{"id":1444,"date":"2025-08-30T14:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T12:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ergotherapiepraxis-schmidt-staub.de\/light-therapy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T16:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T14:16:23","slug":"light-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/therapy-methods\/light-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Light therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_945593910\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Light-therapy-Depression-Hanover-Germany.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Light therapy - Depression - Hanover - Germany\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-center\" id=\"row-2054630658\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-395660609\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\" data-animate=\"blurIn\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center dark\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4151588965\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 200%;\">Light therapy<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4151588965 {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n#text-4151588965 > * {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-4196409915\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p>Light the\u00adra\u00adpy is an estab\u00adlished method for trea\u00adting depres\u00adsi\u00adon.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4196409915 {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n#text-4196409915 > * {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_945593910 {\n  padding-top: 100px;\n  padding-bottom: 100px;\n  min-height: 450px;\n}\n#section_945593910 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(237, 233, 225, 0.762);\n}\n#section_945593910 .section-bg img {\n  object-position: 66% 47%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_945593910 {\n    padding-top: 30px;\n    padding-bottom: 30px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1918843127\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large content-row-1\" id=\"row-546245036\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1205530096\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\" data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4150704206\" class=\"text span-headline-1\">\n\t\t\n<p><span>What is the effect of light the\u00adra\u00adpy?<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Many phy\u00adsi\u00adcal and men\u00adtal pro\u00adces\u00adses are con\u00adtrol\u00adled by an inter\u00adnal clock. In the win\u00adter months, the lack of light cau\u00adses a hig\u00adher pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of the sleep hor\u00admo\u00adne mela\u00adto\u00adnin and we sleep more, but often have less ener\u00adgy during the day, as the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of the hor\u00admo\u00adne mela\u00adto\u00adnin is down-regu\u00adla\u00adted by bright day\u00adlight fal\u00adling on our eyes. It has been pro\u00adven that a lack of light can also lead to depres\u00adsi\u00adon (win\u00adter depres\u00adsi\u00adon, SAD).  <\/p>\n<p>Howe\u00adver, the bright\u00adness indoors is often lower than out\u00addoors and in suns\u00adhi\u00adne, even in sum\u00admer. When used cor\u00adrect\u00adly, sun\u00adlight and the\u00adra\u00adpy light bring the inter\u00adnal clock back into sync and thus ensu\u00adre that the neu\u00adro\u00adtrans\u00admit\u00adter sero\u00adto\u00adnin and other mes\u00adsen\u00adger sub\u00ads\u00adtances are once again pre\u00adsent in hig\u00adher con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adons and can have a regu\u00adla\u00adting effect in the brain. <\/p>\n<p>The brain mes\u00adsen\u00adger sub\u00ads\u00adtance sero\u00adto\u00adnin, along with others, ensu\u00adres the trans\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon of infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon from brain cell to brain cell and is known as the \u201cfeel-good hor\u00admo\u00adne\u201d. Sero\u00adto\u00adnin defi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy is the cau\u00adse of many depres\u00adsi\u00adons. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, dis\u00ador\u00adders of other neu\u00adro\u00adtrans\u00admit\u00adter sys\u00adtems (nor\u00adad\u00adre\u00adna\u00adline, dopa\u00admi\u00adne, glut\u00adama\u00adte and others) can also play a role.  <\/p>\n<p>When the trans\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon of infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon works well again, you can think bet\u00adter, feel bet\u00adter, sleep bet\u00adter, enjoy life more inten\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly again, feel hap\u00adpier and more balan\u00adced again. Inhi\u00adbi\u00adti\u00adon of thin\u00adking, inhi\u00adbi\u00adti\u00adon of emo\u00adti\u00adons, con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon, sleep and beha\u00advi\u00adoral dis\u00ador\u00adders such as anxie\u00adty, for exam\u00adp\u00adle, decrease signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly or dis\u00adap\u00adpear com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly. Light the\u00adra\u00adpy is now also suc\u00adcessful\u00adly used for sleep dis\u00ador\u00adders, jet lag (time zone chan\u00adge), age-rela\u00adted depres\u00adsi\u00adon and dis\u00ador\u00adders of the inter\u00adnal clock cau\u00adsed by shift work. Even healt\u00adhy peo\u00adp\u00adle can demons\u00adtra\u00adb\u00adly impro\u00adve their over\u00adall well-being and per\u00adfor\u00admance with light.   <\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-2264308971\" class=\"text span-headline-1\">\n\t\t\n<p><span>How is light the\u00adra\u00adpy car\u00adri\u00aded out?<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>For the best effect, it is advi\u00adsa\u00adble to use it dai\u00adly for at least 2 or bet\u00adter 3 weeks. It is also bet\u00adter to use it in the mor\u00adning than in the evening so that the body can bet\u00adter adjust to the dai\u00adly rhythm. Each ses\u00adsi\u00adon lasts 30 minu\u00adtes. You sit rela\u00adxed about half a meter in front of the lamp at 10,000 lux and read. You should also look direct\u00adly into the lamp every few minu\u00adtes to enhan\u00adce the effect. The harmful UV light is fil\u00adte\u00adred out. In addi\u00adti\u00adon to natu\u00adral bright day\u00adlight, blue light is also used suc\u00adcessful\u00adly and effec\u00adtively in light the\u00adra\u00adpy.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-546245036 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 40px 0px 0px 25px;\n  background-color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1918843127 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 247, 237);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1449,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1444","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2634,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1444\/revisions\/2634"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}