12/16/2023
“Reliably better (by 45%) than in the control group and with the use of LEDs, there was wound healing in the group of animals when they were exposed to the laser”
🥳I am SO thrilled to announce that I will be adding COLD LASER THERAPY to my practice! I’m in the process of communicating with a company for the perfect laser to match the desired specifications🥳 As some of you may know, I LOVE to do research on topics I am passionate about.🤓 I have spent countless hours learning and searching for information regarding the best tool, and why cold laser will be a better addition than red light. I am happy to share with you all some of the information I have gathered through my schooling and personal research.🤩Special thanks to my Aunt, who carries a PhD and works in neuroscience, for aiding in my understanding.
Many people have heard of red light therapy. But what about cold laser therapy? Did you know that cold laser is much more effective treatment of pain, stiffness, increase cell function and blood flow, and an overall therapeutic effect? It is ACTUALLY able to aid in healing benefits underneath the superficial layer. A BIG benefit of cold laser compared to red light is the lack of heat produced. This means inflamed areas, such as arthritis, will not be overwhelmed with heat, but still receive healing benefits. Here are some findings from two approved, separate studies from PubMed. One of which was specifically for horses!
“Low-level laser therapy, as applied in this study, produced significant reductions in back pain, epaxial muscle hypertonicity, and trunk stiffness.”
“Lasers appeared to be a fundamentally more effective instrument to achieve a therapeutic effect than other light sources.”
“Laser diodes can operate both in continuous mode, including with modulation, and pulsed mode, and LEDs can only work in continuous mode and with modulation, which greatly limits their use.”
“Therefore, laser light in the pulsed mode is used 100-1000 times more efficiently than continuous mode to procure similar reactions of the biological systems. But impulse LEDs do not exist, therefore, it is impossible to achieve such efficiency. Therefore, only LLLT in the pulsed mode allows the implementation of techniques, such as: affect the deep tissues and organs,
affect to immunocompetent organs, affect the nerve nodes”
When discussing the misuse and incorrect labeling of products… “there is a lack of effects produced from incoherent light sources, the insignificance of the effects, and most people understand that the term “LED therapy” will quickly become useless if not “covered” with highly effective laser therapy, while at the same time discrediting the term laser therapy.”
“the energy parameters (power, area, power density (PD), energy density (ED) and exposure) differ for LLLT and incoherent light by tens of times!”
“laser resulted in an increase in the functional activity of the damaged nerve, while incoherent light proved to be much less effective”
“after illumination with a diode laser (830 nm), the bruised tissues had better perfusion, more capillaries, and significantly increased blood flow velocity”
“LEDs often serve as light sources that simulate a laser, but do not have therapeutic effect”
Equine bodywork is offered by Lindsi Kaczmarek, a certified therapist and life long equine enthusiast. Sessions are focused on relaxation, support, motion, balance, connection and performance. Knowledgeable in several techniques, each session is tailored specifically for the individual horse.
