Using Light Therapy for Injury & Pain Relief

The Lifespan Light Series live webinar Living Well With Light Series #1 For Patients & General Public

If you’re dealing with muscle or joint pain, recovering from a sports injury, or simply curious about how light therapy works, join us online for an informative and easy-to-understand session on photobiomodulation (PBM).

In this webinar, we’ll explore how the body responds to injury, why pain occurs, and how light therapy can support healing and recovery. You’ll hear from our guest presenter, Professor Liisa Laakso, a highly respected researcher and international expert in light therapy who will share insights into what the science says about using PBM for sports injuries and musculoskeletal pain.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• What happens in the body after a sports injury
• Why pain occurs and what it means
• How light therapy may help reduce pain and support recovery
• What the research shows about PBM for muscle and joint conditions

Whether you're currently using light therapy or considering it, this session will help you make informed decisions about your health.

About Our Guest Presenter

Dr Liisa Laakso is Principal Research Fellow (Allied Health) at the Mater Research Institute, Brisbane; Honorary Associate Professor at The University of Queensland Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences; and Adjunct Professor of Physiotherapy in the School of Health Sciences and Social Work at Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.

Prof Laakso was the first Australian to complete a PhD in the field of laser therapy. In 2020, Prof Laakso was recognised by the European Medical Laser Association with a lifetime achievement award.

Prof Laakso’s research focuses on:

- the role of photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy for pain, lymphoedema management, tissue healing, inflammation and neurodegeneration in a range of non-malignant and malignant laboratory and clinical models and populations;

- symptom control and prevention in chronic disease, and in recovery after cancer, and in palliative care.

Her work includes one of the largest ever funded studies of peri-operative PBM in people undergoing total knee replacement surgery.

Prof Laakso is an executive committee member of the Australian Medical Photobiomodulation Association (AMPA), and past-President of the World Association for Laser Therapy (WALT). Prof Laakso is a past Vice-President of the International Society for Electrophysical Agents in Physical Therapy (an official sub-group of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy). She is also on the editorial board of the journal Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine and Laser Surgery.