That would make a great headline, wouldn’t it? The only problem is that it is not true. The truth is that “they” don’t know. If they did, they might try to squash it with de-bunking “facts”.* But they just don’t know. They could know, it they paid any attention to over 3000 research articles that have been published for more than 30 years which cumulatively demonstrate that illumination with coherent light therapy is harmless (when used as directed,) yet can be quite effective for:
Muscle problems 1
Nerve problems 2
Tendon problems 3
Wound healing 4
Heart problems 5
Gall Bladder problems 6,7
Intestinal problems 8
Health of the Cervix 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis 10
Fibromyalgia 11
Breast tenderness 12,13
Dental bone problems 14
TMJ Syndrome 15
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 16
Bursitis 17
Tendinitis 18,19
Low Sperm Count 20
Synovitis 21
Prostate Problems 22
Herpes 23
Stroke 24,25,26
Why do I use the term “coherent light”? Because I want to make a clear distinction that we are not talking about “laser beams”. Laser beams have the connotation of high-powered intense beams of focused light which can heat, burn, cut, and blind.
Coherent light has the same source, but I am using the terminology here in order to define it as unfocused, which means that it spreads out, like a flashlight, dispersing the energy in a softer, more “buffered” way. This form, while still harmful, is less harmful to the eyes than a beam, (although you must still be careful not to get it in your eyes.) It treats a larger area, and is very bio-stimulating. Therapeutic coherent lights use low power. As I will repeat throughout this book, a 5 mw laser pointer produces only 5/1000ths of one watt. At these low powers, the coherent light has virtually no physical effect on molecules, cells, and tissues; however, it has remarkable physiological effects on living cells and tissue processes. It “surprises” them. In all of evolution, your cells have never “seen” coherent light, and it triggers a healing cascade of reactions.
This book is grounded with the concept of “low dose, low frequency of treatments, with consistency”. The dosage/times I give are conservative and low. The treatment frequency is twice a week at the most, except for warts, which are every-other day. I limit glandular treatment to once per week at the beginning, and give numerous warnings of the known and unknown risks. This gives you, (and your doctor,) plenty of time to observe, and adjust the dose if necessary, or quit altogether if you have a negative result, (such as temporarily aggravating osteoarthritis.)
Focused lasers have a lens which can create a laser beam with pinpoint heat just like a magnifying glass does, and are typical of the “laser beam” we all know about. In powers over 5 milliwatts, (mw,) they become increasingly more hazardous to eyes. At higher powers, with a focused beam, it takes less time to do harm. At the low power of a 5 mw laser pointer, (which has a lens,) the human blink reflex renders an inadvertent flash harmless.
Unfocused therapeutic coherent lights do not heat the skin, or anything else in the body. There are no x-rays or ultraviolet light, or anything like that. They are somewhat safer than focused lasers regarding eye hazards, because there is no lens-focused concentrated “beam”. They still have the characteristics of this very special light, though. We all know that diamonds are built with countless identical carbon atoms, which all “fit” together perfectly. I like analogies, so here’s one:
Carbon is to a Diamond as Light is to a Laser Beam.
Coherent light is where the photons “fit” together in lockstep. Laser therapists around the world use a wide array of different types of coherent lights of different wavelengths. They can also do this with pulses of various frequencies of those coherent lights for different conditions. The pulsing of coherent light allows deeper penetration, and “surprises” the cells even more. Think about a strobe light waking you up, compared to a light bulb simply being turned on. Pulsing the light gives better results, but is not necessary in most cases. If you experience positive results with your self-treatment, but are still “not quite there”, you should consider seeking a professional, such as a chiropractor or physical therapist, who uses therapeutic laser therapy. It would be nice to also recommend a physiatrist, but they don’t seem interested. That’s OK, for reasons I will go into later.
We will not be so sophisticated. We will be using visible red “constant” coherent light. It is a classic therapeutic wavelength. It has been repeatedly proven to be effective and safe for many years before the pulsed coherent lights came out, and continues to succeed well. It is commonly known as a standard laser pointer.
It is my hope that you will use these therapies on any of the chronic complaints covered in this book that you may have. I hope that you will add years to your life, and life to your years by using the rejuvenating information contained here.
The back cover of this book includes the term: “Medical Freedom”.
One of the signers of the American Declaration of Independence, Dr. Benjamin Rush, has this quote attributed to him: “Unless we put Medical Freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize and restrict the art of healing to one class of men, and deny equal privilege to others, this will be to constitute the Bastille of Medical Science. All such laws are un-American and despotic and have no place in a Republic. The Constitution of this Republic should make special privilege for Medical Freedom as well as Religious Freedom.”
Medical science has served honorably to remove most superstition from the field of healing. Medical science annihilated Vitalism, which is a name given to the healing approaches which relied on a holy or spiritual or natural force involved in healing. Vitalism was prey to superstition and charlatans. This does not mean that the concept does not contain truth.
I recently read a quote by a scientist. What he said in a few short words struck me. He said that a scientist is a “professional skeptic”.
I believe that is a wonderful, simple, clarification.
If you were to ask your doctor if he considers himself a scientist, he would probably say yes. At the very least, he was a scientist in medical school. Believe it or not, so are chiropractors. The problem with egocentricity is that people underestimate the underdog.
This book is based on science, but it is not scientific. It does make a leap. It may take 100 years for well-respected scientists to accept the data as scientifically sound. I think that is too long for something that has been demonstrated to be safe.
There is so much knowledge about “getting better” that has been lost with time. There are many tools left out of your doctor’s bag because of the confines of medical science. That doesn’t necessarily mean the tools are bad or don’t work. It just means he/she doesn’t use them, because those remedies are outside the medically proven models, (which have adjustments each year.)
People today have many more choices. More and more, it is up to you to decide about things like nutrition, acupuncture, meditation, etc… It wasn’t that long ago a survey of 181 cardiologists revealed that 44 percent were routinely taking antioxidant vitamins. Among the supplement users, 90 percent were taking vitamin E, 75 percent were taking vitamin C, and less than half were taking beta-carotene. Although 44 percent of the cardiologists used antioxidants themselves, “a somewhat smaller percentage (37%) recommended antioxidants routinely to their patients.”27 As scientists, there was, (and still is,) not enough proof to recommend vitamins. As humans, “why not, what could it hurt?”
* Since starting this book, I may have run into possible “debunking” by people who may want to come up with research that shows coherent light therapy doesn’t work. In order to use research to “find something wrong” with a competitor, you need to find a researcher that will give you the ammunition you need to limit that competition. Dr. (Name not shown) may have been a good man to use. Most, if not all, of his research into coherent light therapy ended up with a conclusion that it did not work, even on conditions that are well known to respond dramatically to coherent light therapy. These were a few of his sponsers: The Swedish Society of Medicine. Royal Swedish Academy of Science. Swedish Association of Registered Physiotherapists.
The Dean of Research of the Karolinska Institute, Jan Carlstedt-Duke, wrote this explanation when (Name not shown) was investigated for scientific fraud and malpractice:
“Following a number of allegations made 2002 – 2004, I carried out an investigation of Dr (Name not shown) and his group. The result of this investigation was a clear indication of scientific fraud and malpractice. We therefore asked the Swedish Research Council’s expert group on scientific malpractice to make an independent investigation which, due to the complexity of the case, was completed on May 31st this year. The conclusion of this investigation was that scientific malpractice was demonstrated with numerous examples of plagiarism within scientific publications and patent applications. Furthermore, the documentation of the research carried out and its description was so poor, and in many cases lacking, that it was impossible to determine if and when experiments were carried out or by whom. The conclusion of the Rector is that we completely lack confidence in (Name not shown) as a scientist.
(Name not shown) resigned from his position as professor at Karolinska
Institutet in October 2003. He has not been associated with Karolinska Institutet since that time and has no affiliation with the university today. He resigned his position following confrontation concerning a manuscript that was used for a patent application and that was plagiarized from a published paper from another group and that contained manipulated data that could not be verified with documented primary data. All connections with Karolinska Institutet were severed following that incident.”
There was an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, (JAMA,) which gave numbers that add up to 225,000 Americans dying each year as a result of iatrogenic causes.28 That means a medical doctor or nurse or a drug or a hospital caused it. It’s the third leading cause of death in America. That’s the equivelant of 9/11 every ten days. I think you should know the numbers.
What am I trying to say? You should think for yourself, if you can. You can get better with the low risk methods listed in this book. You can stay better, if you want. What am I trying to say? You can study, take control, and treat many conditions on your own. You have the opportunity to learn, and take your own risks. You can’t have freedom without risk. You can add your own common sense to trust, instead of always someone else’s.
I think that’s a form of medical freedom.
1 Photoengineering of Tissue Repair in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles Apr 2006, Vol. 24, No. 2: 111-120 , Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. Uri Oron, Ph.D.Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2 Efficacy of low level laser therapy on neurosensory recovery after injury to the inferior alveolar nerve. Tuncer Ozen, Kaan Orhan, Ilker Gorur, Adnan Ozturk. Head Face Med. 2006; 2: 3.
3 Low power laser therapy of shoulder tendinitis. England S, Farrell AJ, Coppock JS, Struthers G, Bacon PA. Scand J Rheumatol. 1989;18(6):427–431.
4 Using lasers in diabetic wound healing.
Diabetes Forney R, Mauro T. Technol Ther. 1999 Summer;1(2):189-92.
5 Use Of Infrared Laser Therapy In Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease Associated With Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Zin’kovskaia TM, Zavrazhnykh LA, Golubev AD.
6 The use of laser radiation for correcting cholesterol metabolic disorders in gallstones. Grubnik, V.V. et al. Klin Khir. 1993; (11): 18-20.
7 Possibilities of the treatment of biliary dyskinesia by laser irradiation..L P Vorob’ev, L M Salova, V M Meshkov, G V Chubarov Klin Med (Mosk) May 1990 (Vol. 68, Issue 5, Pages 110-5)
8 Complex treatment of non-specific ulcerative colitis with low-level HeNe laser used transanally. Moscow Abstracts. Dubinkin V A, Mimrikova E G.
9 Immunological and microbiological aspects of low intensity laser effect on the factors of local immunity of the reproductive tract in women with chlamydia infection. Dolgushin II, Gizinger OA, Telesheva LF. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 2006 Jul-Aug;(4):105-9.
10 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
11 Efficacy Of Low Power Laser Therapy In Fibromyalgia: A Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Gur A, Karakoc M, Nas K, Cevik R, Sarac J, Demir E.Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey. Lasers Med Sci. 2002;17(1):57-61.
12 A systematic review of common conservative therapies for arm lymphoedema secondary to breast cancer treatment. Moseley AL, Carati CJ, Piller NB. Ann Oncol. 2007 Apr;18(4):639-46. Epub 2006 Oct 3.
13 FDA Clears Laser-Based Lymphedema Therapy Oct/Nov 2006
News Release; The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the RianCorp LTU-904 low-level laser device as an additional weapon in the battle for better quality of life for people living with lymphedema. After a four-year evaluation, the FDA cleared the LTU-904 for use as part of a therapy regime to treat post-mastectomy lymphedema. FDA clearance permits therapists throughout the USA to use the handheld battery-powered device to treat a patient with lymphedema.
Lymphedema, which affects as many as 30% of post-mastectomy patients, is a chronic condition that impacts about three million people in the US. It causes a person’s limb to enlarge because lymphatic fluid does not drain from the limb after the lymphatic system is compromised
following breast surgery. Since 2000, therapists in Australia have used the LTU-904 to treat patients with lymphedema. The FDA noted that the RianCorp LTU-904 laser therapy unit has been evaluated in a placebo-controlled double blind clinical trial of post-mastectomy lymphedema patients in Australia.
Conducted under ethics committee approval by Flinders University, the study is the world’s only randomised double blind study of a physical treatment for post-mastectomy lymphedema. The Flinders
research team is internationally recognised in the area of lymphology and
lymphedema treatment. More half of patients receiving LTU-904-based therapy experienced a reduction in ECF The trial showed that 52% of patients experienced a clinically significant decrease in ECF (Extra Cellular Fluid) after six weeks of laser treatment. In contract only 19% of placebo
patients experienced the same result. The trial’s results were published in the highly-regarded peer-reviewed journal “Cancer”.
The Flinders study enrolled 64 post-mastectomy patients with at least 200 ml difference between their arms. A summary of the clinical trial results is available at http://www.riancorp.com/.
The LTU-904 Laser Therapy Unit is a non-thermal device that delivers a
controlled series of 200 ns bursts of pulses of 904nm laser beam. The near-infrared beam is invisible to the human eye. The FDA noted that investigators observed no adverse effects from the laser treatments and the study demonstrated the LTU-904 functioned as intended in all treatments of post-mastectomy lymphedema.
14 Effect Of Low-Power Laser Irradiation On Bony Implant Sites. Dortbudak O, Haas R, Mailath-Pokorny G. Dept of Oral Surgery, Dental School, University of Vienna, Austria. Clin Oral Implants Res. 2002 Jun;13(3):288-92.
15 Low intensity laser application in temporomandibular disorders: a phase I double-blind study. Mazzetto MO, Carrasco TG, Bidinelo EF, de Andrade Pizzo RC, Mazzetto RG. Cranio. 2007 Jul;25(3):186-92.
16 Carpal tunnel syndrome pain treated with low-level laser and microamperes transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation: A controlled study. Aeser MA, Hahn KA, Lieberman BE, Branco KF. Dept of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Psychology Research Service, MA, USA.
17 “Low level laser therapy in shoulder tendinitis/bursitis, epicondylalgia and ankle sprain” Jan M Bjordal, J.M. 1997, Division of Physiotherapy Science, University of Bergen Also in Physical Therapy Reviews. 1998; 3: 121-132.
18 A randomised, placebo controlled trial of low level laser therapy for activated Achilles tendinitis with microdialysis measurement of peritendinous prostaglandin E2 concentrations.Bjordal, J M; Lopes-Martins, R A B; Iversen, V V British Journal of Sports Medicine. 40(1):76-80, January 2006.
19 Low level laser therapy for tendinopathy. Evidence of a dose-response pattern. BJORDAL Jan Magnus; COUPPE Christian; LJUNGGREN Anne Elisabeth. Physical therapy reviews 2001, vol. 6, no2, pp. 91-99
20 Quantitative and qualitative changes of the seminiferous epithelium induced by Ga. Al. As. (830 nm) laser radiation. Taha MF, Valojerdi MR. Lasers Surg Med. 2004;34(4):352-9.
21 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.
22 NI. Low-intensity laser radiation in preoperative preparation of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Neimark AI, Muzalevskaia Urologiia. 2000 Jan-Feb;(1):11-5.
23 Low-Intensity Laser Therapy is an Effective Treatment for Recurrent Herpes Simplex Infection. Results from a Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled StudyAndreas Schindl and Reinhard Neumann Journal of Investigative Dermatology (1999) 113, 221–223; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00684.x
24 Infrared laser therapy for ischemic stroke: a new treatment strategy: results of the NeuroThera Effectiveness and Safety Trial-1 (NEST-1). Lampl Y, Zivin JA, Fisher M, Lew R, Welin L, Dahlof B, Borenstein P, Andersson B, Perez J, Caparo C, Ilic S, Oron U, Stroke; Jun 2007 (Vol. 38, Issue 6, Pages 1843-9)
25 Transcranial infrared laser therapy improves clinical rating scores after embolic strokes in rabbits. Paul A Lapchak, Jiandong Wei, Justin A Zivin, Stroke; Aug 2004 (Vol. 35, Issue 8, Pages 1985-8)
26 Low-level laser therapy applied transcranially to rats after induction of stroke significantly reduces long-term neurological deficits. Amir Oron, Uri Oron, Jieli Chen, Anda Eilam, Chunling Zhang, Menachem Sadeh, Yair Lampl, Jackson Streeter, Luis DeTaboada, Michael Chopp, Stroke; Oct 2006 (Vol. 37, Issue 10, Pages 2620-4)
27 From The Benefits of Nutritional Supplements, Copyright © 2002 Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) Intake of antioxidants among American cardiologists. Mehta J. Am J Cardiol 1997; 79:1558-1560.
28 Is US Health Really the Best in the World? B Starfield. JAMA. 2000;284:483-485.
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