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Dr. Lisa Orwick of
Natural Life Chiropractic announces the introduction to her practice of the
Erchonia PL 5000 Low Frequency Cold Laser. The considerable research and
investment of time and capital by Dr. Orwick, concerns this cutting edge
technology of cellular healing. Chiropractic and nutritional approaches to
healing remain well ahead of traditional western medicine’s treatment of
symptoms, but Dr. Orwick is confident that she has found a tool, which will
allow her to help all patients across the board as well as the unresolvable
cases. Lasers are painless, sterile, have no undesirable side effects and are
much more affordable that surgery. The new frontiers of Cold Laser treatment
will provide as yet unattained results in healing on many levels. After
extensive training and study, Dr. Orwick will draw a picture of the future of
healing. This article presents a simplified and cursory overview of the quantum
physics involved to explain the working of the Cold Laser, an explanation of
what it can do for the patient, and finally an estimate of what the cost to you
will be.
Light therapy is not a new concept. The sun’s photonic rays cause a seed to
sprout through RNA and DNA changes. The sun’s rays are full spectrum light,
which means many wavelengths are present (400-800 Nanometers), but only one
specific wavelength, or frequency, causes the seeds to germinate. In 1924 Bose
and Einstein, great men of science, predicted the Laser. Laser is an acronym for
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. In 1978 Dr. Frolich
helped to establish the Wave Particle Theory, which now forms the foundation of
quantum physics and defines the mechanism of life, as we now know it. Human
cells, tissue and organs have specific frequencies that regulate important
cellular functions such as protein synthesis, cellular division and
communication. Frolich used quantum physics to explain that a cells living
matrix must produce coherent or laser-like oscillations, unique resonance's. He
stated that these resonance's serve as signals that integrate processes such as
growth, injury repair, immune mediation and the overall functioning of the
organism. Each molecule, cell, tissue and organ has an ideal resonance frequency
that coordinates its activity. Using certain laser frequencies can alter or
balance the body’s systemic defense and repair mechanism. In 1994 Dr. Smith
stated that pathologies manifest themselves as chemical imbalances with the
underlying cause being electromagnetic. By applying a specific frequency, normal
function and balance can be restored. Physicists Schawlow and Townes brought the
laser into modern medical arenas, where they are being used for a variety of
treatments. Most of the lasers used in the medical field have been High
Frequency Hot Lasers, which are catabolic (destructive) in nature such as the
ones used in eye surgery. Cold Lasers are anabolic, or regenerative in nature.
The Erchonia Laser was the first FDA approved Low Frequency Cold Laser, which
provides assurance of its overall safety and effectiveness.
The following are examples of how the Cold Lasers are used:
To accelerate wound
and burn healing, at a rate 25-40% faster and with less scarring. This is an
excellent demonstration of external healing reflecting what is happening on the
cellular level, where internal healing is often neither seen nor felt.
To treat top athletes in order to return them to competition at a much
accelerated pace. If you remember when Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service
team were involved in quite a few bad wrecks, yet they were able to race the
next day. According to Jeff Spencer, Armstrong’s chiropractor who treated him
with Cold Laser, if an injured athlete can get in for laser treatment within 2-3
hours of the injury, rehabilitation time can be cut in half.
To rehabilitate severed nerve bundles, at a rate of 300% faster than a control
group tested in a University of Health and Sciences, Bethesda, MD., (research
study conducted by Anders and Broke). This was after only 14 daily, 90 minutes
treatments. It suggests promising results will be found in the future for
peripheral nerve damage and possible spinal cord injuries.
To inhibit cancer cell growth and, at the same time, enhance healthy cell
growth. Research at the University of Munich shows that the Cold Lasers have a
bio-modulation effect. The importance of bio-modulation is the ability to
inhibit the activity of overactive cells (inflammation) and stimulate under
active cells (atrophy), which distinguishes it from the universal damage caused
by chemotherapy or radiation.
To increase the range of motion (ROM), to increase muscle strength, to decrease
pain and inflammation and to accelerate overall healing time for a variety of
injuries. Chiropractors and Physical Therapist are using the cold laser for
whiplash-strain-sprain, chronic frozen shoulder, long standing TMJ problems,
carpal tunnel syndrome, Fibromyalgia, sinusitis, etc.
 The
Erchonia PL 5000
is a low frequency laser, with a very specific (630-640) 635 Nanometer
wavelength. The frequencies are the pulsations that can be programmed in by the
doctor for different purposes (i.e., muscle growth, inflammation, etc.). The PL
5000 has two laser heads with the capacity to distribute four frequencies at the
same time. It uses coherent light, which is light traveling in the same
direction at the same wavelength. The human cell functions at 630-640
nanometers (NM). It has been documented that DNA replication occurs at 635 NM,
and cellular phagocytosis (cellular housecleaning or detoxification) happens at
634 NM, and that injured neurons (nerve cells) heal best at 635 NM. Most
significantly, research shows that every cell has a least three kinds of basic
receptors for neurotransmitters (i.e., serotonin, dopamine), hormones (insulin,
thyroid, estrogen) and photoreceptors. The laser affects the human cells through
the photoreceptors, causing a physiological effect. Nerves, for example, are
affected by the temperature, the pH within the cell, the oxygen available, and
the amount of ATP (a cellular unit of energy) available. The laser stimulates
ATP production and oxygen at a cellular level, which activates enzymatic
cascades that help the cell to detoxify itself. All this results in turning on
the cells or nerves and setting up an environment in which they function best.
Laser therapy is based on Photochemical and Photobiological effects of the cells
and tissues. With laser light, certain cell functions are stimulated especially
the increase of a cells ATP (energy). This increase in ATP synthesis is
associated with increased cell metabolism; increase collagen synthesis,
stimulation of DNA formation, improved immune system function and increased new
formation of capillaries. The laser also has been shown to increase
neurotransmitters (serotonin), to increase enhance tissue regeneration through
increasing fibroblasts and keratinocytes, to increase antioxidants and to
accelerate bone and scar healing. Accelerated healing, the primary goal for any
kind of injury, is hard to demonstrate in one laser session. However, Dr. Orwick
will demonstrate the ability to increase your range of motion (ROM) and increase
muscle strength by testing you before and after the laser treatment. The
significance of this is more than being able to better check your blind spot
while driving. By increasing your ROM, you are preserving the function and
structure of your cartilage and discs. Movement brings vital nutrients and
fluids to cartilage and discs. The less your neck, spine or joints move, the
sooner breakdown begins. Joint degeneration, or cartilage starvation, is
osteoarthritis, which can cause considerable pain and is progressive in nature.
Disc breakdown is degenerative disc disease. This can cause bone spurs pressing
on nerves, causing pain, such as sciatica. The muscle strength test is
performed in order to test nerve root function, not just muscle performance.
Testing the deltoid strength bilaterally, for example, is evaluating the
function of the C5 nerve root. Restored muscle strength actually indicates that
the nerve root has been reactivated. With a properly functioning nervous system,
balanced muscle strength is available to optimally perform three vital
functions. To move the body and joints, to stabilize joints, and to inhibit pain
at the spinal cord level. Preliminary results indicate that 98% of Dr. Orwick’s
patients experience a noticeable increase in both ROM and muscle strength.
Most protocols are based upon the physiology of certain cell types. For example,
skin cells take approximately 28-35 days to regenerate. Therefore, a wound or
burn would call for a 3 times a week treatment for 4 weeks, depending on the
severity. Muscles regenerate at 6 weeks with a 3 times a week protocol. The
protocols are set up on a 3 times a week basis in order to get ahead of the
inflammatory cycle. One of the primary benefits of the laser is the ability to
short circuit the vicious cycle of instability, which causes pain and limits the
necessary exercise to restore stability. In the majority of cases, Dr. Orwick
uses the laser for the healing benefits in addition to the synergistic effects
it has with other modalities used in the clinic. The results have been so
profound that Dr. Orwick has purchased a second laser to be rented to her
current patients with severe cases for more frequent home treatments. Patients
who have been in auto accidents and have broken bones, surgery patients,
reflexive sympathetic dystrophy, severe pain from Degenerative Disc Disease,
etc. are prime candidates to use the laser for home treatments. Dr. Orwick has
recently started to use a laser protocol to help her patients to stop smoking.
The laser stand
provided is set up on the brain and cervical, thoracic or lumbar vertebrae,
while the other laser head is used by the patient to treat the area of
involvement. The patients are given very specific instructions, including the
proper frequencies for your condition, the specific areas to laser, how often
and how long to treat.
Dr. Orwick looks
forward to the future of healing with this new technology and appreciates your
taking the time to read this article. If you would like to read more about the
laser, she recommends the books:
“Laser Therapy Clinical Practice and Scientific Background”
By Jan Turner and Lars Hode Prima Books, 2002, 1,281 references
“Therapeutic Laser, Theory and Practice”
By G. David Baxter Churchill Livingston, 1999
“Energy Medicine The Scientific Basis” By James L. Oschman PhD
Churchill Livingston 2000
You can also go to
www.erchonia.com for more information. For those of you are scientifically
oriented I included a
Flow Chart on the laser and its process, physical impact and potential. I
would like to thank Richard Amy D.C. and Dan Murphy D.C., DAC, BO who
professionally lecture on the laser and gathered the majority of this
information from many sources, including the 3 given above. Further references
can be provided upon request. |
