Laser Therapy Institute Podcast

It is increasingly understood that laser therapy (photobiomodulation) can produce great results in treating various conditions, but how important is the way the laser is used? Dr. Rountree shares research to find the best ways to use your PBM device for your patient's health!

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Are you caught up in all the laser sales lingo and wondering which way is up? What is the difference between Class 4 lasers and superpulsed Class 3? Does high peak power mean better penetration? Listen now to find out what the science says in this episode.

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Dr. Rountree is joined today by former Harvard professor and world-renowned clinical researcher Dr. Robert Wolfe to discuss nutritional adjuncts to healing and pain relief.

Dr. Wolfe's studies have been conducted with support from competitive research grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Space Biomedical Institute, US Department of Defense, The US Department of Agriculture, as well as the US Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee.

Amino Co’s research, first funded by NASA, was developed by Dr. Robert R Wolfe, director of the Center of Translational Research in Aging and Longevity at the Reynolds Institute on Aging, and Professor of Geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Fun Fact: Co-founder Dr. Robert Wolfe was a competitive marathon runner who set national age-group records. Distance running: completed 62 marathons under 2:30; set age group world record in 30 K (45-49y), won over 100 local road races. Still running and fueling his body with amino acids at age 75.

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"Essential amino acid supplementation in patients following total knee arthroplasty"

"Anabolic response to essential amino acid plus whey protein composition is greater than whey protein alone in young healthy adults"

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In this episode, Dr. Agnieska Cluchey shares research and protocols for caring for sprains using laser therapy. This is an excerpt from a recent webinar Sports Medicine With Laser Therapy. Access the link to watch the full webinar which includes more research and information regarding mild traumatic brain injury and overuse syndrome.

Dr. Cluchey is the owner of a Laser Therapy clinic in Illinois and a member of the Laser Therapy Institute.

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What's going on with this "new" laser wavelength of 1064nm? Find out how this wavelength compares to more traditional PBM wavelengths like 830nm, as well as the reasons to use 1064nm in this research review!

"There are a few reasons for utilizing a 1064 nm laser. First, the absorption of water at 1064 nm is relatively weak, lower than that at 950-1000 nm and comparable to that at 900 nm (see the following figure). Second, light at this wavelength can penetrate deeper in tissue than other wavelengths shorter than 1000 nm used for LLLT because of lower light scattering. For example, 1064 nm light penetrates the human hand better than 660 nm or 980 nm, and comparable to 830 nm [data of Karl H. Norris, from The Science of Photobiology (KC Smith, ed., Plenum Press, 1977; p. 400)]. Since our future application of LLLT targets on transcranial laser stimulation or photobiomodulation, it is definitely beneficial if the light can penetrate deeper in tissue. Third, the wavelength 1064 nm is still at the upper absorption band of the redox state of CCO 1 meaning that a 1064 nm laser will be absorbed to stimulate the reduction-oxidation reaction of CCO, as we needed for this study. Fourth, this project wished to examine whether the 1064-nm laser was able to stimulate or generate a reasonable amount of changes in HbO and CCO concentrations, even using a non-optimal laser wavelength. For future studies, given the absorption spectra of water and redox state of CCO, it might be optimal to use a laser near the absorption peak of CCO (e.g., at ~830 nm) where water absorption is also lower than that at 1064 nm."

REFERENCE: Supplementary Information for 

Interplay between up-regulation of cytochrome-c-oxidase and hemoglobin oxygenation induced by near-infrared laser 

Xinlong Wang1#, Fenghua Tian1#, Sagar S. Soni1, F. Gonzalez-Lima2*, Hanli Liu1* 

1Department of Bioengineering, the University of Texas at Arlington, 

500 UTA Blvd, Arlington, TX 76010 

2Department of Psychology and Institute for Neuroscience, the University of Texas at Austin, 

108 E. Dean Keeton Stop A8000, Austin, TX 78712 

#: equal contribution 

*[email protected]; *[email protected]
 

Read the primary study referenced in this episode here.
Images viewed in this episode:

• Impact of laser light on tissue 
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Absorption of melanin and hemoglobin
• Water absorption 

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Healing at the Speed of Light

Listen in as Dr. Rountree discusses new research that shows that near-infrared light therapy might improve anxiety, mood, energy, daily routine, sleep, and cognition while reducing the burden on caregivers.

Access the full study here.

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Laser Therapy Institute

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Success with Laser Therapy Flowchart & Checklist Infographic
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Read about laser research on the LTI Blog
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Healing at the Speed of Light

Laser therapy research shows that photobiomodulation "is able to rapidly induce photothermic and photochemical effects in the deep tissue, thus stimulating collagen production, increasing blood flow and cellular metabolism, and removing painful stimuli." Learn more about this research and how laser therapy compares with TENS in this episode of the LTI Podcast.

Read the full study here.

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Laser Therapy Institute

Further Resources:

Success with Laser Therapy Flowchart & Checklist Infographic
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Read about laser research on the LTI Blog
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Related Podcast for Patients
Healing at the Speed of Light

Listen to this episode of the LTI Podcast as Dr. Rountree discusses a 2022 review article focused on how light works to improve tendon healing!

Download the review 

The Functions and Mechanisms of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Tendon Repair (Review)

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Healing at the Speed of Light

There is a lot of debate regarding the penetration of light through tissues, how it works, and whether it is even necessary for the effects of photobiomodulation. In today's LTI Podcast, Dr. Rountree discusses some technical details from two studies to bring to light some answers to the debate about the factors of light penetration.

The studies mentioned in this episode:

Near-infrared photonic energy penetration: can infrared phototherapy effectively reach the human brain?
Effect of wavelength and beam width on penetration in light-tissue interaction using computational methods

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Further Resources:

Success with Laser Therapy Flowchart & Checklist Infographic
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Read about laser research on the LTI Blog
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Healing at the Speed of Light

Listen in as Dr. Rountree shares more about the exam, testing, diagnosis, and treatment of "back mice" in the clinical setting.

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The study mentioned in this episode:

The Best-Laid Plans of "Back Mice" and Men: A Case Report and Literature Review of Episacroiliac Lipoma

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Further Resources:

Success with Laser Therapy Flowchart & Checklist Infographic
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Read about laser research on the LTI Blog
Learn more about what we offer on the LTI website
Find out how you can Customize your LTI experience

Related Podcast for Patients
Healing at the Speed of Light