Low
level laser used for the purpose of increasing healing
potential traces its roots back to the early 1970s.
Since then, over 1500 research articles have been
published describing the beneficial affects and increased
healing potential of this modality. In 1996, Erchonia
medical Inc. was created and quickly established itself
as the industry leader in research and technological
advances in this field.
Erchonia has received much
publicity the last several years as being the modality
of choice used by Dr. Jeff Spencer, team chiropractor
for the US Postal/Discovery Cycling team during all
7 of Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France victories
and Team Discovery’s recent 2007 Tour de France
win with Alberto Contador winning the race. Dr. Spencer,
is also the chiropractor for Tiger Woods. These athletes
along with hundreds of thousands world-wide have experienced
the benefit of low level laser therapy.
Some of the researched*
beneficial effects of cold laser are:
Accelerated and improved wound healing
Decrease in pain intensity
Increased ATP production/cellular activity
Increased micro-circulation of blood
Reduced free-radical production and accumulation
Increased protein synthesis
*Vladimirov YA, Osipov AN, Klebanov GI. Photobiological
Principles of Therapeutic Application of Laser Radiation.
Biochemistry 2004;6(1): 103-113
