Relieve pain, restore mobility, and improve function in less time.
This amazing technology is a safe and non-invasive light therapy to help with pain, gut issues, neurological disorders, and so much more!
What is Firefly therapy?
Firefly light therapy™ accelerates the healing of a wide variety of chronic conditions and soft tissue injuries. It can relieve pain, promote wound healing, and provide therapy for arthritic conditions and neuropathy.
Exciting data from current clinical studies indicate that Bales Photonics Firefly Light Therapy may be able to reverse the symptoms of central nervous system disorders like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Extensive research also documents pain relief from all types of inflammatory diseases and injuries with the use of this multi-spectrum technology.
Firefly combined with an F-scan can pinpoint and potentially destroy parasites in people suffering from a variety of auto-immune disorders and gut issues. Ample evidence exists linking cognitive decline to gut issues making it a great place to start for treatment.
How does it work?
Firefly emits packets of light called photons. These photons break the painful inflammation cycle by dilating small blood and lymphatic vessels. This process increases circulation, removing irritating inflammation which then accelerates healing and pain relief. Your immune and nervous systems can also benefit from light therapy, increasing activity for faster repair of damaged tissues and increasing the release of nitric oxide.
Introduction to Firefly Light Therapy
What can Firefly help with?
Firefly can help with the following:
- Parasites
- Lyme
- IBS
- Gut Bacteria
- Cognitive Decline
- Alzheimer’s
- Dementia
- Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
- Neuropathy
- Epstein Bar
- Pain
- and so much more!
There are many reasons this light therapy is the ideal choice compared to other therapies:
- Faster Healing: Accelerates cell development and stimulates bone and cartilage regeneration.
- Anti-Inflammatory Action: Reduces swelling and accelerates healing of soft tissue injuries.
- Increased Vascular Activity: Increases microcirculation of lymphatic system and small blood vessels.
- Stimulates Nerve Function & Regeneration
- Fast: Typical treatments last only 5-10 minutes.
- No Drugs Required.
- Safe and Non-invasive: Emits pure, non-ionizing light.
Firefly Light Therapy vs Traditional Light Therapy
What happens at my appointment?
Firefly Therapy for pain simply requires a short visit and exposing the area of concern. If you have gut or cognitive decline issues, we’ll do an F-scan first. Here’s how it works.
1. Scan
The F-scan takes just 2 minutes to complete. During the scan, you’ll simply sit quietly holding a metal cylinder in your left hand and a finger clip will be placed on the middle finger of your right hand. There’s no need to disrobe and it’s completely painless.
2. Review Results
Next, your practitioner will go over the results of your scan and explain what is out of the normal range. The results are reflections of what your immune system is fighting at the moment. And then we’ll program the Firefly to match those F-scan frequencies in order to be able to work to eliminate these pathogens (including bacteria, viruses, and parasites) in your body and determine a recommended number of treatments. Typically, 3–6
treatments are needed. Of course everyone is unique and more treatments are required to address the more chronically ill.
3. Light Therapy
The light frequency session is usually administered over the abdomen. Most people choose to lay on their back for gut pathogen ablation and sit in a chair for a session on their head. Skin does need to be exposed for those sessions. This session typically lasts for 10 minutes.
4. Repeat the Scan
Typically, patients FEEL the difference or pass parasites (if they came up on your scan) and know that they are doing better with symptom relief and will have kick started your healing process. However, it is common that with pathogens, we will want to make sure they’re gone. And so, we may suggest another scan, which may show more pathogens that your immune system has now prioritized since the Firefly has assisted it in ablating the first session’s pathogens. After any type of session, make sure you are staying well hydrated to help the healing process and help to flush out toxins being released by your cells. A binder such as activated charcoal is recommended.
Preparing for Firefly Sessions
- Skin must be exposed in the area being addressed. Please wear loose-fitting clothing.
- Hydration is critical to the effectiveness of the session. Please come hydrated.
- Do not wear cologne or perfume.
What Clients Are Saying
Angela’s shoulder was locked up. She had many different types of appointments to try to help it and she wasn’t making any progress. In her first 5-minute Firefly Photobiomodulation session she had a huge improvement. Later that night she texted Dr. Patti to let her know that she has 100% range of motion within a few hours of her appointment!
Decades of ankle pain improved significantly after Tami’s first 2-minute Firefly Photobiomodulation session.
We only worked on Karen’s gut and the eczema on her wrists disappeared within just a couple of sessions.
Patty convinced her husband to give Firefly a try and they are both glad that he did!
Henry’s Story
Firefly Deep Dive with Patti Bartsch, Ph.D.
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Firefly Services
Packages of 4 to 10 sessions available.
- Firefly with PEMF — up to 10 minutes of targeted Firefly with a 10-minute PEMF “wash”
- X-Firefly — targeted firefly for eXtremities (arms or legs)
- Sinus Firefly — 2 minutes of blue, infrared, and green light on your sinuses (add-on hydrogen recommended)
Preparing for Firefly Sessions
- Skin must be exposed in the area being addressed. Please wear loose-fitting clothing.
- Hydration is critical to the effectiveness of the session. Please come hydrated.
- Do not wear cologne or perfume.
- Please shower or bathe prior to your appointment (that morning)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to do a QuickStart Consultation before doing Firefly?
It depends. If you are seeking to do Firefly sessions for sinuses, teeth, or extremities (arms or legs), you do not need to do a QuickStart appointment first. For other concerns, a QuickStart will help to make sure you are ready for Firefly (some people need to do a little prep work like detoxing or having regular bowel movements before they are ready for Firefly). It may be that PEMF or another service is a better fit for your wellness goals and challenges. The QuickStart (Zoom) consultation will help to identify the best path for you to take to naturally achieve your wellness goals. Learn more at https://naturallyunbridled.
What does Firefly feel like?
Most clients find the warmth of the light to be soothing as the circulation to the area is increased. If the light is too warm for your comfort level, always notify the technician and we will modify the intensity. The firefly wands do not have ionizing radiation, ultraviolet, or X-rays.
How many Firefly sessions will I need?
We start everyone with a minimum of 4 sessions and we suggest you do those sessions within a span of 2 to 12 days for best results. It’s very common for people to notice improvements after the first session or two. In some cases, where the client is very ill or has had a condition for a long time, they may need more sessions before noticing improvement.
What is the F-Scan?
The F-Scan is a frequency scanner that checks for the energetic signature of approximately 200 pathogens and toxins. A chart shows the technician which frequencies are most disruptive to your energy field so that the technician can select the appropriate frequencies to run through the wands.
What does it mean when nothing shows up on the scan?
If no disruptive frequencies show up on your scan it often means that either you have no disruptive frequencies (less likely) or that your body is so energetically depleted, that it can’t muster the energy to engage with the pathogen or toxin. It is exciting to see what your body shows us after a few sessions. In any case, our technicians are able to select an appropriate set of frequencies for your specific case so that your cells become energized to start working on healing.
Why did my technician recommend additional products or services?
When we combine additional products or services with your Firefly sessions, we see a synergistic effect. Our technicians want you to get the most out of your Firefly appointments and sometimes that means bringing in some nutrition, remedies, or additional services to enhance your results.
Why did my technician have me drink water during my appointment?
Water conducts energy. Mineralized water REALLY conducts energy. We have found that clients get better results when they drink mineralized water at the beginning of their appointment. We add minerals (Spectralyte) and two homeopathic remedies to the water we ask you to drink at your Firefly appointments. It helps even more if you are already hydrated (hint hint!)
What is a PEMF "wash"?
During or after your Firefly session we will run our Pulse XL-Pro PEMF system for 10 minutes to amplify the results of your Firefly session and enhance the detox pathways. We are one of two practices in the U.S. that combine these two therapies.
Will Firefly "fix" me?
We have been amazed with the results we see with Firefly sessions. We can tell you that the clients with the best “foundations” (nutrition, hydration, lifestyle, digestion, exercise, sleep, etc.) get more impressive results than those with weak foundations (fast food, sugar, soda, energy drinks, night-shift, perfume, excessive alcohol usage, etc.). The more you do on your end, the better results from our end.
How quickly will I see results?
(See the question above) Many clients notice improvements within the first session or two. Each case is individual. Be sure to communicate with your technician about any changes you notice so we can optimize your sessions.
Why does the technician want to work on my gut when my problems are elsewhere in my body?
Hippocrates said, “All healing starts in the gut.” We have seen everything from rashes on the wrist to seizures resolve when only using Firefly on the gut. Your case will be evaluated by our team and we will recommend the protocols that we feel are most likely to get you the best possible results. Even if it seems weird to you, our team is highly trained in utilizing this technology and they will select the best course of action for your case.
Why would I want to add on Hydrogen?
Inhaled hydrogen therapy has powerful anti-inflammatory properties. It can help reduce detox symptoms and things like headaches – especially when working on the brain, sinuses, or face. It’s only $15 to add on a 30-minute inhaled hydrogen session.