A short clip: “The inflammation markers inducible [...]]]> When it come to LLLT and orthodontics, positive evidence is consistent.

While I have assumed that low level laser therapy applied to orthodontic treatment would be beneficial, it is still gratifying to see research such as this:

Low-Level Laser Effects on Simulated Orthodontic Tension Side Periodontal Ligament Cells

A short clip: “The inflammation markers inducible NO synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and interleukin (IL)-1 showed stronger expression in 5 and 10 J/cm² therapy at days 1 and 5, but decreased in expression at day 7.”

While I don’t pretend to understand all of the above, what I do recognize is that the “healing cascade” took about 7 days. Based on all previous study of mine, this would mean that a safe illumination frequency would be one treatment per week. Regardless of their dosages used, I would stick with my conservative dosage of 1-2 joules of energy per area of 9 square centimeters.

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The above study delves into intravascular laser irradiation of blood (ILIB) in order [...]]]> Effects of Intravascular Laser Irradiation of Blood in Mitochondria Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress in Adults with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

Shih-Fong Huang, Yun-An Tsai, Shi-Bei Wu, Yau-Huei Wei, Po-Yi Tsai, and Tien-Yow Chuang. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. October 2012, 30(10): 579-586. doi:10.1089/pho.2012.3228.

The above study delves into intravascular laser irradiation of blood (ILIB) in order to produce a more positive outcome for those with spinal cord injuries. I have an issue with the levels of illumination, (higher than necessary,) however many researchers seem to feel that “more is better”, and in my opinion that is wrong:

Table 2. Parameters Involved in Determining the ILIB Dose

In my opinion, Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome is usually all about the muscles, unless you have a “slanted” smile.

You know, I try not to plug my book Rejuvenation too [...]]]> I love it when I’m right – Who doesn’t? I have said it before, and I’ll say it again – muscle loves the laser.

In my opinion, Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome is usually all about the muscles, unless you have a “slanted” smile.

You know, I try not to plug my book Rejuvenation too much on this site, but it was written to be considered “on the money” 100 years into the future, and so far – I’m not disappointed.

I’ve got 97 years to go.!

Here we have a study of TMJ Syndrome in which they focused the LLLT not on the joint, but on the muscles of the jaw, with positive results…

Effectiveness of Physiotherapy and GaAlAs Laser in the Management of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

As always, take Calcium with Magnesium, from 1/3 to the full daily requirement if you have TMJ Syndrome.

A man was in a coma, a [...]]]> Gosh I love Mary Ann Liebert! Her very professional and informative website gives a wealth of research resources. The links below go directly to her website…

Focal Increase in Cerebral Blood Flow After Treatment with Near-Infrared Light to the Forehead in a Patient in a Persistent Vegetative State:

A man was in a coma, a vegetative state, for eight months following a head injury. LED’s were then used, (peak wavelength of 850 nm,) for 73 days, 30 minutes twice a day.

“Five days after beginning the LED treatments (after 10 treatments), the patient began to move his left arm and hand to reach the site of tracheostomy when suctioning was performed.”

Unfortunately, there was no further improvement over the remaining 2 months, however, we are new at this, and the initial results show much promise.

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Immediate Effects of Monochromatic Infrared Energy on Microcirculation in Healthy Subjects:

There are numerous studies which demonstrate the efficacy of using infrared light on the condition of diabetic neuropathy. This study was on the feet of healthy subjects, and they used “an array of 60 x 890 nm LEDs attached to flexible pads (3×7.5 cm).” Subjects were illuminated for 30 minutes. As one would expect, there was a significant increase in blood flow.

I decided to look up something interesting and hopefully recent – on the research of LLLT of the brain. [...]]]> I noticed that I haven’t posted in awhile. While I usually post when something of LLLT interest strikes me, (or other subjects, as the reader will notice,) this time I did not have anything in mind.

I decided to look up something interesting and hopefully recent – on the research of LLLT of the brain. I’ll be right back…

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OK, here we go…

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and if you study the above pictures, you will see the obvious, even if you don’t know exactly what you are looking at.

The above picture comes from a webpage that has a very short and concise synopsis of both LLLT of the Brain, and the effects of low level laser therapy in general:

http://gwilliamlawfirm.com/2011/05/low-level-laser-therapy-possible-brain-injury-breakthrough/

1917:  In his speech presenting Tesla with the Edison medal, Vice President Behrend of the Institute of Electrical Engineers eloquently expressed the following:  “Were we to seize and eliminate from our industrial world the result of Mr. Tesla’s work, the wheels of industry would cease to turn, our electric cars [...]]]> Nikola Tesla

From: http://www.teslasociety.com/biography.htm :

1917:  In his speech presenting Tesla with the Edison medal, Vice President Behrend of the Institute of Electrical Engineers eloquently expressed the following:  “Were we to seize and eliminate from our industrial world the result of Mr. Tesla’s work, the wheels of industry would cease to turn, our electric cars and trains would stop, our towns would be dark and our mills would be idle and dead.  His name marks an epoch in the advance of electrical science.”

From:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla :

“best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries building on the theories of electromagnetic technology discovered by Michael Faraday and used in direct current (DC) applications. Tesla’s patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the AC motor.”

Has anyone out there realized that over the counter “cold and flu” drugs have been eliminated from children’s medication by law?

What do the two above statements have to do with one another?

When our children were growing up, I avoided such medications, and [...]]]> Has anyone else noticed the recent change in TV pharmaceutical commercials?

Has anyone out there realized that over the counter “cold and flu” drugs have been eliminated from children’s medication by law?

What do the two above statements have to do with one another?

When our children were growing up, I avoided such medications, and if it appeared that the cold or flu was going to keep the child awake, I would give them some children’s ibuprofen.

I felt that inflammation was the main irritant, and decreasing that would result in a more restful night’s sleep.

You know, it’s funny. You and I, (at least our bodies,) are “sponges” made of a highly organized electromagnetic network. Suspended in it are

little bits of mass.

And yet, the idea of electricity having anything to do with homeostasis is anathema to medical science. Why not?

For one thing, it is apparently difficult to prove.

Only recently has it become accepted that indeed “some” electricity runs along the nerves. Now an uneducated person reading this may think that the idea of electricity running along the nerves to be a commonly accepted idea.

No, far from it. It is avoided just as much as Ron Paul in the Republican primaries.

So what is my point?

Well, medical science has long has a negative view on “blaming” inflammation for just about anything except for the outwardly obvious conditions.

There appears to be much resistance to connecting chronic inflammation with cancer, for example.

Yet, to the “uneducated”, the idea of constant irritation and inflammation to particular tissues as being a possible cause of eventual cancer would appear to be a rational idea.

So, back to the recent commercials on TV. Something has happened.

Now, you don’t need just an allergy drug.

No. You need this new drug for “allergic inflammation”. It is billed as “getting to the cause” of your misery.

Getting to the cause.

Now, how about the cause of the cause?

One of many? Milk.

Another? Gluten. There are more.

Now, when we speak of dosages, there is often a wide array of treatment protocols and parameters. These are based on the cold laser’s [...]]]> Low Level Laser Therapy, Chiropractic, and Denial

Low level laser therapy.

What is it? Well, there are many books on the subject, and a remarkable amount of agreement exists among them.

Now, when we speak of dosages, there is often a wide array of treatment protocols and parameters. These are based on the cold laser’s wavelength, power, and also any modulation to the output. When we add the amount of knowledge that we don’t know yet, it is easy to see why we have such a wide range of recommended dosages.

The fact is that LLLT is not going to go away, as some will soon wish it would. It has been very jading to me – to see the denial in the realm of some research. I can’t imagine doing research on, say, rheumatoid arthritis, and having it come out negative, or inconclusive. I must say that I have come to the opinion that the negative studies had an agenda.

I am sorry to sound like a conservative zealot, but I just can’t think of any other reason for negative studies, unless the treatment parameters were something outrageously far from what I would recommend.

Chiropractic

The same goes for chiropractic, and I am sick of it. How can someone ignore the thousands of research papers which document the efficacy of chiropractic treatment? How is it, that just the other day, I visited a website where someone pronounced that there is not a single double-blind study that proves that chiropractic is effective.

What planet do these people come from? There are plenty of double-blind studies of chiropractic which demonstrate the value of this drugless health care approach.

I happen to be somewhat of a chiropractic heretic. I believe that there is only a small percentage of people who really, really need a chiropractor. I believe that percentage to be between ten and twenty percent of the population. Probably closer to ten percent.

Why do I believe this? Well, lets look at my words above: “really, really need a chiropractor”. What does that mean?

To me, it means that a person has a spinal problem that won’t go away. Not with time. Not with drugs. Not with exercise. Not with physical therapy. Not with surgery.

If this person has spine-related problems, and has been on the “medical merry-go-round”, for months or years, and nothing has been found that helped, at a cost of tens of thousands of insurance dollars, it is likely that this person really, really needs to try a chiropractor for a week or two, and see.

And if they need a chiropractor, nothing else will work.

Will the chiropractor “cure” them? Not likely. A chiropractor doesn’t “cure” anything. The body cures itself. If you are religious, you can say that it happens with God.

The only thing that a chiropractor does is to “undo”.

What does he/she undo?

He or she undoes the layers of millions of muscular memories fixated on a past injury or compensation, imbedded in the sensors and neuroreceptors found primarily in the tendons, and in the cerebellum. These are the many memories ,  recordings, whatever you would like to call it – that tell a particular muscle fiber just how long, short, tight, or loose to be. This information is in your standard medical physiology books, and has been there for generations.

The chiropractor allows the spine to relax again, when it has become tied up in knots because of compensations to old spinal injuries, and often compensations further up the spine, defending  and re-balancing against the “over-compensation” below.

Remember when I mentioned a “small percentage”? I am talking about those who, on x-ray, demonstrate “wedging” of at least one vertebra. This is an unbalanced “block” in the stack of “blocks” that we call the spine. It became malformed because of injury or compensation when the person was a child of under eleven years of age.

How do I know that? There is something called “Wolfe’s Law”. It says that bone can be misshapen due to unequal forces over time, when a child is roughly eleven years of age or younger.

I find these wedged vertebrae on the majority of my patients and I believe that they make up at least ten percent of the population in general.

Also, the more wedged vertebrae I find, the more problems that patient usually has. The effects of spinal defensiveness against compensations to these resulting imbalances simply leads to more compensation as the person grows older. Sometimes simply growing bigger helps, but the imbalances remain.

The spinal joints get either stuck, or hyper-mobile as a compensation to the stuck vertebrae. Things wear out in certain areas and levels of the spine. When such dysfunctional spinal joints affect the delicate neural networks running through and near it, we can call that a classic chiropractic subluxation.

The effects can indirectly cause shoulder, elbow, or wrist problems, and sometimes cause overt organic or systemic problems as well.

These are the people who sing praises of their chiropractors.

These are the people who confound those who don’t want to hear.

These are the “ten percent” of the population that has always gone to chiropractors, if they were lucky enough to try.

The series features a weekly tip for three months.

What a person receives is a very short [...]]]> New Series for Home Ergonomics is Written by a Chiropractor.

Are You Sabotaging Your Low Back at Home?

I just wanted to post this entry about a new series I have made called: Dr. Larry’s Quick Tips.

The series features a weekly tip for three months.

What a person receives is a very short email message. Most of these include a link to a video that takes the subject into more depth.

As a demonstration, I am posting the first of the videos below:

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