Own the
day.
Twelve high-level rugby players, on the pitch rather than in a laboratory, running a sprint test they had already run once.
A Multi Radiance figure, from Miranda et al. 2015, where peak torque rose 20.2% over placebo — measured in adults with a lung condition rather than athletes.
The study
Week one was practice with no treatment, so nobody could put the result down to learning the course. In weeks two and three each athlete got the real thing or a placebo before running, in random order.
Treated, their average sprint was faster and their fatigue index lower, meaning they held speed further into the set. Blood lactate rose less, and they reported feeling less tired.
Distance covered and time to exhaustion on a treadmill test, active laser against placebo, the same twenty volunteers on both occasions. Both differences reached significance. Values from Miranda EF et al., Journal of Athletic Training, 2016;51(2):129–135.
Treat before you go
Every performance trial in the Multi Radiance compendium applies the laser before the effort, not during it.
The window is wide
A 2020 trial found the effect from five minutes to six hours beforehand. You do not have to time it to the minute.
Put it on the working muscle
The trials applied it directly to the muscles doing the work, seventeen sites per leg. That is where the effect turned up.
Dig deeper.
Eighty-plus peer-reviewed studies have been published on this technology. Here are three more.
These are research findings for super pulsed laser therapy, reported as published. GameDay is FDA cleared for the temporary relief of minor muscle and joint pain and arthritis, for muscle spasm, for relieving stiffness and promoting relaxation of muscle tissue, and for temporarily increasing local blood circulation. Performance and recovery outcomes described in this research are not cleared indications. Individual results vary.