About Rupert

Rupert discovered Photobiomodulation Therapy (formerly known as Low-level Light Laser Therapy – LLLT) when he met James Carroll, CEO of THOR Photomedicine, a pioneer in the technology.

He started the practice in 2012 and since then has become an expert in the therapy.

Prior to that he was a chiropractor for over three decades and ran a successful business for many years.

Rupert and his wife Victoria moved to Henley in 2016 where she enjoys easy access to rowing and he enjoys learning the intricacies of golf and tennis (he also skis). They have four children.

Challenging nutritional wisdom

Rupert is also interested in challenging the conventional wisdom on nutrition. For more information on this increasingly important topic please go to Peter Attia, who explores strategies and tactics to increase lifespan, healthspan, and well-being, at peterattiamd.com.

About the equipment

NovoTHOR Whole Body Light Pod

NovoTHOR is the world’s first and only whole body Photobiomodulation device that operates within known effective parameters and delivers Photobiomodulation Therapy in just 8-15 minutes. The device is safe, relaxing, and has no negative side effects.

Photobiomodulation Therapy promotes regeneration, reduces inflammation and pain, is non-toxic, and non-invasive. Nike took a light pod to the 2016 Olympics in Rio to help athletes with injuries and recovery. 

THOR LX2 Control Unit and its five probes

The three probes emit red and near-infrared light and together with the control unit are built to specifications that enable them to be used in photobiomodulation clinical trials.

Photobiomodulation clinical trials with similar wavelengths and power densities have demonstrated that:

• Analgesia (the inability to feel pain) can be achieved with these instruments targeting the nerves at the spine, nerve roots, nerve plexuses, and along the course of the nerve

• Tender points, however small, can be treated with the Trigger Point Laser

The THOR 200 mW Trigger Point Laser has a built in trigger point/tender point locator that indicates the location of the distress, and more importantly, gives Rupert the facility to compare one area with another to determine the primary focal point of the problem. It does this by measuring the electrical conductance in the skin – the higher the conductance, the greater the distress.

The probes:

• Healing/anti-inflammatory 69 LED Cluster (34 x 10 mW LEDs at 660 nm & 35 x 30 mW LEDs at 850 nm)

• Analgesic Laser Cluster (5 x 200 mW lasers at 810 nm)

• Trigger Point Laser (200 mW laser at 810 nm)

About the treatment studio

The treatment studio is cosy, small and perfectly formed.

It features an examination bench, music system and a thermostatically controlled heating and cooling device as well as the NovoTHOR Whole Body Light Pod, THOR LX2 and its five probes and the Giant Laser Cluster.

The benefits of Photobiomodulation Therapy are well known: applIcations for as little as five minutes twice daily reduce pain, inflammation & tenderness and the severity of scars & wounds.