Quantum Healing Lasers

Can using a soft laser or cold laser boost your practice?

Dr. George Gonzalez, DC September 9, 2003 issue of Chiropractic Economics (Quote):

“Soft laser therapy is exciting for doctors (Practitioners) not only for the results it delivers to patients, but also for the benefits it gives to doctors. These benefits include:

• More Referrals. Because it is fast and effective, patients talk about it.
• Easy to use. Simply turn on the laser and hold it on the area of complaint. Research has shown that this protocol alone increases healing time up to 30 percent!
• Time Saving. Patients often feel better within 30 seconds.
• Effective. Low level laser therapy improves healing time, increases range of motion and decreases pain.
• Body Saver. The laser prepares the patient for treatment. It quickly softens tissue and increases range of motion so you won’t have to work as hard.”

Clinical Case Studies Prove Cold Laser Therapy aka Soft Laser and Photomedicine is Effective

• Blood Pressure - Umeda tested the effects of a low level laser on the control of blood pressure via energy administered via the medulla oblongata. The results from a group of 30 patients suffering from hypertension were positive in 80% of the patients. Laser Therapy. 1990; 2(2): 59
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - low level laser therapy has been approved by the FDA as an adjunct treatment method for this condition.
• Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow) - Simunovic treated 324 patients . . . complete pain relief and restored functional ability were achieved in 82% of the acute patients and 66% of the chronic cases. wJ Clin Laser Med & Surg. 1998; 16 (3): 145-151
• Fibromyalgia - Longo treated 846 patients with fibromyositic rheumatism during a 15 year period. About 2/3 benefited from the treatment with regard to local pain, hypomobility and phlogosis. J Clin Laser Med Surg. 1997; 15 (5): 217-220
• Headache/Migraine - Wong treated 20 patients with migraine or symptoms resembling migraine. The pain disappeared after 1-5 minutes. Proc 9th Congress Soc Laser Surgery and Medicine, Anaheim, CA: 2-6 Nov. 1991
• Low Back Pain - Soriano performed a double-blind trail with elderly people suffering from chronic low back pain. Treatment was effective in 71% of the laser group and 36% of the sham group. The pain disappeared completely in 45% of the laser group and 15% of the sham group. Lasers Surg Med. 1998 Suppl 10, p. 6
• Pain - low level laser therapy has been approved by the FDA as an adjunct treatment method for pain related to shoulder injuries.
• Rheumatism/Osteoarthritis - Palmgren conducted a controlled double-blind study on 35 patients with rheumatoid arthritis of the hand. In the experimental group, grip strength and movement were improved while swelling, pain and morning stiffness were reduced. Lasers in Medical Science, 1989; 4: 193.
• Wound Healing - Palmgren investigated the effect of low level laser therapy on infected abdominal wounds after surgery. Healing time to half wound size was 6.8 days in the laser group compared to 14 days in the placebo group. Lasers Surg Med 1991; Suppl 3:11
• Acupuncture - … 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 Possiblities, Dr. Melyni Worth, Ph.D., World Equine Veterinary Review, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1998
• Allergic Rhinitis - Neuman & Finkelstein studied 50 patients in a double-blind randomized study. Following treatment with a 660 nm red laser 72% of the treatment group reported improvement of symptoms as compared to 24% of the placebo group. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 1997;78:399-406
• Bacterial Infection - in research led by Michael Hamblin of Mass. Gen. Hospital and Harvard Medical School, mice with surgically induced wounds were dosed with bioluminescent bacteria to create potentially lethal infections. Utilizing a 665 nm laser diode photodynamic therapy (low level laser therapy) the researchers found that “infected wounds healed significantly faster with the PDT method. PDT shows promise as a topical antimicrobial alternative that may work even faster than antibiotics. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 1, 2003, PP 1717-1725.

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