Living with persistent pain, fatigue, or health issues can be incredibly challenging – but what if you could jumpstart your body’s own healing abilities to find relief?
At Optimal Health & Recovery at Inspire (Clonmel), we offer a powerful range of therapies – red/infrared light therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and PEMF therapy – to support those dealing with chronic conditions and anyone seeking greater vitality.
This page is for you if you’re managing conditions like arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, rheumatoid arthritis, lingering post-viral symptoms, skin problems, or simply feeling run-down and inflamed.
We’ll explain how each therapy can alleviate chronic pain, reduce inflammation, restore energy, improve circulation, and even rejuvenate your skin – all by helping your body repair itself.
Our aim is to give you hope and tangible improvement through safe, natural therapies that work with your body, not against it.
How Infared Therapy Works
Infrared therapy uses gentle red and near-infrared light that passes into your tissues like sunlight through a window. Your cells absorb this light (a bit like a solar panel), which helps their tiny “power stations” make more usable energy (ATP). With more energy, cells can repair themselves better.
At the same time, the light signals your body to calm excess inflammation and helps tiny blood vessels open up, so more oxygen and nutrients get in and waste products get out. It also supports collagen building (useful for skin, tendons and ligaments) and can soothe irritated nerves.
In everyday terms, this means it can ease stiff, painful joints in osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, settle inflamed skin in eczema or psoriasis, support healing of wounds and scars, and reduce tingling or burning from neuropathy or sciatica. Sessions are non-invasive and comfortable—you simply rest under the light for 12 minutes—and benefits tend to build over a short series of treatments.
Infrared therapy delivers targeted red and near-infrared light into muscle and connective tissue, where it’s absorbed by mitochondrial enzymes to boost ATP, trigger pro-repair signaling, and calm exercise-induced inflammation. The result is measurably faster recovery, less soreness, better force output, and more consistent training—without drugs or downtime.
Pain Relief & Inflammation Control
Eases chronic pain in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and chronic low back pain.
Eases chronic low back/neck pain and myofascial trigger points.
Helps quiet tendinitis/bursitis and TMJ discomfort.
Joint Health & Arthritis
Less morning stiffness; improved range in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Supports function in rheumatoid arthritis (hands/feet).
Aids range of motion after joint irritation or overuse.
Tendons, Ligaments & Muscles
Speeds recovery in Achilles and patellar tendinopathy.
Supports tendinopathy (Achilles, patellar, tennis elbow).
Reduces muscle spasm/guarding; restores flexibility.
Assists plantar fasciitis and iliotibial band irritation.
Nerve Health & Neuropathy
Eases burning/tingling in diabetic neuropathy and peripheral neuropathy.
Soothes sciatica and radiculopathy symptoms.
Helps comfort in post-herpetic neuralgia and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Skin Health & Dermatology
Calms inflammatory skin: eczema, psoriasis, rosacea.
Assists acne inflammation and redness.
Improves texture/tone; supports collagen for healthier skin.
Wound Care & Post-Surgical Healing
Supports closure of diabetic foot ulcers, venous ulcers, and pressure sores (with standard care).
Aids post-surgical healing and reduces bruising/redness.
Helps soften scars (including C-section) and improve flexibility/appearance.
Circulation & Vascular Support
Enhances microcirculation in cold, slow-healing tissues.
Helpful for Raynaud’s phenomenon (warmer, less reactive digits).
Encourages lymphatic flow to ease mild swelling.
Energy, Fatigue & Recovery
Supports energy in ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) and post-viral fatigue.
Eases widespread pain/fatigue in fibromyalgia.
Helps reduce “brain fog” and improves day-to-day stamina.
Autoimmune & Systemic Inflammation
Modulates inflammatory signaling in rheumatoid arthritis flares.
Adjunct support in autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s) under clinician guidance.
Helps settle tender, inflamed soft tissues body-wide.
Headache, Mood & Cognitive Support
Adjunct for migraine frequency/severity (with medical plan).
Can support low mood/anxiety relief through relaxation effects.
Many report clearer thinking and improved daytime focus.
Sleep & Stress Regulation
Promotes deeper, more restorative sleep in insomnia.
Encourages relaxation and better HRV (stress balance).
Helpful for “wired-but-tired” stress profiles.
Women’s Health & Postnatal Care
Aids C-section scar healing and comfort.
Supports tissue repair after episiotomy/tearing (as advised).
Gentle option alongside pelvic health physio (for tissue quality around the pelvis).
How HBOT works.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is simply oxygen under gentle pressure. You rest in a clear, comfortable chamber breathing almost 100% oxygen while we slowly increase the air pressure.
That pressure dissolves much more oxygen into your blood, allowing it to reach swollen, inflamed, or poorly supplied tissues—like chronic wounds, post-surgical areas, or tissue affected by radiation or diabetes. Because oxygen is the body’s key fuel for repair, HBOT helps calm swelling and pain, support infection control, and speed tissue healing.
Over a series of sessions it can also encourage the growth of new tiny blood vessels (angiogenesis) and stronger collagen, helping stubborn wounds close and damaged skin, muscle, tendon, and bone recover more effectively.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) super-saturates your blood plasma with oxygen, carrying O₂ deep into tissues that are inflamed, infected, or have poor circulation. That extra oxygen restores cellular energy for repair, helps settle swelling and inflammation, and speeds healing in skin, soft tissue, and bone. HBOT can support closure of hard-to-heal wounds (e.g., diabetic foot ulcers), aid post-surgical recovery, calm radiation-injured tissue, and strengthen grafts/flaps. Over a series of sessions it also encourages tiny new blood vessels and stronger collagen to form—improving tissue quality, reducing pain, and helping you return to everyday activities more comfortably.
Wound Care & Tissue Repair
Speeds closure of diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers, pressure sores.
Helps stubborn post-surgical wounds heal when progress has stalled.
Improves tissue quality in skin tears and slow-healing soft-tissue injuries.
Post-Surgical Recovery & Grafts/Flaps
Reduces post-op swelling and bruising; supports cleaner incisions.
Improves survival of compromised skin grafts and surgical flaps.
Promotes stronger collagen and scar maturation.
Radiation Injury (Oncology Aftercare)
Aids healing in radiation cystitis, radiation proctitis, and osteoradionecrosis (jaw).
Supports recovery of soft-tissue radionecrosis after head/neck or pelvic radiotherapy.
Eases bleeding, pain, and tissue fragility in irradiated areas.
Diabetic & Vascular Complications
Super-oxygenates ischaemic tissue in diabetic microvascular disease.
Supports limb-saving care in critical limb ischaemia (with vascular team).
Helps reduce infection risk in poorly perfused feet/ankles.
Bone, Joint & Infection Support
Adjunct for refractory osteomyelitis (chronic bone infection).
Assists recovery in bone marrow oedema/stress reactions.
Calms peri-wound inflammation around orthopaedic hardware (with surgeon oversight).
Pain, Inflammation & Swelling
Rapidly reduces oedema while maintaining oxygen delivery.
Helps settle painful flares in tendinopathy and overuse soft-tissue injury.
Many report gentler pain levels during multi-week healing plans.
Neurological & Cognitive Support
Adjunct for post-concussion symptoms (headache, fog, fatigue) under medical guidance.
Can reduce frequency/intensity of migraine in some patients.
Improves daytime clarity in fibromyalgia and ME/CFS fatigue profiles.
Energy, Fatigue & Post-Viral Recovery
Boosts cellular energy in post-viral fatigue and long-recovery cases.
Helps restore daily stamina alongside pacing and rehab.
Supports sleep quality and “next-day” recovery.
Skin & Burns
Assists healing in thermal burns and complex skin loss (with burns team).
Reduces local inflammation and helps limit tissue loss at the margins.
Improves colour, pliability, and comfort during scar maturation.
ENT & Sudden Hearing/Facial Nerve Issues
Early adjunct for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ENT-guided).
Supportive care in idiopathic facial palsy (Bell’s palsy) recovery plans.
Aids sinus/ear pressure issues post-infection during healing phases.
Infection & Immune Support
Enhances leukocyte killing in necrotising soft-tissue infections (hospital-led).
Adjunct in complex diabetic foot infections with antibiotics and debridement.
Creates a less hospitable, oxygen-rich environment for anaerobic bacteria.
Pelvic & Urogenital Aftercare
Eases bleeding/urgency in radiation cystitis; supports mucosal healing.
Supports tissue repair after pelvic surgery alongside physiotherapy.
Helps comfort in chronic pelvic pain linked to tissue hypoxia.
How PEMF works.
PEMF uses gentle, low-frequency magnetic pulses that pass through the body and create tiny, safe electrical signals in your tissues. These signals help cells work more efficiently—restoring healthy membrane balance, improving ion flow, and supporting cell energy and communication.
In everyday terms, PEMF can calm inflammation and pain, improve blood and lymph flow to reduce swelling, and support repair in joints, tendons, ligaments, and even bone. It also soothes irritated nerves (e.g., neuropathy or sciatica), relaxes over-tight muscles in chronic back/neck pain, and can assist pelvic floor activation and coordination—useful for postnatal recovery and stress urinary incontinence when combined with pelvic health physiotherapy.
PEMF (pulsed electromagnetic field) therapy uses gentle, low-frequency magnetic pulses to create tiny, safe currents in your tissues. These signals help reset the cell’s “battery” (membrane potential), improve ion flow (including calcium), and enhance microcirculation and lymphatic drainage. That means less inflammation and pain, quicker tissue repair in joints, tendons, ligaments and bone, and calmer muscle spasm and irritated nerves (e.g., sciatica, neuropathy).
PEMF can also assist pelvic floor activation and coordination alongside physiotherapy (useful postnatally or with stress urinary incontinence). Sessions are non-invasive and comfortable, and benefits build over a short series as tissues settle and heal.
Pelvic Floor & Women’s Health
Supports pelvic floor activation/coordination (with pelvic health physiotherapy).
Helps stress urinary incontinence (postnatal or under load).
Aids C-section/episiotomy tissue comfort and recovery.
Eases chronic pelvic pain and post-birth tissue sensitivity.
Pain Relief & Inflammation
Reduces pain in osteoarthritis and chronic low back/neck pain.
Calms tendinitis/bursitis flares and overuse soreness.
Helps settle myofascial trigger points and muscle guarding.
Tendons, Ligaments & Soft Tissue
Supports healing in Achilles/patellar tendinopathy.
Aids recovery from sprains/strains and rotator cuff irritation.
Assists plantar fasciitis and fascia/glide restoration.
Bone Health & Rehabilitation
Adjunct for delayed/non-union fractures (bone stimulation).
Supports bone density in osteoporosis care plans.
Helps ease bone marrow oedema/stress reactions discomfort.
Nerve Health & Neuropathy
Eases burning/tingling in diabetic/peripheral neuropathy.
Soothes sciatica and radiculopathy symptoms.
Supportive in carpal tunnel syndrome and post-herpetic neuralgia.
Circulation, Swelling & Drainage
Improves microcirculation and lymphatic flow.
Helps reduce oedema around joints/soft tissue.
Speeds clearance of post-injury bruising and fluid.
Post-Surgical & Scar Care
Helps pain and swelling after procedures (adjunct to standard care).
Supports comfortable scar remodeling and pliability.
Useful around orthopaedic sites (with surgeon/physio guidance).
Wondering when these therapies can help you most?
Not sure when they’ll help? On the medical side, these therapies can support you throughout your healing journey—from acute flare-ups and post-surgery to chronic conditions and day-to-day symptom relief. Here are common times to add Infrared, HBOT, and PEMF to your care plan:
Pain & inflammation flare-ups
Infrared and PEMF help calm inflamed joints and tendons (e.g., osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bursitis), while HBOT reduces swelling without cutting oxygen, so pain settles faster.
After surgery or procedures
HBOT accelerates incision and tissue healing and limits edema; Infrared supports collagen and scar remodeling; PEMF reduces pain and stiffness—making rehab more comfortable.
Chronic wounds & skin healing
HBOT super-oxygenates poorly perfused tissue (e.g., diabetic foot ulcers, radiation injury) to help wounds close; Infrared boosts collagen and microcirculation; PEMF aids fluid clearance and comfort.
Nerve pain & neuropathy
Infrared improves microcirculation and nerve metabolism; PEMF calms nerve excitability; HBOT enhances oxygen delivery—supportive for diabetic neuropathy, sciatica, and post-herpetic neuralgia.
Fatigue, fibromyalgia & post-viral recovery
Infrared supports mitochondrial energy; HBOT improves tissue oxygenation and mental clarity; PEMF promotes better sleep and autonomic balance—helpful for ME/CFS, long post-viral symptoms, and widespread pain.
