Soft Laser Therapy In Medicine


NOTE! The following reviews of soft lasers is taken from recently published international literature, much of which is available utilizing any good web search engine and the search terms “low level laser” or “low level laser therapy”. In most countries other than the United States, soft lasers are legal to use on human subjects by both medical practitioners and by the lay people themselves.

Soft laser therapy has been successfully utilized in medicine for:

  • Acupuncture
  • Acute myocardial infarction
  • Allergy
  • Blood irradiation
  • Bechterew’s disease
  • Blood pressure control
  • Bone regeneration
  • Cancer
  • Cardiac conditions
  • Prevents restenosis after balloon angioplasty
  • Decrease the number of angina attacks
  • Eczema
  • Alleviation of heart pain–cervicothoracic pain syndrome
  • Suppression of lipid peroxidation
  • Promotion of antioxidants
  • Protection of erythrocyte membranes
  • Reduction of fibrinogen level
  • Normalization of antithrombin-III
  • Reduction of arrthythmic deaths (two year follow up)
  • Reduction of the activities of the hypophyseoaadrenocortical and aldosteron-renin-angiotensin systems
  • Protective effect on erythrocytes caused by heart/lung machines
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Crural ulcers
  • Depression, psychosomatic problems
  • Diabetes
  • Duodenal/gastric ulcers
  • Epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
  • Ear conditions including hearing loss and tinnitus
  • Eye conditions
  • Fibrositis/fibromyalgia
  • Gynecological problems
  • Headaches including migraine
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Herniated lumbar discs
  • Herpes simplex (HSV1) of the lips as well as sexual herpes
  • Immune system modulation
  • Lichen
  • Low back pain
  • Microcirculation
  • Mucositis connected with cancer treatment
  • Muscle regeneration
  • Nerve conduction
  • Ophthalmic problems – stye MUST use less than 5 J/cm2
  • Pain associated with any cause
  • Rheumatoid and osteoarthritis
  • Salivary gland disorders
  • Sinusitis
  • Spinal cord injuries
  • Sports injuries of all types
  • Strains and sprains of all types
  • Tendonitis/bursitis and other locations on man and animals
  • Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
  • Tonsillitis
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Trigger point therapy
  • Thrombophlebitis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Urology problems including inflamed prostrate
  • Warts
  • Whiplash and associated disorders
  • Wound healing regardless of the cause
  • Zoster (shingles)

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