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Cold Laser Therapy
Medical research
is now showing that light frequencies can help stimulate the healing mechanisms within the body.
Each cell in the human
body vibrates at a certain frequency. If it is not vibrating at that frequency it cannot function properly. Pollutants, infections,
and stress have the ability to alter the level at which a cell vibrates slowing down the repair mechanisms.
Through the
use of Cold Laser Therapy the frequencies of cells can be restored, thus restoring proper energy and
function to the
cells.
HOW COLD LASER WORKS
When the body has an injury the cells are damaged and fail
to function within normal parameters. Low level lasers from the Cold Laser machine penetrate deeply into the skin and work
by restoring this abnormal cellular function. Cold Laser uses a non-heat producing light laser, which is locked at a specific
wavelength that is optimal for treatment and can penetrate deeply into tissue. Cold Laser or Low Level Laser Therapy is emerging
as the therapeutic modality in the healing arts community.
The biological effects of Low Level Laser Therapy have
been shown to significantly accelerate and enhance the body's natural defense and repair abilities when injured. By reducing
the duration of inflammation as well as enhancing specific repair and healing process, Low Level Laser Therapy has been proven
to provide pain relief, reduce damage due to the injury and loss of function. Low Level Laser Therapy enables the body to
have a more rapid repair and stronger tissues once healed.
Physiologic effects include improved metabolism, circulation,
neurological communication, and tissue healing.
Laser therapy may be useful for the following:
- tendonitis
- frozen shoulder
- fractures
- post-operative wounds
- sprain-strains
- scar tissue
- autoimmune diseases
- chronic
or acute pain
- wound healing
- arthritis
- migraines
- disc herniations
- minor nerve damage
- carpal
tunnel syndrome
- heavy metal detoxification
The Cold Laser, or Low Level Laser Therapy, can be used for:
o Inflammatory conditions-
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Epicondylitis, Plantar Fascitis, Bursitis with excellent results.
o Pain management for Fibric
Myalgia Myofscial pain, cervical neck, thoracic and low back pain.
o Connective tissue disorders such as sprains, strains,
tendonitis, and tendon ruptures.
o Joint injuries, disorders such as TMJ disorders, osteoarthritis, dislocations, and
ligament injuries.
o Muscle injury or disorders such as muscle bruises, contusions, muscle ruptures, and muscle shortening
contractures like frozen shoulders.
o Neurological injury or disorders such as prolapsed disc, ruptured or herniated
discs, crush injuries, neuritis, and headaches.
BENEFITS:Lasers are painless, sterile. No undesirable
side effects. Much more affordable than surgery.
"Light therapy is not a new concept. The sun's photonic rays cause a seed to sprout
through RNA and DNA changes. The sun's rays are full-spectrum light, which means many wavelengths are present (400-800
Nanometers), but only one specific wavelength, or frequency, causes the seeds to germinate. In 1924 Bose and Einstein, great
men of science, predicted the Laser. Laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
In 1978, Dr. Frolich helped to establish the Wave Particle Theory, which now forms the foundation of quantum physics
and defines the mechanism of life, as we now know it. Human cells, tissue and organs have specific frequencies that regulate
important cellular functions such as protein synthesis, cellular division and communication. Frolich used quantum physics
to explain that a cells living matrix must produce coherent or laser-like oscillations, unique resonance's. He stated
that these resonance's serve as signals that integrate processes such as growth, injury repair, immune mediation and the
overall functioning of the organism. Each molecule, cell, tissue and organ has an ideal resonance frequency that coordinates
its activity. Using certain laser frequencies can alter or balance the body's systemic defense and repair mechanism.
In 1994, Dr. Smith stated that pathologies manifest themselves as chemical imbalances with the underlying cause being
electromagnetic. By applying a specific frequency, normal function and balance can be restored. Physicists Schawlow and Townes
brought the laser into modern medical arenas, where they are being used for a variety of treatments. Most of the lasers used
in the medical field have been High Frequency Hot Lasers, which are catabolic (destructive) in nature such as the ones used
in eye surgery. Cold Lasers are anabolic, or regenerative in nature.
Laser therapy is based on
photochemical and photobiological effects of the cells and tissues. With laser light, cell functions are stimulated, especially
the increase of a cells ATP (energy). This increase in ATP synthesis is associated with increased cell metabolism; increase
collagen synthesis, stimulation of DNA formation, improved immune system function and increased new formation of capillaries.
The laser also has been shown to increase neurotransmitters (serotonin), to increase enhance tissue regeneration through increasing
fibroblasts and keratinocytes, to increase antioxidants and to accelerate bone and scar healing.
The Erchonia
PL 5000 is a low frequency laser, with a very specific (630-640) 635 Nanometer wavelength. The frequencies are the
pulsations that can be programmed in by the doctor for different purposes (i.e., muscle growth, inflammation, etc.). The PL
5000 has two laser heads with the capacity to distribute four frequencies at the same time. It uses coherent light, which
is light traveling in the same direction at the same wavelength. The human cell functions at 630-640 nanometers (NM). It has
been documented that DNA replication occurs at 635 NM, and cellular phagocytosis (cellular housecleaning or detoxification)
happens at 634 NM, and that injured neurons (nerve cells) heal best at 635 NM.
Most significantly, research shows
that every cell has a least three kinds of basic receptors for neurotransmitters (i.e., serotonin, dopamine), hormones (insulin,
thyroid, estrogen) and photoreceptors. The laser affects the human cells through the photoreceptors, causing a physiological
effect. Nerves, for example, are affected by the temperature, the pH within the cell, the oxygen available, and the amount
of ATP (a cellular unit of energy) available. The laser stimulates ATP production and oxygen at a cellular level, which activates
enzymatic cascades that help the cell to detoxify itself. These changes result in activating cells or nerves and setting up
an environment in which they function best.
Accelerated healing, the primary goal for any kind of injury, is hard
to demonstrate in one laser session. However, your chiropractor can demonstrate the ability to increase your range of motion
(ROM) and increase muscle strength by testing you before and after the laser treatment. By increasing your ROM, you are preserving
the function and structure of your cartilage and discs. Movement brings vital nutrients and fluids to cartilage and discs.
The less your neck, spine or joints move, the sooner breakdown begins. Joint degeneration, or cartilage starvation, is osteoarthritis,
which can cause considerable pain and is progressive in nature. Disc breakdown is degenerative disc disease. This can cause
bone spurs pressing on nerves, causing pain, such as sciatica. The muscle strength test is performed in order to test nerve
root function, not just muscle performance. Testing the deltoid strength bilaterally, for example, is evaluating the function
of the C5 nerve root. Restored muscle strength actually indicates that the nerve root has been reactivated. With a properly
functioning nervous system, balanced muscle strength is available to optimally perform three vital functions: to move the
body and joints, to stabilize joints, and to inhibit pain at the spinal cord level.
"Laser Therapy Clinical Practice and Scientific Background"
By Jan Turner
and Lars Hode Prima Books, 2002, 1,281 references
"Therapeutic Laser, Theory and Practice"
By G.
David Baxter Churchill Livingston, 1999
"Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis" By James L. Oschman PhD
Churchill Livingston 2000
You can also go to www.erchonia.com for more information.
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