Every Station Loads The Same Muscles
Sled push, sandbag lunges, wall balls, and the runs between them all hit your quads and calves again and again. There's no station built to spare them.
Sled push. Sandbag lunges. Wall balls. Every station loads the same quads and calves, over and over. A sports massage eases that soreness for a night. It doesn't reach deep enough to stop it from coming back before your next session.
Sled push, sandbag lunges, wall balls, and the runs between them all hit your quads and calves again and again. There's no station built to spare them.
Booking one after every hard session isn't realistic, and even when you do, it eases the soreness for a night. It doesn't reach deep enough to stop it from showing up again next week.
The ache never fully clears before the next heavy leg day. You just get used to training through it, week after week.
A sports massage relaxes the muscle around your quads and calves for a night. It doesn't reach the tissue deeply enough, or often enough, to stop the soreness from building back up before your next session.
*Based on Leal-Junior, E. C., et al., 'Effect of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) on muscle fatigue and biochemical markers of muscle damage in athletes.'
**Based on findings published by OnPoint Neuro (Leal-Junior et al., 2018).
Six things worth knowing before it replaces the massage you can't always book.
The same red and near-infrared wavelengths in the Light Pad are behind more than 3,000 independent studies on tissue repair and inflammation, not just a marketing claim.
In a 2024 third-party observational study of 253 Novaalab users, 94.7% reported an improvement in their condition.
*Based on Leal-Junior, E. C., et al., 'Effect of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) on muscle fatigue and biochemical markers of muscle damage in athletes.'
**Based on findings published by OnPoint Neuro (Leal-Junior et al., 2018).
Sports massage, in-office red light therapy. Two ways to treat sore quads and calves, paid one visit at a time. Here's what replaces both with a single routine.
Dr. Joseph A. La Barbera
Doctor of Chiropractic at LaBarbera Family Chiropractic. Utica, NY
Dr. Tammy Gampe
Doctor of Chiropractic at Chiropractic Vitality Center. Exeter, NH
Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND
Clinic Director, Kingston Integrated Healthcare Inc.
Shannon Bandura, RN, RMT
Registered Nurse & Massage Therapist
Lee Bojic, RMT, HCA-RHNC
Registered Massage Therapist & Holistic Nutrition and Health Coach
Built for athletes who'd rather treat their legs every day than book a massage they can't always get.
20 minutes a day, quads or calves, whichever took the harder hit. Hands-free, still working at the cellular level, on your schedule, not a massage therapist's.
What You'll Feel
Certifications: CE, RoHS
Size: 16.3" x 7.9"
Medical Lights: 300 x Infrared 850 nm lights + 150 x 660 nm lights for a total of 450 light chips
Irradiance output power: at 0": 150 mW/cm² - at 1": 120 mW/cm² - at 3": 45 mW/cm² - at 6": 25 mW/cm²
LEDs lifetime: 50,000+ hours
Weight: 0.6 lbs
Ships in 2 to 5 days. First session the day it arrives. 60 days to send it back, no forms, no friction.
From Athletes Who Treat It Daily
From first Hyrox event to competitive standard. One massage a week was never going to keep up with training every day.
20 minutes, on your schedule. That's the difference between relief and actual treatment.
Do The Novaalab Method for 28 days on the leg that's sore. If it isn't treating better than a massage ever did, send it back within 60 days for a full refund. No forms, no friction, no questions asked.