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LLLT of the Brain

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:28:13 +0000

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/

Blue Light for Wound Healing Works as well as Red Light

admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:11:49 +0000

LED works like low level laser therapy in some ways.

A new review of a research study has arrived which shows that LEDs can have a powerful effect on healing wounds. Although we are not talking about coherent light, the light does have positive effects. What does it take for plain old red or blue light to have this effect? The answer is that they are using monochromatic wavelengths. Say what? Well, it just means that the light is very pure, and sticks primarily to one defined color. For whatever reasons, this stimulates living tissues.

LLLT vs. LED

It may just be that those two Russian scientists, (I can’t remember their names right now,) had it right when they explained that the reason that tissues respond to coherent light so strongly is that those cells have never, in all of evolution, “seen” coherent light, so they react.

The same may be true regarding non-coherent, monochromatic light.

The nice thing about LED therapy is that it can be used for much, much longer periods of treatment time, and thus have differing effects in the long run. Diabetic people can use this method quite safely to treat their diabetic neuropathy.

http://www.injuryjournal.com/article/S0020-1383%2810%2900215-9/abstract

Low Level Laser Therapy: Chronic Diabetic Wounds

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:38:06 +0000

Low Level Laser Therapy: Chronic Diabetic Wounds

Irradiation at 636 nm Positively Affects Diabetic Wounded and Hypoxic Cells in Vitro

Low level laser therapy has long been known for helping diabetics with a number of problems they may have. LLLT is proven, yet ignored, by the medical machine that robs seventeen percent of our GDP.

“Conclusions: Phototherapy resulted in hastened wound closure, increased proliferation, and normalization of cellular function. The decrease in the different pro-inflammatory cytokines and NF-κB translocation was model and time dependent. Overall, laser irradiation resulted in a reduction in inflammatory cytokines and directed cells into the cell survival pathway.”

You can read the rest of this outstanding study abstract at:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21332376

Ultimate Secret Survivalist Tool

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:44:39 +0000

Low Level Laser (LLLT) for Survivalists

That’s a pretty catchy title, isn’t it? No, not the one right above – the one at the top – “Ultimate Secret Survivalist Tool”

The reason a standard 5 mw laser pointer is the ultimate survivalist tool is because:

Any self-respecting survivalist is going to have rechargeable batteries.

The AA size batteries in a laser pointer will last more than a year, maybe until the batteries get bad in a few years.

It can be used for all the conditions found in the laser book: Rejuvenation:..Using the Power of Light to Increase Vitality, Energy and Healing: 11 by 8.5 inch Edition, without drugs – things like teeth and gums problems, gall bladder problems, and many more unpredictable things.

I have have found for the past year that if I use a laser pointer on minor infections, (like an “angry” hangnail,) the infection is gone the next day.*

*Okay, let’s throw in a disclaimer: This is my statement based on my own experiences. It is not intended as medical advice. I am not telling you to do this, I am just saying that I do it. This is for information purposes only. Always seek medical advice for infections.

There, that should cover it.

LLLT for Myocardial Infarction

admin — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:29:47 +0000

Low Level Laser Irradiation Alters Cardiac Cytokine
Expression Following Acute Myocardial Infarction:
A Potential Mechanism for Laser Therapy

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery
Volume 29, Number 6, 2011

Conclusions

In the present study, the antibody-based protein array
technology was applied for screening the cytokine expression
profile following MI, with or without laser irradiation.
The present study indicates that LLLI has a protective effect
on the injured myocardium by upregulating GM-CSF and
downregulating fractalkine during the acute phase after LLLI.
In a future study, we will apply the whole proteome analysis
to analyze the alteration of more cytokines involved in inflammation
at various points in time after laser irradiation.
The cytokine expression profile after laser irradiation offers a
potential novel mechanism

Zhikai Yang, M.D.,1,2,3,* Yihe Wu, M.D.,1,2,* Hao Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.,1,2 Peifeng Jin, M.D.,2,4
Wei Wang, M.D., Ph.D.,2,5 Jianfeng Hou, M.D., Ph.D.,2 Yingjie Wei, Ph.D.,2 and Shengshou Hu, M.D.1,2

Hao Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Cardiac Surgery
Cardiovascular Institute & Fu Wai Hospital
167 Beilishi Road
Beijing 100037
China
E-mail: drzhanghao@yahoo.com

You can read the study here:

http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/pho.2010.2866

LLLT = Low Level Laser Therapy

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:48:45 +0000

LLLT = Low Level Laser Therapy

Let’s review:

LLLT has been demonstrated to be both safe and effective in cases where biostimulation is deemed helpful. Biostimulation is the stimulation of biological elements and systems. I focus on chronic conditions, as opposed to acute conditions. I have very little experience with acute conditions, because my early personal experiences increased scar tissue deposition, and I only use LLLT for scratches and cuts, but not for anything worse. The same goes for strains and sprains; I do not use LLLT for new strains or sprains. This is because of the risk of too much scar tissue deposition. I know the research shows that it is helpful for such, but it should be done by a sports-related healthcare provider who has experience and training in the use of LLLT on acute conditions.

I don’t usually see those kinds of cases. Regarding the spine, I generally stay away from the spine with LLLT because of the relatively small risk of an aggravation of osteoarthritis. I know that the research says otherwise, but I find that OA generally becomes aggravated when illuminated with LLLT. I must say that I don’t have the best and latest equipment.

Soft tissues are much easier to illuminate with no negatives and reliable positives. Since I am a chiropractor, I am limited to using treatments such as the one below on only myself. It is interesting to me, because I have already treated myself in the past for the same problem.

This is a synopsis of a Russian research paper which demonstrated that LLLT and famitodine was a good combination for treatment of Primary chronic gastroduodenitis (PCG):

[Laser therapy and famotidine in complex restorative treatment of primary chronic gastroduodenitis]

Post-Surgical LLLT

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:19:18 +0000

LLLT and Wound Healing

In my book, I make a number of “predictions”. Among them is this one: in 100 years, all surgeries will be preceded or followed by a short illumination with low level laser (LLLT). Here is just one more new salvo:

The role of laser biostimulation in early post-surgery rehabilitation and its effect on wound healing.

I think they should have used lower dosages though.

Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)…How Much Is Enough? Too Much?

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:10:08 +0000

Low Level Laser Therapy

LLLT

Researchers who are involved in low level laser therapy are producing more knowledgeable information. What I mean is that they have learned from past research, and are coming up with more knowledgeable questions, and more detailed answers. The early researchers weren’t exactly sure about dosages and protocols, and we still aren’t sure today. We are, still, narrowing it down, bit by bit.

One of the classic cells that can be counted on to respond to LLLT is the fibroblast. Fibroblasts are cells that lay down a microscopic framework of a thin web, if you will, of tough tissue. They also vary, and produce other types of tissues as well. They are called into action when there has been injury and cell destruction. They are called into action with repetitive stress.

The researchers of this study chose injured fibroblasts to work on, and used a red (HeNe) (632.8 nm) laser for two consecutive days. The cells received 2.5, 5,, and 16 J/cm2, in three different groups. Three treatments at 2.5 J/cm2 or 1 treatment at 5 J/cm2 produced significant cell multiplication and movement. 16 J/cm2 inhibited the same functions, as well as decreasing ATP production. This is interesting because one of the things LLLT is known for is that it typically increases ATP production.

I feel that 1-2 J/cm² (10-20 seconds) is a good range to use for a 100 mW therapeutic laser. With small 5 mW lasers, it is different. Because of the high time of illumination factor, we can see results with as little as 0.3-1.0 J/cm2. A 5 mW laser pointer moved against the skin, covering 1 square centimeter, will put out up to 0.3 J/cm2 every 60 seconds.

Effect of Multiple Exposures of Low-Level Laser Therapy on the Cellular Responses of Wounded Human Skin Fibroblasts
Denise Hawkins, Heidi Abrahamse. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. December 2006, 24(6): 705-714. doi:10.1089/pho.2006.24.705.

Harvard Study moves LLLT forward

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:18:34 +0000

Harvard and LLLT

From Harvard comes a nice synopsis of low level laser therapy, (LLLT.) It is interesting to see the graphs which show how the response of tissues to LLLT continue to vary according to how long and how powerful of a dose is given. As with drugs and other treatments, there is a point of diminishing return, and the positive tissue response actually decreases with dosages above a threshold.

There is a lot of variety of dosages covered, giving pause to all who use LLLT in their offices.

I was gratified to see that the low dosages I recommend in my book “Rejuvenation” were backed up in parts of this research paper:

Abstract:

http://dose-response.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.2203/dose-response.09-027.Hamblin

Full Version:

http://dose-response.metapress.com/media/253xqnrglgcw5bm4ek0j/contributions/a/4/3/6/a436330255602073.pdf

Diabetic Neuropathy No More

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:26:39 +0000

No more diabetic neuropathy? Well, if all cases were treated with coherent light early enough, that statement may become a reality. No more diabetic amputations? Why not? It is being done all over the world, but in isolated areas. There is a physical therapy clinic in West Virginia that has a steady stream of patients sent by doctors who have been educated about this way of treating diabetic patients.

With over three decades of research and thousands of published research papers, (with the numbers growing exponentially,) coherent light therapy, (also known as low level laser therapy, low intensity laser therapy, photodynamic therapy, LLLT, LILT, and cold laser therapy) has been shown to be safe and effective when properly used.

While there are some research papers which do not come up with significant results, this always seems to happen, no matter whether a method is useful or not. I say it is safe to try for yourself, if you follow some direction. Then you can decide for yourself, while the scientists debate. There is little debate about safety, because it has largely been proven over the past 30 years.

The laser book titled “Rejuvenation” covers over 40 common ailments and diseases, and shows an ordinary person how to use a common red laser pointer, the kind kids buy, to treat many conditions at home, from diabetic numb feet to tooth and gum complaints.

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Comparison between Wound Healing in Induced Diabetic and Non diabetic Rats after Low-Level Laser Therapy Aug 2006, Vol. 24, No. 4: 474-479 Sylvia Bicalho Rabelo , D.D.S., M.S.D. Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D), Universidade do Vale do Paraiba

Systemic Eﬀects of Low-Intensity Laser Irradiation on Skin Micro circulation in Patients with Diabetic Microangiopathy. Andreas Schindl, Georg Heinze, Martin Schindl, Heidemarie Pernerstorfer-Schönd and Liesbeth Schindl. Microvascular Research Volume 64, Issue 2, September 2002, Pages 240-246

Eﬀects of near-infrared low-level laser irradiation on micro circulation. Yasuyo Maegawa, MD, Toshiyuki Itoh, MD, PhD, Toyoshi Hosokawa, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Yaegashi, MD, PhD, Mayumi Nishi, MD, PhD. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine Volume 27 Issue 5, Pages 427 – 437

Symptomatic Reversal of Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Diabetes. Alan B. Kochman, Dale H. Carnegie, and Thomas J. Burke. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association Volume 92 Number 3 125-130 2002

The Truth About Rheumatoid Arthritis

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:25:57 +0000

In Chapter 5 of the laser book Rejuvenation, I refer to a “systemic effect” regarding rheumatoid arthritis. In other words, simply by treating some joints, all the joints have a positive response in the patient with rheumatoid arthritis. I believe that this is because of the positive bio-stimulating effects of coherent

light on the blood and the tissues it supplies. See the specific chapters on the joints you want to treat if they are available in the book. For example, if you are going to treat the shoulder, please review Chapter 7. If you have any wrist or forearm problems, you should read Chapter 11.

If you have rheumatoid arthritis, I probably have the first good news you have had in some time: You are luckier than those people with plain old osteoarthritis are. Don’t believe me? Well, all you need to do is get a laser pointer and prove me wrong.

The reason you are luckier is that coherent light does very little for osteoarthritis (simple wear-and-tear arthritis.) In fact, the coherent light will typically aggravate that condition, with little, if any, benefit later.

You, on the other hand, will experience quite the opposite. You will experience more mobility right away. You will have a lessening of bad days and an increase in good days. Most of you will continue to improve over a month or two and will achieve a level of painlessness that you had given up on long ago. It is significant and very important to stress that this is not like using drugs. This requires less and less treatment as you improve, as little as one self-treatment every 6 weeks.

How many tons of prednisone are bought and sold throughout the world for this condition? What about side effects? Well, synthetic cortisone was just discovered when President Kennedy was president. He started as a skinny kid. He had a bad back. He was taking who knows how much “prednisone”? Think about the later photos, the ones where he looks like a chipmunk. That’s the corticosteroid effect. If he had lived long enough, continuing with the probable high doses for 10 years or more, he would likely have had to face severe osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, a suppressed immune system, and organ damage.

Medicine has known about this for some time now, and give much smaller doses for chronic cases these days.

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40 Clinical Application Of GaAlAs 830 nm Diode Laser (LLLT) In Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Kanji Aoada, Yasutaka Ytani, Akira Sakawa and Akira Shimazu – Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan

41 Evaluation of Acute Pain Relief Effects of Low-Power Laser Therapy on Rheumatoid Arthritis by Thermography. Obata, J., et al, Laser Therapy (1990), 2:28

134 Effect of low level laser therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. Ekim A, Armagan O, Tascioglu F, Oner C, Colak M.Swiss Med Wkly. 2007 Jun 16;137(23-24):347-52.

135 Experimental photodynamic laser therapy for rheumatoid arthritis with a second generation photosensitizer. Hendrich C, Huttmann G, Vispo-Seara JL, Houserek S, Siebert WE. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2000;8(3):190-4.

136 Laser therapy of rheumatoid arthritis. Goldman JA, Chiapella J, Casey H, Bass N, Graham J, McClatchey W, Dronavalli RV, Brown R, Bennett WJ, Miller SB, Wilson CH, Pearson B, Haun C, Persinski L, Huey H, Muckerheide M. Lasers Surg Med. 1980;1(1):93–101.

137 Soft-laser therapy of rheumatoid arthritis. Bliddal H, Hellesen C, Ditlevsen P, Asselberghs J, Lyager L. Scand J Rheumatol. 1987;16 (4):225–228.

138 A double blind randomised trial of low power laser treatment in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 1993 October; 52(10): 703–706. J K Heussler, G Hinchey, E Margiotta, R Quinn, P Butler, J Martin, and A D Sturgess Dept of Rheumatology, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia. This is one of the silliest things I have seen. The researchers threw this out because although 72% of the patients reported significant pain relief, the untreated hand got better as well, so they thought it was “all in their heads”, (my quotes.) Didn’t they read the literature that shows that in rheumatoid arthritis we get a systemic effect?) It’s almost as if someone wanted it to be negative.

139 Clinical application of GaAlAs 830 nm diode laser in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Laser Therapy 3: 77-82, 1991. Moore.

Have You Ever Broken a Bone?

admin — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:32:44 +0000

Low Level Laser Therapy:

…Increased osteogenesis. (Increased bone formation in fractures, healing, etc. )82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92

82 Effects Of Pulse Frequency Of Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) On Bone Nodule Formation In Rat Calvarial Cells Ueda Y, Shimizu N. Department of Orthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo Chiba, Japan. J Clin Laser Med Surg. 2003 Oct;21(5):271-7.

83 Effect Of 830-Nm Laser Light On The Repair Of Bone Defects Grafted With Inorganic Bovine Bone And Decalcified Cortical Osseous Membrane. Barbos Pinheiro AL, Limeira Junior Fde A, Marquez Gerbi ME, Pedreira Ramalho LM, Marzola C, Carneiro Ponzi EA, Oliveira Soares A, Bandeira De Carvalho LC, Vieira Lima HC, Oliveira Goncalves T. Laser Center, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil. J Clin Laser Med Surg.

84 Low-Power Laser Irradiation Improves Histomorphometrical Parameters and Bone Matrix Organization During Tibia Wound Healing In Rats Garavello-Freitas I, Baranauskas V, Joazeiro PP, Padovani CR, Dal Pai-Silva M, da Cruz-Hofling MA. J Photochem Photobiol B. 2003 May-Jun;70(2):81-9.

85 Bone Repair Of The Periapical Lesions Treated Or Not With Low Intensity Laser (Wavelenght=904 nm) Laser Surg Med. Issue 2002. Sousa G R, Ribeiro M S, Groth E B. 2003 Dec;21(6):383-8.

86 Computerized Morphometric Assessment Of The Effect Of Low-Level Laser Therapy On Bone Repair: An Experimental Animal Study Silva Júnior AN, Pinheiro AL, Oliveira MG, Weismann R, Ramalho LM, Nicolau RA. J Clin Laser Med Surg. 2002; 20: 83-87

87 Laser Therapy Plays A Role In Bone Healing Lasers Surg Med. 1998; 22: 97-102. Luger et al. studied the effect of HeNe laser on the healing of tibial bone fractures in rats.

88 Effect Of Low-Power Gaalas Laser (660 Nm) On Bone Structure And Cell Activity: An Experimental Animal Study Nicola RA, Jorgetti V, Rigau J, Pacheco MT, dos Reis LM, Zangaro RA. Lasers Med Sci. 2003;18(2):89-94.

89 Photoengineering of Bone Repair Processes Apr 2006, Vol. 24, No. 2: 169-178, Photomedicine and Laser Surgery Dr. Antonio Luiz B. Pinheiro, D.D.S., Ph.D. Laser Center, School of Dentistry, Department of Propedêutica and Clínica Integrada, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Canela Salvador, BA, Salvador, Brazil. Institute for Research and Development, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, S˜o José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.Marleny Elizabeth M.M. Gerbi, Ph.D.

90 Photomedicine and Laser Surgery Effect of Laser Therapy on Bone Tissue Submitted to Radiotherapy: Experimental Study in Rats Jun 2007, Vol. 25, No. 3 : 197 -204 Samantha Seara Da Cunha, D.D.S., Ph.D.

91 Low-intensity laser irradiation stimulates bone nodule formation via insulin-like growth factor-I expression in rat calvarial cells. Shimizu N, Mayahara K, Kiyosaki T, Yamaguchi A, Ozawa Y, Abiko Y. Lasers Surg Med. 2007 Jul;39(6):551-9.

92 Laser technology in orthopedics: preliminary study on low power laser therapy to improve the bone-biomaterial interface Guzzardella GA, Torricelli P, Nicoli Aldini N, Giardino R. .Int J Artif Organs. 2001 Dec;24(12):898-902.

The DelRe Protocols » lllt

LLLT of the Brain

Blue Light for Wound Healing Works as well as Red Light

LED works like low level laser therapy in some ways.

LLLT vs. LED

Low Level Laser Therapy: Chronic Diabetic Wounds

Low Level Laser Therapy: Chronic Diabetic Wounds

Irradiation at 636 nm Positively Affects Diabetic Wounded and Hypoxic Cells in Vitro

Ultimate Secret Survivalist Tool

Low Level Laser (LLLT) for Survivalists

LLLT for Myocardial Infarction

Low Level Laser Irradiation Alters Cardiac Cytokine Expression Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Potential Mechanism for Laser Therapy

LLLT = Low Level Laser Therapy

LLLT = Low Level Laser Therapy

[Laser therapy and famotidine in complex restorative treatment of primary chronic gastroduodenitis]

Post-Surgical LLLT

LLLT and Wound Healing

The role of laser biostimulation in early post-surgery rehabilitation and its effect on wound healing.

Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)…How Much Is Enough? Too Much?

Low Level Laser Therapy

LLLT

Harvard Study moves LLLT forward

Harvard and LLLT

Diabetic Neuropathy No More

The Truth About Rheumatoid Arthritis

Have You Ever Broken a Bone?

Low Level Laser Therapy:

Low Level Laser Irradiation Alters Cardiac Cytokine
Expression Following Acute Myocardial Infarction:
A Potential Mechanism for Laser Therapy