Anyway, thanks for your post. So glad I am not alone.

Here is my aim: I aim to get this largely ignored modality to become broadly known via the general public. If you read Jan Tuner’s review, you would see that he himself started out with a laser that was under 5 mW and he observed significant effects. It can be done.

Please realize that my book is meant to be safe primarily for the layman, therefore low dosages are given. In my book I tell the reader that if they get some results but “are not quite there yet,” then they should seek a professional who uses more powerful equipment and has more experience. The book is meant as a safe introduction in order the “spread the word”.

My dosages were kept low for public safety. My protocols only address chronic conditions for safety. I want to promote LLLT from the “bottom-up”, so that these readers can confront their doctors about this modality and hopefully educate them.

Regardless of what is commonplace in the industry, these dosages have real effects. Yes, they do take a long time with a 5 mW laser pointer, (20 minutes for treating the hands of someone with RA.) However, such treatment works, and will show that participant the power of this modality. I give dosages and protocols for both a 5 mW laser and a 100 mW laser. Based on reader feedback, many of these readers are opting for the 100 mW in order to save time and get deeper penetration.

Please read the book and your questions should be answered.

I regret that I cannot give advice. I can only take advantage of freedom of the press. I am limited by laws which put all authority into the hands of those with M.D. degrees.
This is because people and judges believe that an M.D. is on top of all the best of the best of medical science. Whether they are right or wrong remains to be seen.

My problem with this is that medical science has become medical prejudice. If the answers aren’t within the medical monopoly umbrella, they are ignored. In the face of thousands of research papers on many subjects, those in power ignore those papers with the clarion song: “There is no scientific evidence to back up your claims.”

This is said in spite of the fact that there is evidence for many, many treatments – and it is ignored as if it never happened. That, my friend, is prejudice, not science.

I am a diabetic who has developed a lesion on the bunion of my left foot. My daughter suggested “cold laser therapy” treatment and sent me your website. I also subscribe to the Dr. Julian Whitaker medical newsletter and in his most recent issue he strongly advises the laser therapy for pain. I am in considerable pain and looking for a treatment which will alleviate it. My phone number is 703-560-9209 in Vienna, Virginia. My e-mail address is above. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely John Cianflone

Thanks for any input you can share.

Tom