Photos: Light therapy said to ease equine pain
Total You Health of Roanoke uses photobiomodulation light therapies to attempt to alleviate pain and inflammation for both humans and animals. Special light therapy tools are placed around bothersome areas for an alternative, noninvasive treatment for arthritis, inflammation and other sources of pain that doesn't involve medication.
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Karen Waldron, owner of Bent Tree Farm in Shawsville, works with one of her competitive stallions, Famous V, in the indoor facility.
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Dakota, a Dutch Harness horse, watches as Linda Bailey sets up her light therapy equipment for a session of photobiomodulation therapy to help reduce any pain or inflammation that the horse may have from training.
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The portable photobiomulation theraphy equipment that Linda Bailey with Total You Health uses for application on Karen Waldron's horses at Bent Tree Farm in Shawsville.
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Inside the Bent Tree Farm stables in Shawsville, Linda Bailey applies photobiomodulation therapy to Dakota, a Dutch Harness horse owned by Karen Waldron.
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Linda Bailey applies the photobiomodulation therapy that helps relax muscle tension in the horse’s rear leg.
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Micah Geary who works at Bent Tree Farm, escorted Dakota, a Dutch Harness horse, to his photobiomodulation therapy session with Linda Bailey of Total You Health. These competitive horses, owned by Karen Waldron, train hard and their recovery is as important as their workouts.
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Atop a stool, Llinda Bailey applies light therapy to Dakota. She started working with animals during the COVID-19 pandemic while she wasn't able to see human patients at her office, Total You Health, in Roanoke County.
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Dakota reacts as Linda Bailey applies light therapy during one of her sessions at Bent Tree Farm in Shawsville. Practitioners say this noninvasive therapy helps relieve muscle tension and inflammation.
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Linda Bailey performs light therapy on Famous V, as groom/trainer Kim Studholme watches the stallion’s expression.
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Linda Bailey adjusts her portable photobiomodulation system before applying the therapy to the stallion, Famous V at Bent Tree Farm in Shawsville.
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Linda Bailey performs light therapy on Famous V, as groom/trainer Kim Studholme watches the stallion's expression.
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The red light used in photobiomodulation therapy targets areas of pain and inflammation.
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Dakota, a Dutch Harness horse, relaxes while having light therapy administered by Linda Bailey of Total You Health.
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Famous V, yawns during an PBM therapy session applied by Linda Bailey as the stallion's groomer/trainer, Kim Studholme accompanies him in the stall at the Bent Tree Farm stables in Shawsville. The therapy is very relaxing to the horses.
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Jill Woltz accompanies her golden retriever, Chloe, 11-years-old, to her PBM therapy session at Total You Health with owner, practitioner, Linda Bailey. The office had just opened in a new location during Phase 1 of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Linda Bailey applies photobiomodulation therapy, that uses a red LED light to help reduce pain and inflammation on Chloe, an 11-year-old golden retriever owned by Jill Woltz. The dog suffers from joint and arthritis issues.
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Linda Bailey applies photobiomodulation therapy to help reduce pain and inflammation on Chloe, an 11-year-old golden retriever owned by Jill Woltz. The dog suffers from joint and arthritis issues.
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Linda Bailey applies Photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy, that uses a red LED light to help reduce pain and inflammation on Chloe, an 11-year-old golden retriever owned by Jill Woltz. The dog suffers from joint and arthritis issues.
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Linda Bailey applies photobiomodulation therapy that uses a red LED light to help reduce pain and inflammation on Chloe, an 11-year-old golden retriever owned by Jill Woltz. The dog suffers from joint and arthritis issues.
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Linda Bailey, owner/operator of Total You Health that uses photobiomodulation therapy to alleviate pain and inflammation among other benefits to both humans and animals, says good-bye to Chloe, an 11-year-old golden retriever owned by Jill Woltz, who completed one of several LED light therapy applications.
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Jill Woltz walks with her golden retriever, Chloe, 11, out the door of Total You Health, after she received one of several light therapy treatments that seem to be working for her joint and arthritis issues.
Stephanie Klein-Davis
Stephanie has worked full-time at the Roanoke Times as a photographer for 33 years. She received her BA in Mass Communications from Tulane University & Masters in Journalism from the University of South Carolina.
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