Re: COLD LASER THERAPY - heals tissues - FDA approved

[Guest guest]

This sounds very similar to the first device I heard about. The

Denver Post had an article in Oct 2000 about a vet that developed an

LED device that flashed as different frequencies. They used it on

horses to relieve muscle pain and stiffness. But the horse owners

started using it on themselves and want to buy more. They eventually

received FDA approval and sold the company and I didn't hear anymore

about them or the device.

This " laser " sounds similar but I wonder if it is a true laser or

LEDs that flash similar to the original. If it works, who cares, but

my curiosity got the best of me.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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> After my exposure, I had both periodontal and neurological damage.. In

> order to heal these tissues, my chiropractor used a Cold Laser Therapy

> devise, which he adjusted at different levels depending on which area

> he was " zapping " at the time. :-) Each treatment took about 10 minutes

> and significantly helped to heal my gums, sinuses, brain.. any tissue

> which needed fast healing.

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> Please read the following article on Cold Laser Therapy:

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> Posted on Sat, Sep. 10, 2005

> Cold-laser device boosts healingMATT GRISWOLDHerald Staff

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> WriterMANATEE - Sufferers of chronic pain like arthritis and carpal

> tunnel syndrome now have another treatment option in Manatee County

> that involves neither drugs nor surgery. Thanks to a hand-held laser

> about the size of a flashlight, Dr. Mester is seeing recovery

> times for certain injuries and ailments that a few years ago he

> wouldn't have thought possible. " The results we're seeing here are

> just phenomenal, " Mester said. " It's like magic. " It's really not

> magic, but rather natural physiology. The magic is in the ingenuity of

> the cold-laser technology's creator, as the low- energy beams start a

> process called photobiostimulation. The laser, which is virtually

> unnoticeable to the human skin, increases the body's cellular

> metabolic rate and expedites cell repair. Translation: The laser helps

> the body heal itself faster while minimizing pain in the process.

> Mester, who owns Mester Chiropractic Office at 7018 Cortez Road in the

> 71st Street Plaza, believes his office to be the only one in Manatee

> County with the cold-laser technology. If the treatment catches on as

> much as Mester thinks it will, the boom will represent a huge win for

> Texas-based Microlight Corp. The company holds a patent on the laser

> and its specific wavelength, which will prevent any other laser

> manufacturer from bringing a competitor to market. The key is in the

> wavelength - 830 nanometers - which clinical studies show to be the

> optimum length for maximum results. The laser itself costs between

> $6,000 and $7,000, Mester said. It's also the only laser of its kind

> with FDA approval, which it won on Feb. 11, 2002. Microlight spent $4

> million on the clincal trials during the approval process. At 830

> nanometers, the laser can penetrate about 2 inches into soft human

> tissue spread over a 3-centimeter circumference. Treatment is usually

> about 20 minutes or less three times a week. The laser stimulation can

> be used to treat all kinds of ailments, but carpal tunnel syndrome,

> arthritic conditions, neck and back pain and tendonitis are among some

> of the more common health problems. Mester said the laser can even be

> used for vanity treatments, including the removal of spider veins. And

> the best news: There are zero side effects. " The laser cannot

> physically hurt you, " he said. " We have a need for medication, but

> there are other areas where I think this is going to take its place.

> " We started with a patient a week ago. We're now on their third

> treatment and they think we're God. " All patients respond, though

> every person reacts to treatment differently, said Callahan, a

> partner with Mester in the Bradenton clinic and a licensed massage

> therapist. Patients sometimes show improvement immediately, he said.

> The laser is also applicable to treating a plethora of sports-related

> injuries. According to Microlight Corp. materials, the Super Bowl

> champion New England Patriots used the laser to treat injuries last

> season, including pulled hamstrings and other tendon and muscle

> injuries. Microlight founder Mike Barbour himself has trained a number

> of high- profile NFL players on how to use the laser to help them

> rehabilitate faster. Among them: Kellen Winslow Jr., LaVar Arrington,

> n and Ty Law. Barbour said it's the insurance industry

> and consumer demand that drives medical technology. Until insurance

> companies cover laser treatments, there will be resistence from some

> doctors to pay for the equipment and take the time to train to use it.

> Carpal tunnel syndrome-related surgeries cost the insurance industry

> $5 billion annually and only have a 25-percent success rate. " Once the

> insurance companies understand its economic benefit - and we're

> getting pretty close to it - then it'll be mandated and become the

> treatment of choice, " Barbour said. Clinical research on the laser

> technology at the University of Kansas Medical Center says that while

> " most soft tissues require seven to 10 days to heal, primary healing

> of tendons and other dense connective tissues take as much as six to

> eight weeks during which they are inevitably protected in

> immobilization casts to avoid re-injury. " While acknowledging

> differences between the physiology of rabbits and humans, the medical

> staff conducting the study were encouraged by the results. " Such long

> periods of immobilization impair functional rehabilitation and

> predispose a multitude of complications that could be minimized if

> healing is quickened and the duration of cast immobilization reduced, "

> the published clinical research papers said. The lasers " promote

> healing of experimentally severed and repaired rabbit Achilles'

> tendons as evidenced by biochemical, biomechanical, and morphological

> indices of healing. " Mester, for one, says the laser technology is

> here to stay. " This is the future, " Mester said. " And it's awesome. "

> Matt Griswold, Herald business reporter, can be reached at 708-7908,

> or at mgriswold@.... Cold-laser info Acute and chronic

> conditions that may be improved or eliminated using cold-laser

> technology: arthritis, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, heel spurs,

> migraine headaches, whiplash, post-operative pain, repetitive stress,

> tendonitis, sprains and swelling. Mester Chiropractic Office is at

> 7018 Cortez Road W. in the 71st Street Plaza, Bradenton. Information:

> 792-4357. On the Web: http://Microlightcorp.com

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