Low-Level Laser Light Therapy

LLight is a form of energy that has been essential to the health and development of nearly all forms of life on our planet. Plants harvest the energy of light to produce it's own food. We humans need light in a variety of ways to maintain good health. Without proper amounts of sunlight we become deficient in vitamin D, lose bone strength, have less energy, and become depressed. Light certainly has a powerful effect on us all. Learning how to harness this healing power of light has been a great goal for many people, and through years of research and development it's been discovered that certain types of light in certain amounts can have tremendous therapeutic effects on our bodies. Special lasers have been developed to deliver this therapeutic energy in a reliable and effective way. This relatively new technology is exciting because it both works very well and is entirely safe in competent hands. There are currently two basic ways laser therapy is used: bathing soft tissue with the light to stimulate therapeutic responses; and stimulating acupuncture points with the laser light to promote therapeutic responses. For soft tissue injuries like tendonitis, sprains, joint pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, etc., the light is applied to the afflicted area. As the light interacts with the tissue, the cells respond to the therapeutic energy by releasing metabolic waste and absorbing nutrients more easily. Blood vessels open up and blood flow is increased to the area which further drains the injury, supplies nutrients, and promotes healing. Typically the inflammation subsides, pain is relieved, and healing is allowed to happen much more quickly, often twice as fast as normal. Acupuncture is a form of medicine that has been developed and used in Asia for several thousand years, and though few American doctors understand how it works, it is still a basic mode of medicine in many counties that is becoming ever more prominent in American clinics. Now that lasers can be used instead of needles, laser acupuncture is becoming even more appealing to a growing number of people. It's been found that the lasers are not only painless but also have a more pronounced effect on the patient with fewer treatments. The high cost of the laser equipment, and the fact that it takes longer for the practitioner to administer the treatment, are the only reasons that more acupuncturists haven't yet switched to lasers. By applying the lasers to special acupuncture sights on the body, a trained technician can facilitate certain beneficial responses. For smoking cessation this means helping the body release a family of chemicals known as endorphins. The endorphins produce a calming effect that relaxes a person, elevates your mood, and alleviates pain, among other benefits. The goal in this is to reduce the discomfort and cravings that people often have when they quit smoking. In clinical practice many recipients have reported that they have no withdrawal discomfort whatsoever and have lost their desire to smoke. Laser therapy, while it has been successfully practiced in many countries like England, Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland for nearly three decades, is still relatively unknown in the United States. There is obvious resistance by pharmaceutical companies and other interests who are threatened by the success of laser therapy. This hasn't stopped the FDA from clearing the class 3b laser equipment as a safe, non-risk device and approving laser therapy for several applications including tobacco addiction. As the technology of laser therapy continues to develop and expand it's exciting to know that such state of the art technology is available for you right now. If you want to be free from smoking you can call Gateway Laser Wellness Center to learn more and get going.