Carraway Chiropractic & Laser Center

11/11/2025

Thank you, veterans, for your service to our country. You keep us safe and protect our freedoms. Today and always, we honor each of you. 🇺🇲

11/04/2025

Look at the impressive list of diseases, illnesses, degenerative, and age related issues that laser therapy has been shown to be beneficial for. For a deeper dive open the full paper read the extended lists and mechanisms.

I am constantly amazed at the new things added.

https://www.facebook.com/share/19kHmCe6YN/

𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬: 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐏𝐁𝐌) 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲
David W Frankowski, Luigi Ferrucci, Praveen R Arany, Dawn Bowers, Janis T Eells, Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, Nicole L Lohr, Brendan J Quirk, Harry T Whelan, Edward G Lakatta

Photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy, a non-thermal light therapy using nonionizing light sources, has shown therapeutic potential across diverse biological processes, including aging and age-associated diseases. In 2023, scientists from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Intramural and Extramural programs convened a workshop on the topic of PBM to discuss various proposed mechanisms of PBM action, including the stimulation of mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase, modulation of cell membrane transporters and receptors, and the activation of transforming growth factor-β1. They also reviewed potential therapeutic applications of PBM across a range of conditions, including cardiovascular disease, retinal disease, Parkinson’s disease, and cognitive impairment. Workshop participants largely agreed that PBM holds immense potential as a safe and effective therapeutic approach for a wide range of age-related diseases and cognitive decline. While further research is needed to fully elucidate its mechanisms and optimize treatment protocols, the findings presented at the NIA workshop provide strong evidence for the continued investigation and clinical translation of this promising, inexpensive, safe technology, to aging and age-associated diseases. Here, we review the research presented and discussion held at the meeting. In addition, the text has been updated, where applicable, with recent research findings that have been made since the meeting occurred.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12181550/

10/31/2025

Happy Friday all. We just got our new bright white wrap job completed, so we have a blank slate. This afternoon we met with the folks at ENC Sign Co. to discuss graphics. We are making good progress.

10/24/2025

Some patients have been concerned about being physically able to get on our bus. Not to worry...we have you covered.

10/18/2025

Our transition to our mobile practice is on track. We have been working on the interior and exterior making everything we can shine.

We are scheduled to get a wrap next week and start working on big items like HVAC, storage, power for my table and lasers.

I hope to establish a parking place close to the current office and we will have an app which will allow you to make and change your appointment times online. We plan on keeping our current phone number but you will likely have to leave a message to get a return call.

There will be a learning curve but I have found a great resource of other doctors around the country who have had mobile practices for years.

I expect we will have all the wrinkles ironed out in 60 days or less.

Dr. Chris

08/29/2025

Our office will be closed Monday, September 1st to observe Labor Day. We'll reopen Tuesday at 8:00 am. Enjoy your day!

07/04/2025

Our office will be closed today as we celebrate Independence Day. Have a safe holiday and we'll see you Monday!

06/29/2025

I have been doing monthly webinars for Laser Therapy University for well over a decade. These are directed at doctors, therapists, etc., not designed for patients to listen to. The goal is to help other practitioners get superior results.

We cover a wide range of topics and conditions. As you can see this month's topic was balance and vertigo issues.

I never know who is listening in. The webinars are also translated to Spanish and Italian for rebroadcast.

Two days after the vertigo webinar I got the nicest email from a doctor who applied what she had learned from my lecture to her husband. He had suffered from chronic vertigo and made countless visits to two different hot shot universities for therapy. Nothing had resolved his vertigo.

One application of the laser protocols I profiled on Thursday and he reports that "for the first time in recent memory, his balance is normal". He feels like a new man. He told his doctor/wife, "...that your webinar was the best hour he's spent in years."

Something so simple that resolved years of suffering.

It takes several hours each month to prepare these lectures. Feedback like this makes it all worthwhile.

Dr. Chris

06/19/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/155D9EACKp/

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐖, 𝟖𝟑𝟎 𝐧𝐦 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧: 𝐀 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲
Chow, et.al

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in 90 subjects with chronic neck pain was conducted with the aim of determining the efficacy of 300 mW, 830 nm laser in the management of chronic neck pain. Subjects were randomized to receive a course of 14 treatments over 7 weeks with either active or sham laser to tender areas in the neck. The primary outcome measure was change in a 10 cm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain. Secondary outcome measures included Short-Form 36 Quality-of-Life questionnaire (SF-36), Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPNQ), Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPAD), the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and Self-Assessed Improvement (SAI) in pain measured by VAS. Measurements were taken at baseline, at the end of 7 weeks’ treatment and 12 weeks from baseline. The mean VAS pain scores improved by 2.7 in the treated group and worsened by 0.3 in the control group (difference 3.0, 95% CI 3.8–2.1). Significant improvements were seen in the active group compared to placebo for SF-36-Physical Score (SF36 PCS), NPNQ, NPAD, MPQVAS and SAI. The results of the SF-36 – Mental Score (SF36 MCS) and other MPQ component scores (afferent and sensory) did not differ significantly between the two groups. Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), at the parameters used in this study, was efficacious in providing pain relief for patients with chronic neck pain over a period of 3 months.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304395906002880

05/22/2025

Our office will be closed for an extended Memorial Day weekend. We will be closed Friday, May 23 through Tuesday, May 27th, and will reopen Wednesday, May 28th at 1:30 pm.
Please take a moment to remember those who courageously gave their lives, as well as those bravely serving today and their families. May we never forget the price of freedom.

04/20/2025

Our office will be closed Monday, April 21st and will reopen Tuesday at 8:00 am. We hope everyone has a blessed and lovely Easter!

04/15/2025

I had posted that we had four major universities sending representatives to our photobiomodulation (laser therapy) seminar last week. Well, somebody was impressed with the presentations.

One of the universities, and I am not at liberty to say which one, has asked to host our next meeting on their campus.

Apparently the most common comments on the survey was that the event needed to be expanded beyond two days and should be a larger venue to allow more people to attend.

Sounds like a win to me.