Ko te whakaora taiaho he maimoatanga hauora e whakamahi ana i te mārama arotahi hei whakaoho i tētahi tukanga e kiia nei ko te photobiomodulation (ko te tikanga o te PBM ko te photobiomodulation). I te wā o te PBM, ka uru ngā photon ki te kiko ka taunekeneke ki te matatini cytochrome c i roto i te mitochondria. Mā tēnei taunekeneke ka puta he raupapa koiora o ngā kaupapa e arahi ana ki te pikinga o te pākia o te pūtau, ka taea te whakaiti i te mamae me te tere ake hoki i te tukanga whakaora.
Ko te whakaora whakaahua-koiora he momo whakaora mārama e whakamahi ana i ngā pūtake mārama kore-whakakoiora, tae atu ki ngā taiaho, ngā diode whakaputa mārama, me/ranei te mārama whānui, i roto i te whānuitanga hikohiko e kitea ana (400 – 700 nm) me te tata-infrared (700 – 1100 nm). He tukanga kore-wera tēnei e uru ana ki ngā chromophores taketake e whakaoho ana i ngā kaupapa whakaahua-tinana (arā, raina me te kore-raina) me te whakaahua-matū i ngā tauine koiora rerekē. Ka hua mai i tēnei tukanga he hua whakaora whai hua tae atu ki te whakaiti i te mamae, te whakarerekētanga ārai mate, me te whakatairanga i te whakaora patunga me te whakaora kiko. Kei te whakamahia inaianei te kupu whakaora whakaahua-koiora (PBM) e ngā kairangahau me ngā kaimahi hei utu mō ngā kupu pēnei i te whakaora taiaho taumata-iti (LLLT), taiaho makariri, whakaora taiaho rānei.
He tino māmā noa iho ngā mātāpono matua e tautoko ana i te whakaora photobiomodulation (PBM), e ai ki te māramatanga pūtaiao o nāianei. E whakaaetia ana ko te whakamahinga o te horopeta whakaora o te mārama ki te kiko ngoikore, ngoikore rānei, ka hua ake he urupare pūtau e whakahaerehia ana e ngā tikanga mitochondrial. Kua whakaatuhia e ngā rangahau ka pā ēnei huringa ki te mamae me te mumura, tae atu ki te whakatikatika kiko.