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This site will help you learn about
healing lasers; the how, why and when to use low
level laser therapy, what to expect and what to watch
out for in a low level laser and much more. We hope
you will enjoy exploring the rest of this
website!
Low Level Laser / Cold Laser Uses and
Benefits:
Low level laser therapy is the application
of laser light over injuries, lesions, burns, pain,
inflammation and other disorders to stimulate healing
within those tissues and cells. Lasers are best known
for their ability to cut, but do not confuse Lasers for Healing, Cold
Lasers or Low Level Lasers with cutting or high
powered lasers! A Low Level Laser
is a Cold Laser,
that is not capable of inducing
thermal changes in the skin tissue. This website is
all about cold laser therapy and the cold laser
products. Low level lasers, under
various names such as, cold laser, soft laser,
biostimulating laser, photo stimulation diodes and
many others, have been used for about 40 years in many
countries as therapeutic energy devices to bring
about favorable biological effects in both animals
and humans.
In Europe, Canada and Australia, where low level
laser treatment has been a well accepted methodology
for over 35 years, it is being used for treatment of
traumatic, inflammatory and overuse injuries, pain
relief and healing of arthritic lesions, reduction of
absesses and treatment of persistent non-healing
wounds such as cold-sores and ulcers. This type of
therapy has also been used to prevent or minimize
keloid formation and adhesions, to reduce edema, and
to reduce pain from surgical and other treatments.
Healing with light and use of low level laser therapy
can also encourage the formation of collagen and
cartilage in damaged joints and the repair of nerves,
tendons and ligaments. In addition, laser light can
be used to stimulate acupuncture points in a
non-invasive, pain-free manner.
Low Level Laser Therapy
Provides New Treatment Possibilities,
Dr. Melyni Worth, Ph.D, World Equine Veterinary
Review, Vol. 3, No.3, 1998
Through the treatment of acupuncture
points with a cold laser probe or cold laser diode,
applications such as smoking cessation, weight
management and pain management are becoming popular.
The general public is increasingly seeking out the
effective, painless and side effects free treatment
of cold laser therapy over drugs, needles, pills and
operations.
How Does Low Level Laser Therapy
(LLLT) Work?
According to Low Level Laser
Therapy by Jan Turner & Lars Hode (Prima
Books), low level laser therapy:
Reduces pain by causing the production of
natural pain killer endorphins.
Reduces inflammation by suppressing inflammatory
enzymes that create swelling, redness, pain, and heat
and enhances the release of anti-inflammatory
enzymes.
Enhances lymphatic drainage, which increases
circulation and speeds healing.
Stimulates the release of helpful healing
enzymes.
Releases tight muscles (both smooth and
striated) that create chronic pain, joint problems,
and decreased mobility.
Speeds bone repair by stimulating fibroblastic
and osteoblastic proliferation.
LLLT in the correct frequency appears to be
antiviral, antifungal, and antiherpetic.
Laser irradiation of tissue cultures has shown
that units of light energy (photons) are absorbed by
enzymes, which react to light within the cell.
Visible red light is absorbed within the mitochondria
and the infrared light is absorbed at the cell
membrane.
In a mammalian cell, this results in a change in
membrane permeability, increased ATP levels and
increased DNA production. The photons picked up by
the cell membrane result in improved membrane
stability and increased activity of the ATP dependent
Na/K pump. Because cell
metabolism is influenced by Na/K movement across the
membrane, increasing the gradient will affect the
flow of ions and hence the overall metabolism of the
cell.
On a tissue level, it has been shown that
irradiation by laser light results in increased
collagen and epithelial production and production of
new capillaries and an increase in density of the
capillary bed.
Reduction of pain and inflammation results from
this treatment, as does the stimulation of nerve
regeneration, muscle relaxation and atonicity (lack
of muscle tone). There is also an indication that
laser light therapy helps to increase the immune
system response.
Low Level Laser Therapy
Provides New Treatment Possibilities,
Dr. Melyni Worth, Ph.D, World Equine Veterinary
Review, Vol. 3, No.3, 1998
FACT:
Osmosis (transfer) of essential nutrients cannot
occur across the cellular memrane of a de-polarized
(sick) cell. Consequently, delayed healing, chronic
disease, scars, fatigue, and accelerated aging is
observed! LLLT reenergizes (repolarizes) injured cell
membranes and increases the mitochondria energy by
150%, which speeds and improves the healing
process!
Red light aids in the production of ATP in
cells, which increases cellular health and energy.
The radiation (energy) in normal cells stimulates
adjacent cells to divide in the normal process of
regeneration and healing. Laser light stimulates
abnormal tissue to activate normal inter-cellular
radiation, thus stimulating the normal healing
process to start again. The photons produced by laser
light normalize tissue by activating enzymes within
cells. Once activated, enzymes within a cell trigger
a chemical reaction in which more enzymes are
activated in a domino-type effect. Low Level Laser
Therapy has no effect on normal tissue. Photons will
only be absorbed by cells that need them.
Holistic Bird
Newsletter,
www.holisticbird.com/hbn01/decjan/pages/laser.htm
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