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FAQ
FREQUENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is Low Level Laser Therapy LLLT/PHOTO LASER Medicine?
Most people are aware of high-powered lasers either in the context of a "Star Wars"-type weapon or as a surgical tool, which burns and cuts tissue.
Less well known is that low level lasers have been used internationally for decades to promote pain relief, wound healing, immune modulation and to strengthen the regenerative forces of the body tissues.
Is it well researched or still new?
Laser therapy with more than 300 clinical trials and 3000 university/laboratory studies has more documentation than several traditionally performed therapies.
When did light therapy started?
Finsen was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1903 for his light therapy of lupus vulgaris.
What can be treated/can support the treatment?
(Lately there is a good success rate in treating TINITUS with LLLT/Photo Laser Medicine)
GROUP A: FATIGUE & EXHAUSTION
- Chronic fatigue Syndrome CFS
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis M.E.
- Post-viral Fatigue)
- bacterial, parasitic, fungal, viral infection
- Auto-immune disease
- Immune deficiency
- Allergy
- Malaise (weakness, exhaustionetc.) and poor immunity in malignant diseases*
GROUP B: MUSCULO-SKELETAL DISEASE, Pain and chronic Inflammation
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Nerve root irritation
- Facet joint syndrome
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Bursitis
- Tendonitis
- Injuries (such as Repetitive Strain Injury)
- Acute ligamentous strains
- Chondromalacia patella
- Carpel tunnel syndrome
- Migraine headache disorder
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Osteo-arthritis
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Other neuropathies
GROUP C: SKIN CONDITIONS, WOUND HEALING, INFLAMMATION
- Decubitus
- Diabetic gangrene
- Venous ulcers
- Acne
More studies are on the way and the list will be expanded:
- Alzheimer's
- Parkinson's
- Stroke
- Fertility
- Nerve regeneration
Is the laser light hot?
Treatment with laser therapy is NOT based on heat development but on photochemical and photobiological effects in cells and tissue.
What is Trans Dermal Systemic Laser Therapy/Blood Irradiation?
Trans-dermal, (non-invasive) systemic laser therapy (TDSLT)
is applied through the skin over a large blood vessel (artery and vein). The infrared laser light irradiated the blood. It exposes the blood to low level energetic, but highly mono-chromatic and coherent light (coloured light therapy of the blood). This strongly bio-simulative treatment triggers a number of health-promoting changes within the blood and the cellular metabolism of the whole organism (see below).
The TDSLT is initiated in our clinics and can, where appropriate, be continued in your own home.
Trans-dermal systemic laser therapy is offered for supporting
the treatment of moderate to severe fatigue and exhaustion, in conditions
such as chronic fatigue syndrome, ME, post-viral syndrome, burn-out syndrome, as well as in moderate and in chronic or progressive degenerative disease.
General Information about Laser Blood Irradiation Therapy / Trans-dermal Systemic Laser Therapy (TDSLT):
- heals and increases functioning efficacy of the vascular, immune and respiratory system
- normalises the parameters of the hormonal, immune and reproductive system
- is antitoxic, bio-stimulative, immuno-corrective, anti-allergic, antibacterial, antiviral, algetic, anti-inflammatory
- boosts the cellular part of your immunity, decreases concentrations of microbes in the abdomen, activates microcirculation
- increases energy and normalises tissue metabolism, activates ATP–synthesis and energy formation in cells, increases oxidation of energy-carrying molecules
- unblocking of capillaries, positive pre- and post-surgical operations effects
- regenerates and repairs cells
- increases functional activity of the hypothalamus and has positive effects on the activation of energetic, metabolism, immune and vegetative responses.
How does photo laser medicine/low level laser therapy (LLLT) work?
Most of the modalities used in physical therapy, including moist heat, ultrasound and short wave diathermy, derive their benefit from a thermal (heating) effect upon tissues.
Low level laser therapy (LLLT), on the other hand, causes virtually no thermal effect and therefore works via entirely different mechanisms. The laser appears to have diverse and significant effects on cells and cell functions, including improved circulation, immune modulation, reparative processes, endorphin and neurotransmitter release. Clinically, this is expressed as an enhancement of wound healing and nerve repair, as well as in its anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect.
What are the side effects?
Usually laser therapy is well tolerated and shows only mild and transient side effects. Side effects of laser therapy encountered include brief episodes of the following: anxiety, dizziness, nausea, headache and sedation. Only very rarely did a patient find this objectionable enough to stop the treatment; frequency, intensity and duration of side effects decrease with time. There is no sensation associated with laser treatment, per se; all side effects occurred sometime after a treatment session began, or a short time after it ended.
Frequency and duration of treatment:
In sports medicine and pain management, the number of treatments/time span between treatments vary.
For the treatment of chronic fatigue and exhaustion, patients generally receive three to five treatments per week for three weeks and if required 1 to 2 days per week for another month. Benefits of the treatment can often be experienced already after a few treatment sessions.
Pain relief in chronic pain syndrome (like fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis is usually not permanent, but infrequent treatments (1x a week), can maintain the good status quo.
Patients with chronic pain syndrome or severe fatigue and exhaustion, who have benefitted from the treatment, can purchase or hire a laser device, and will be trained to use the laser device at home.
Are there any other effects?
Improvement in sleep has been observed with some regularity, although this may undoubtedly be due in part to decreased pain.
Improvement with regard to abnormal sensations in the limbs (paresthesia and subjective swelling) appears to be fairly consistent.
Improvement in fatigue, mood and headache have been described, particularly with the systemic laser therapy.
Laser treatment has an immune modulating effect, and has been used for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and immune deficiency syndrome.
Safety and technical information
All laser devices used at our clinics are produced in Germany under strictest standards and regulations for the production of medical lasers. We use class 3B and 1M medical lasers. Class 1M devices are suitable for home use.
Therapeutic lasers used in our clinic use the frequencies of 660nm (red), 780nm and 840nm (near infrared) and a power of 40 and 200mW. We are using only un-pulsed (CW) laser light for local and systemic treatment.
All our lasers are regularly serviced and the staff administering the treatment is trained to good standards.
As laser treatment can injure your eyes (despite relatively low risk), laser eye protection glasses will have to be used throughout the treatment.
Services
The One Life Clinic London/Immune Clinic London/Laser Clinic London and its qualified medical practitioners offer diagnostic and will draw up a treatment plan in cooperation with the patient. Qualified staff provides the treatment.
Adjuvant therapies are available. Patients may be involved in other treatments, such as a comprehensive stretching programme (fibromyalgia), stress management training (stress related diseases, burn out), dietary and supplementation advice, and/or other treatments.
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