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Infrared/Red Laser Therapy

Healing Laser Treatment for Pain Management, Wound Healing, Nerve Regeneration, and Physical Therapy

Although laser technology has become more sophisticated over time, the benefits of photobiomodulation therapy have not changed much and have been well documented for pain management, wound healing, nerve regeneration, and physical therapy. In fact, there are more than 3,500 published peer reviewed articles worldwide proving the effectiveness of photobiomodulation therapy with no reports of any negative side effects.

Many of those studies have shown that different types of cells respond to different wavelengths and to different frequencies or hertz. Incorporating Red and Infrared lasers that pulsate at different frequencies leads to synergistic and maximum biological effects. Each wavelength and frequency can activate different cell types simultaneously. Therefore, the clinician can treat pain, inflammation, lymphatic, and immune system all at the same time. It can be used to treat simple to difficult neuromusculature conditions that cannot be healed as effectively with standard physical therapy.

Photobiomodulation therapy is defined as the utilization of non-ionizing electromagnetic energy to trigger photochemical changes within cellular structures that are receptive to photons. Mitochondria is particularly receptive to this process. At the cellular level, visible red and near infrared light (NIR) energy are absorbed by mitochondria which perform the function of producing cellular energy called ATP.

Clinical Effects of Low Level Laser Therapy

• ANGIOGENESIS & NEOVASCULARISATION
An increase in oxygenated blood to the injured tissue accelerates tissue healing
• COLLAGEN PRODUCTION
Proper alignment and remodeling of collagen reduces internal scar formation and enhances tissue elasticity
MUSCLE REGENERATION & MUSCLE ATROPHY
Repair of damaged muscle fibers and activation of myogenic satellite cells leads to the regeneration of muscle tissue
• INFLAMMATION & EDEMA

Increase in inflammatory mediators such as macrophages, neutrophils and lymphocytes, accelerates and resolves the inflammatory process

• NERVE REGENERATION

Proliferation of growth factors promotes neuronal sprouting and myelin formation for optimal nerve recovery

• CARTILAGE PRODUCTION

Increase in chondrocyte and collagen production allows for improved cartilage deposition and joint function

• BONE FORMATION

Proliferation of osteocytes and remodeling of bone extra-cellular matrix results in accelerated bone repair

What is a TRUE Laser?

A TRUE LASER is fully compliant to the definitions set forth by those great men of science such as Bose and Einstein who predicted LASER in 1924 and the contemporary physicists Schawlow and Townes who brought LASER into the modern age. LASER is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Light created in this way, is then collimated and directed into an intense beam of coherent light through the use of cathode and anode reflecting components in order to produce a single stable frequency. According to Webster’ Dictionary, Lasers are coherent or marked by logical consistency.

LASER vs. Light Emitting Diodes (LED)

There are many light emitting products on the market today claiming to be lasers that do not meet all scientifically defined attributes. For example, products that use Light Emitting Diodes [LEDs] do in fact produce light, however, the light is not intense, produces very little energy and is non-coherent. It is similar to light produced by common household light bulbs. Non-coherent or non-collimated light is the result of photons moving in random directions at random times, generating random frequencies. LEDs are inexpensive and easy to reproduce (Pontinen 1992). Obviously, these devices are NOT lasers.