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New Uses for Cold Laser

Cold laser therapy works by altering or stimulating cellular function. The light energy penetrates, depending on the wavelength, and affects cells and blood vessels. The laser can block a nerve’s ability to send a pain signal to the brain, increasing blood flow or decreasing swelling. It may also significantly speed wound healing.

It’s noninvasive. When used correctly, it doesn’t have any side effects. It can be used weekly or monthly for pets with chronic pain, giving them better quality of life. In cases of severe pain caused by surgery or trauma, laser treatment can be used twice a day for a few days and then daily to diminish pain and speed healing.

Some exciting new areas of study for laser healing are range of motion, baldness, jaw clicking, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and stress. treating stress, anxiety and depression with cold laser therapy. The protocol for stress combines ancient Chinese medicine and laser technology that’s used on acupressure points to boost endorphins and dopamine. These chemicals naturally help your body reduce the physical effects of stress.

Lasers have been shown to speed healing time by about 50%.

Help Your Pets Without Drugs

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Low Level Laser Therapy causes tissues to heal faster – muscle, skin and nerve – 66 percent faster, according to an FDA study. The study took 100 patients complaining of neck and shoulder pain. Half were treated with a useless red light (placebo group) similar to that on a computer mouse or grocery check-out, and the other half received LLLT. The treatment group beat the placebo group by 66 percent! That’s 66 percent faster and more complete relief – a remarkable margin. Similar studies have been passed by the FDA for carpal tunnel, wounds, and scar tissue.

Laser therapy is a non-toxic alternative to drugs. Animals with arthritis, skin conditions, injuries, and post surgical wounds can be safely treated with the cold laser. By avoiding over-use of medications, animals (and humans) will have more energy as they heal. There are no risks to this treatment, which is why I use it so much with my clients.

Benefits of Low Level Laser Therapy

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Clinical and experimental studies have provided evidence that lasers can increase nerve function, reduce the formation of wounds, increase the metabolic activity of neurons, and enhance myelin production (Bagis et al., 2002). The non-invasive nature of laser photo therapy enables treatment without surgical intervention. Low level laser therapy began to be used in the regeneration and functional recuperation process of peripheral nerves in the 1970s.

Many doctors dismiss cold laser therapy as quackery, which is one of the reasons I have used it so much on myself, family, and friends before I used it on animals that can’t give me verbal feedback. One friend said it did little for her carpal tunnel pain, and went ahead and had surgery. Everyone else reported moderate to complete relief. On myself, it sometimes takes 7-10 sessions for pain to be gone from an injury that has caused chronic pain.

Low Level laser therapy has been used for at least 30 years for pain reduction and tissue repair. There is strong evidence it works and new research is constantly being conducted to refine it.

It works by blocking pain fibers and slowing the transmission of pain messages. This pain blockade allows for a reduction in inflammation and for tissue regeneration.

In one way, LLLT acts like a local anesthetic and reduces pain signals going to the brain. After several treatments the nerves in the affected area become less irritable and pain lessens, allowing muscles to relax and healing to take place.

While some conditions are curable, some need ongoing maintenance and people need to return for a treatment every three months. While not everyone responds to the cold laser, it is used to treat a variety of conditions including neck and back pain, acute and chronic pain, migraine, wounds, arthritic pain, fibromyalgia and lymphedema.

Negative Side Effects of Steroids

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Corticosteroids can be life saving. That was the case with me and severe asthma. Steroids are anti-inflammatory; they decrease pain, swelling, and relieve itching. The problem is that what should have been a very short term treatment turned into 14 years, until I was introduced to Transfer Factor which I have often written about on this blog. When treating our dogs, horses, cats, and ourselves, it is imperative to be informed.

The negative side effects of corticosteroids are the reason they should be used as briefly, and in as low doses as possible. They decrease the ability of wounds to heal. They increase the chance of infection.They can contribute to destruction of joints by decreasing collagen. They suppress the immune system. They increase appetite and thirst. In cats, an increase in diabetes has been seen. Steroid use can also upset laboratory tests, causing misdiagnosis of other problems.

A holistic approach to replacing toxic steroids will include nutrition, omega fatty acids, antioxidants, Vitamins such as C, A, E, glucosamine, MSM, yucca, bromelain,and so many more. These approaches are safe and non-toxic. You will save money on drugs and vet bills.

Is Laser Therapy Right for Me or My Animal?

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Cold Laser Therapy, which is also known as Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT), is used to improve tissue repair, reduce inflammation and pain.

The treatment has been proven to help relieve pain in areas like the neck and also in rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. Cold laser has many other uses, including helping wounds heal and treating muscle, tendon, bone or nerve damage.

Because the light beam triggers the repair of damaged cells in its path, without the need for the therapist to identify the exact problem, it can lead to a reduction or resolution of hundreds of different illnesses or conditions.

In horses, laser therapy has proven useful and effective in treating hoof abscesses, bone chips, navicular problems, and laminitis.

There Are So Many Uses for the Cold Laser!

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Low Level Laser Therapy uses light at a wavelength that the cells of the body are receptive to. The light is absorbed and energy production is increased, speeding up the healing process,and increasing the quality of the repair.

Facial pain, trapped nerves, Achilles tendonitis, muscle fatigue, Lymphedema (also known as lymphatic obstruction, a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling), chronic low back pain, to name a few, have been treated successfully with LLLT/Cold Laser Therapy.

There have been many clinical trials proving the effectiveness of cold laser therapy. Neck pain and whiplash, normally difficult to successfully resolve due to the sensitivity of the area, has a positive outcome with LLLT, as does sciatica and pain felt under the shoulder blade. The evidence for Age Related Macular disease (AMD) and stroke is rapidly emerging, and clinical trials are planned for Parkinson`s and Alzheimer’s.

The wonderful thing about the laser is it can do no harm if used correctly. If you or your horse has pain or soreness at a horse show, ask me to use the cold laser on the painful area. At a CIC or CCI I often use the laser on all the joints of the horses’ legs before the jog and after cross country.

With Laser Therapy you can heal and relieve pain, heal muscle, tendon and ligament injuries, ease inflammation and swelling, treat wounds, and so much more!

Natural Penicillin

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During World War ll, before penicillin became widely available, Russian medics applied raw garlic to the infected wounds of their soldiers. The English military began referring to garlic as “Russian penicillin.” As recently as 2009, the war department in Moldova, a small country in eastern Europe, issued a daily ration of one onion and several cloves of garlic to each member of its army to protect them from the flu.

All these uses and more are now backed by medical science. One milligram of allicin, the main active ingredient in garlic, is equivalent to 15 international units of penicillin. Each garlic clove has from 7 to 13 mg. of allicin, so 3 cloves contain the same antibacterial activity as a standard dose of penicillin.

In one important respect, garlic has the edge on penicillin. Common bacteria are 1,000 times more likely to become resistant to modern antibiotics than to garlic. Garlic appears to satisfy all of the criteria for antibacterial agents, and it is cheap and safe, with no toxic side effects.

Eating more garlic may be one of the best natural remedies against cancer. According to a Canadian study: “Garlic was by far the strongest inhibitor of tumor cell growth. Garlic blocked 100% of the growth of human cancers of the stomach, pancreas, breast, prostate, lungs, kidneys, and brain.

From Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson

The Benefits of Traumeel

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Traumeel Cream – The Best Medicine To Heal The Body

Traumeel cream is a homeopathic remedy for treating the inflammation and discomfort resulting from minor injuries such as sprains and bruises. It can also provide temporary pain relief for people suffering from chronic inflammatory illness such as arthritis and fibromyalgia. Many surgeons also recommend it to their patients to help heal the after an operation. It has been proven effective numerous times in leading publications and has been utilized worldwide for over 30 years in hospitals and by private physicians. This treatment will not interfere with any other drug even if the person is on numerous prescription medications. I recommend it in the treatment of injuries in animals.

One of the body’s natural signs of healing after any sort of trauma is inflammation. Although this can cause a great deal of discomfort for the injured person, or animal, it is best not to completely stop this process. The best method is to control the inflammation enough to alleviate the pain, while still allowing the body to go about its course of recovery. This is exactly what applying Traumeel cream does to a swollen area. Due to its diluted homeopathic formulation the active ingredients work in harmony with the immune system to heal the wound faster than other medications that interfere with the natural healing process.

One of the two best known ingredients in Traumeel cream are arnica, which acts to reduce swelling and bruising and echinacea, which supports the immune system and stimulates healing. Another wonderful substance that helps to reduce bruising effects is bellis perennis, as well as hamamelis virginiana that relieve the soreness associated with bruises. This cream is also for those wounds that involve minor bleeding because the ingredient millefolium impedes bleeding. Symphytum officinale is one of the best substances for the relief of joint pain, so anyone suffering from an injury or degeneration in their joints would also benefit immensely from using this cream. Other ingredients in Traumeel cream are belladonna, for reduction of swelling and pain, calendula that soothes the skin and aids in healing, and hypericum perforatum for pain relief.

No first-aid kit, gym bag or purse should be without it. It is truly a miracle cream for helping to heal the body without harmful side effects or interfering with the natural healing process.

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