loss, and you had mentioned that there's a cap.

Speaker 2:

Yes, there's a headlight cap and it stimulates the hair follicles to grow new hair.

Speaker 1:

It is like a little miracle thing, isn't it?

Speaker 2:

It is and it's being kept quiet because of the pharmaceuticals and the government and all of the red tape. Nobody wants this let out and I want to educate people and make sure people know about it. But if the FDA has approved it, yeah. Yeah, they've met it, they've approved it as a class two medical device. Yes, wow, yes, you would think like I'm. I'm looking at getting a hold of ICBC and WCB because I can be helping those people, of course, of course, get them back to work.

Speaker 1:

And you also. It says that you help with skin conditions.

Speaker 2:

Yes so acne, rosacea, pigment problems, like as you get older you get sunspots. Yes, so the lights help with all of that.

Speaker 1:

They're anti-aging and and they build collagen and elastin. Wow, and so typically a treatment is 30 minutes. Yes, yeah, and do you ever go more?

Speaker 2:

I do do one hour sessions because I've got a few clients who insist that they they want longer sessions. So I do do one hour sessions because I've got a few clients who insist that they they want longer sessions, so I do do one hour sessions, yeah but people typically are just doing 30 minutes yeah, because of cost, right, we don't want to uh to have each session cost too much, of course yeah, yeah, okay.

Speaker 1:

And so who would your ideal candidate be?

Speaker 2:

Hmm, someone with neuropathy. I really like treating people with neuropathy because the results happen within the first couple of sessions and they can feel the difference and they get very excited and it's very rewarding for me to have have them, you know, excited and saying it's working. It's working and yeah, because they're very skeptical when they first come in right because they've been told by doctors there is no hope for neuropathy, like there is nothing except put them on gabapentin or another medication for for neuropathy. But there is help and I would like to be able to educate the doctors, but I don't think they're interested.

Speaker 1:

Right, right, but you are in a doctor's office. You work out of a naturopathics office, don't you?

Speaker 2:

Yes, yeah, yes, but naturopaths are different than the mainstream doctors, right? They work on what is causing the problem. They treat the problem that's happened, they don't mask it with medication. And, yeah, it's a different field completely.

Speaker 1:

For sure, for sure, yeah, so how do you think that, like, what do you think is going to happen in the, in the future, with this?

Speaker 2:

low level. It's becoming well known there there. Uh, I've started noticing it on online a lot more. There's been all kinds of scientific research papers done. Some of them are from pubmedcom.

Speaker 1:

Um, there's there's so much um news about it coming out, but it's still fairly new like the general public doesn't know yet yeah, and so so would it be similar to, like I know that a lot of people get depression throughout the winter and that type of thing, and and I I've never used it myself, but I've heard that they do the light therapy? Is this similar? Is this the same thing, or is it similar?

Speaker 2:

It's not the same thing as as that light therapy, but I do treat seasonal depression disorder.

Speaker 1:

Okay.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, okay, I have a light mask that goes across the face.

Speaker 1:

And yeah, wow, wow. So. So my husband, he's had a sore neck for quite a while and he doesn't know what he did.

Speaker 2:

He pulled something and it kind of radiates down the shoulders and up into here. So if he came into you, what would you suggest for him? He would be put on setting two and setting six. Setting two reduces inflammation and setting six increases circulation. So I have different settings on my equipment as well.

Speaker 1:

Okay, oh, so depending on the level of pain someone comes in with, or yes, okay, they come in and they've got a fair amount of pain.

Speaker 2:

I suggest that they come twice a week. Yeah, keep them on that healing plane. Yeah, um, and then what we do is we work, work back and back them off, um, to maybe once a week, once every week, once every 10 days, once every two weeks.

Speaker 1:

And then quite often people just stop coming because it's worked.

Speaker 2:

And is there anybody that shouldn't come? Not supposed to put the light pads on directly on a pregnant woman's uterus, and that's because they don't know enough about it yet. It's not because they know it can harm them. They haven't done enough studies on it yet. And I'm also not allowed to put the light pads on active cancer.

Speaker 1:

Okay, again, for the same reason, just not a study done, yet again for the same reason.

Speaker 2:

Just no study done yet. Yeah, because the lights um make cells grow, and so there there's a bit of a fear that it might make cancer cells grow makes sense.

Speaker 1:

That makes sense. That makes sense. Okay, is there anything? Anything else that's a concern? No, just those two types of yeah, yeah, well, definitely, um, I I was thinking of pregnancy because I've got, uh, our daughter right now is is, uh, a week and a bit. She should have gone into labor way before now and she's still not, so she's overdue and uh. So, as you're talking, I'm like if she could, if she could just go get light therapy and burst into labor and away she goes. But it sounds like not.

Speaker 2:

Well, at the end of pregnancy I would think it would be pretty safe, Because I think it's more when the fetus is first growing.

Speaker 1:

Right, right, right, yeah Well, so interesting. So I don't think you told us how you got into it. How did you get interested in this?

Speaker 2:

So I had a friend who did light therapy and she offered to come over one day and do it on my neck because I have three herniated discs from a motor vehicle accident.

Speaker 2:

And so she she came over and did it on me and I didn't really notice too much on the first session but did a lot of research after that, after meeting with her and and trying it out, and I was on a lot of medication for my herniated discs and so I needed to come off that medication.

Speaker 2:

So I ordered myself one two port controller and one body pad and I started treating my neck and and within a couple of weeks I was weaning off all my medication. That's insane, yeah. And so and then I said to myself well, I don't need to be on disability anymore with my neck being a problem, because it's not a problem anymore and I need people to know about this. So I started trying it out on my husband and on my kids and different friends, and and and then, of course, joe's leg happened and I was like amazed, and and then I said I, that's it. I'm going to become a certified light therapist. So I took the course and and then Dr Balkan found me and the rest is history. And Dr Balkan found me and the rest is history.

Speaker 1:

Wow, that's. Wow, that is so interesting it's. You know, I've spoken to quite a few ladies lately doing some podcasts and where they're, you know, talking about just different types of technology that is out there that is helping people these days. It's, um, I'm quite shocked actually, and it's exciting. It's super, super exciting, but I am I'm shocked at at how much is it's. It's just, I guess technology is just moving at a faster pace these days and so many of the things are things that have been around for a while, that are sort of just coming back into light, but with new technology advances, yeah, nasa actually developed this.

Speaker 2:

Oh, and the way they found out. They had lights with their astronauts and they were growing different things and they had lights on the plants and one of the astronauts cut his hand and he was working with the lights with the plants a lot and his wound healed super fast and that's how they first discovered that light therapy worked. Wow.

Speaker 1:

Wow, so does it work? Like is it? I know there's a video, but a thought popped in my head Vitamin D.

Speaker 2:

No, you don't get vitamin D from these lights. You need um, uh, ultraviolet light for vitamin D. Okay, and um we don't have any of the dangerous rays in our lights, okay.

Speaker 1:

Okay, okay, wow, lisa, so so interesting. I, I I appreciate you so much being willing to come on and share your knowledge and your wisdom with us. And, yeah, I'm just, yeah, I'm blown away. I have to come for a treatment.

Speaker 2:

Your first one is complimentary, so anyone can have a complimentary treatment.

Speaker 1:

Okay, people who are listening, and if you live in British Columbia, the lower mainland area where Lisa and I live, she's going to offer you a complimentary treatment. So all of her information is going to be in the details section, as well as that little video to educate you a little bit more on the on the complexities of how it all works. But she's also offering a free treatment. So, oh, my goodness, oh, you're going to get bombarded. You're going to be working day and night that's good, yeah, it good.

Speaker 2:

I want people to know that there's help other than medication out there. Yes, for sure.

Speaker 1:

For sure. Well, lisa, we're going to close. Is there anything further that you would like to share with the audience?

Speaker 2:

Anything at all that you want to mention that maybe we didn't cover, or I don't think so, but I would like to thank you very much for having me. Oh, you're really appreciate it.

Speaker 1:

Oh, you're very welcome and I'm just so thankful that you were willing to do it and and offering these free treatments. I'm totally going to take advantage of that. So well, lisa, thank you so much. Everybody who's watching on YouTube or listening on the podcast we appreciate you so much for being here. We would love it if you would give us a subscribe. That would be excellent and we would appreciate that. And don't forget to check out the details. You can watch the video. There's going to be information about how you can reach out to Lisa and how you can get your complimentary first treatment from her and at least try it out. So thanks again for being here. Lisa, really appreciate it.

Speaker 1:

You're so welcome and we'll talk soon, okay.

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