K-Laser 6D Portable

DR. ACREE IS AMONG THE FIRST IN THE STATE OF IOWA TO USE CLASS IV LASER TECHNOLOGY.

People often ask...

"What does laser do?"

....here's your answer!

 

KNOWN BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LASER THERAPY- (LT) 

 

Clinical studies and trials of laser therapy technology indicate the following beneficial effects of laser light therapy on tissues and cells: 

 

1.   Accelerated Tissue Repair And Cell Growth. Photons of light from lasers penetrate deeply into tissue and accelerate cellular reproduction and growth. The laser light increases the energy available to the cell so that the cell can take on nutrients faster and get rid of waste products. As a result of exposure to laser light, the cells of tendons, ligaments and muscles are repaired faster.

 

2.   Faster Wound Healing. Laser light stimulates fibroblast development (fibroblasts are the building blocks of collagen, which is predominant in wound healing) in damaged tissue. Collagen is the essential protein required to replace old tissue or to repair tissue injuries. As a result, LT is effective on open wounds and burns.

 

3.   Reduced Fibrous Tissue Formation. LT reduces the formation of scar tissue following tissue damage from cuts, scratches, burns or surgery.

 

4.   Anti-Inflammation. Laser light therapy has an anti-edemic effect as it causes vasodilation, but also because it activates the lymphatic drainage system (drains swollen areas). As a result, there is a reduction in swelling caused by bruising or inflammation.

 

5.   Anti-Pain (Analgesic). Laser therapy has a high beneficial effect on nerve cells which block pain transmitted by these cells to the brain and which decreases nerve sensitivity. Also, due to less inflammation, there is less edema and less pain. Another pain blocking mechanism involves the production of high levels of pain killing chemicals such as endorphins and enkephlins from the brain and adrenal gland.

 

6.   Improved Vascular Activity. Laser light will significantly increase the formation of new capillaries in damaged tissue that speeds up the healing process, closes wounds quickly and reduces scar tissue. Additional benefits include acceleration of angiogenesis, which causes temporary vasodilatation, an increase in the diameter of blood vessels.

 

7.   Increased Metabolic Activity. Laser therapy creates higher outputs of specific enzymes, greater oxygen and food particle loads for blood cells.

 

8.   Improved Nerve Function. Slow recovery of nerve functions in damaged tissue can result in numbness and impaired limbs. Laser light will speed up the process of nerve cell reconnection and increase the amplitude of action potentials to optimize muscle action.

 

9.  Immunoregulation. Laser light has a direct effect on immunity status by stimulation of immunoglobines and lymphocytes. LT is absorbed by chromophones (molecule enzymes) that react to laser light. The enzyme flavomono-nucleotide is activated and starts the production of ATP (adenosine-tri-phosphate), which is the major carrier of cell energy and the energy source for all chemical reactions in the cells.

 

10. Trigger Points and Acupuncture Points. Laser therapy stimulates muscle trigger points and acupuncture points on a non-invasive basis providing musculoskeletal pain relief.

 

What do the Experts Say About Laser Therapy?

1. “Today, we can safely say that therapeutic lasers have an important biological effect and a very positive one at that.”

 

2. “We believe that lasers have a tremendous and, as of yet, untapped potential in the field of healthcare.”

 

3. “Therapeutic lasers have no undesirable side effects in the hands of a reasonably qualified therapist.”

 

4. Lasers are “sterile, painless and often less expensive than methods already in use,” and do not have side effects as does pharmacotherapy (prescription drugs).

 

5. “Laser therapy of wounds is ideal, since it promotes healing and reduces pain at the same time.”

 

6. “Laser light increases the cell’s ATP energy.”

 

Jan Tuner and Lars Hode, “Laser Therapy: Clinical Practice and Scientific Background”, 2002.

How does laser therapy work?

 

  1. First, you need to understand what lasers are - for a detailed explanation of how laser light is produced, click here.

  2. Laser light is special. It is monochromatic - meaning it all has the same wavelength. Since all of the light waves have the same wavelength, they are all the same color.

  3. Laser light is also coherent. All of the light waves are in phase with each other. The crests of all there little light waves are matched up, as are their valleys. They are like little soldiers marching in unison. Together the little soldiers can accomplish big things.

  4. Look at the electromagnetic spectrum below. The two lasers we use have wavelengths of 635 nanometers (red) and 980 nanometers (infrared). The infrared laser is invisible.

  1. When laser light interacts with the tissues of our body, many good things happen. For those of you who stayed awake in biology class in high school or college - the diagram below may make sense. But for the rest of us, here is basically what happens:

    1. Laser light is absorbed by special parts of the cell membrane. This increases the permeability of the cell membrane - which means that good stuff (nutrition) gets into the cell and bad stuff (waste products) can get out.

    2. Laser light also enhances the production of cellular energy. There are 70 trillion cells in the body, and in each of them are hundreds of mitochondria. The mitochondria produce a special chemical called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. When cells produce more ATP, they can function better.

    3. The laser light from the K-Laser is also able to give significant pain reduction, through it's impact on the 'C' nerve fibers which carry the slow pain signals.