The Science Behind NorbRELIEF

The idea that a special light can actually help migraine headache sufferers was originally discovered by Rami Burstein, PhD, of Beth Israel Deaconess (associated with Harvard Medical School), who was researching light as a trigger to migraines in blind people.

He found that pure green light was less of a trigger than white, red, blue or other colors of light. Subsequent studies by Burstein, with non-visually impaired migraine sufferers, and Dr. Mohab Ibrahim at University of Arizona led to findings collectively summarized as follows:

• Many migraine sufferers are photo sensitive (i.e. light can trigger their migraines). However, narrow band green light is less likely to trigger migraines (in comparison to white, blue, red, or yellow light).
• Low intensity narrow band green light can soothe or reduce the severity of headache pain, and other pain from fibromyalgia and neuropathy.
• Migraine sufferers, who traditionally seek darkness, may experience sufficient pain reduction, with low intensity pure green-light-illumination, as to continue their normal activities during a migraine attack.
• Narrow band green light does not intensify migraine pain (and in some cases leads to pain reduction) whereas white, blue, red and yellow light are known to increase migraine pain.
• Narrow band green light holds promise as an inexpensive, individual-controlled, drug free, noninvasive support therapy for those who suffer migraines.
• Narrow band green light can help reduce pain from fibromyalgia and other forms of neuropathy potentially by stimulating the body to make more of its own naturally occurring pain killers.