It's pretty amazing reading about all the things low level laser therapy can do for your body. Seriously, it's kind of like the cliche phrase “Sounds too good to be true” that leaves you wondering what's the catch? I mean is this biomedical technology the future of healing?
Now I know there's so much stuff out there from pharmaceuticals to certain nutritional diets, and chiropractors and physical therapy and surgery. It's all so overwhelming that we just want to ask “seriously what's the answer?”
Cold Laser Therapy uses specific wavelengths of light to interact with tissue and help accelerate the healing process. Of the many things it can be used to help, some include eliminating pain and swelling and reducing spasms.
Cold laser are the size of a flashlight and are placed over the injured area for 30 seconds to one minute. What’s happening beneath the surface is the non-thermal photons of light emitted from the laser pass through the skin layers until they reach the cells.
They are absorbed and react with light sensitive elements in the cell which is theorized to set off a series of events that result in normalizing damaged tissue, reduction in pain and inflammation, and reduction in healing time by increasing cellular metabolism.
What is theorized though? A photochemical electrical effect, much like that of photosynthesis in plants.
When cells are stressed they produce nitric oxide which displaces oxygen in the mitochondria. LLLT dissociates the nitric oxide allowing oxygen back in. This leads to rapid cell growth, fast-wound healing, increasing metabolic activity, such as output of enzymes, greater oxygen to the blood, and more effective immune responses, and overall just an increase in cell communication.
