Another Step in the Back to Basics' Complete Health Care Mandate
What is the foundation of Low-Emission Laser Therapy?
Can light really help?
Are lasers not considered dangerous?
How does Low-Emission Laser Therapy work?
How does Low-Emission Laser Therapy affect the body?
What benefits does Low-Emission Laser Therapy provide?
How can I find out more?

Another Step in the Back to Basics' Complete Health Care Mandate
In our ongoing effort to bring you the most advanced and complete health care available, Back to Basics is pleased to introduce our new LaserPath Therapeutics's Low-Emission/Low-Level Laser Therapy (LELT/LLLT).

One of the main theories that we abide by at Back to Basics is that, "...all systems of the body are interrelated. Problems arising in one area affect or present themselves as symptoms in other areas." For your whole body to be healthy, each part must do its individual job.

Low-Emission Laser Therapy speeds recovery, by providing a synergy with other forms of treatment, thereby making them more effective, and promoting a more rapid recovery. In this way, LELT not only fits the aspect of whole body health, and Back to Basics' Complete Health Care Mandate, but makes your overall treatment plan more cost-effective.

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What is the foundation of Low-Emission Laser Therapy?
Low-level laser light is compressed light of a wavelength from the cold, red part of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. (Microwaves, radio waves, infrared & ultraviolet light, X-rays, and gamma rays are all forms of electromagnetic radiation which differ in their wavelength and hence their ability to penetrate different surfaces).

Low-level laser light is the foundation of Low-Emission Laser Therapy. Its specific properties (a single colour of light in a single wavelength, travelling in a straight line and concentrated on a defined spot) allows it to penetrate the surface of the skin -- with no heating effect, no skin damage, and no known side effects. What this means is that the single beam of Low level laser light can transfer most or all of its biostimulative light energy to your body's cells. The cells will then convert this light energy into chemical energy to direct the body's regulatory processes, thereby promoting natural healing and pain control.

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Can light really help?
People often wonder how a laser, which is just a form of light, can help aid in the healing process, and the simple answer is that light has always been part of the healing process. Sunlight is the most obvious example of how light helps the human body. We've all felt how wonderful it is to have the sun shine down on us on a beautiful summer day, or how hard it can be on a dreary, overcast winter's day when
you can't feel the sun's light. But there is much more than the emotional benefits. Sunlight has direct effects on the systems of the body, including the beneficial effect on the control pathway from the hypothalamus to the endocrine glands to the regulation of several important hormones.

In short, the healing power of light is in helping the body's systems function properly so your body can heal itself. This essence is the foundation of what Chiropractic therapy is all about, and remains at the heart of all of the vast Treatment options that Back to Basics provides.

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Are lasers not considered dangerous?
Popular culture (especially motion pictures) has made people envision super-high power lasers that can vapourize objects and people. The truth is that medical lasers come in two forms, high and low power. Both types are used for specific purposes and are valuable tools in overall medical treatments.

High power lasers are used to quickly and cleanly cut through tissue (often in place of a scalpel in surgical procedures, to minimize potential scarring). Low power lasers use cold (subthermal) laser light to direct bio-stimulative light energy to the body's cells without injuring or damaging them in any way.

The energy range of Low-level laser light lies between 1 and 500 milliwatts, while high power surgical lasers have an energy range between 3,000 and 10,000 milliwatts. Low-Emission Laser Therapy is a precise and accurate treatment that offers safe & effective integrated therapy for both humans and animals.

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How does Low-Emission Laser Therapy work?
Low-Emission Laser Therapy follows the premise of helping the body heal itself. LELT supplies energy to the body in the form of non-thermal light photons (light from the red to near infrared range) which are transmitted through the skin's layers (dermis, epidermis, and subcutaneous tissue). While all light in the visible range penetrates the skin's layers to some degree, light wavelengths in the near infrared range penetrate the deepest of all light in the visible spectrum.

Because Low-level laser light penetrates deeply into the skins layers, they are able to optimize your blood's immune responses. This optimization provides both anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects (i.e., reduces swelling and can limit the damaging effects of immune-system disorders). Scientifically, we know that light transmitted to the blood in this way has further positive effects throughout the whole body, helping supply oxygen & energy to every cell.

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How does Low-Emission Laser Therapy affect the body?
To better understand how LELT works, it helps to know a little bit about our body's systems. As humans, we are made of literally billions of tissue, blood, and nerve cells. Many common health problems are the result of an acute lack of energy in these cells. The cellular energy that our body uses is called Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP). If there is not enough ATP present for the cell to do its maintenance and rebuilding work, it becomes "run down" and susceptible to illness and infection. Subsequent pain and malfunction in specific body parts or organs can be attributed to the malfunctioning of these individual cells.

To break it down a step further, each cell actually contains smaller bodies called organelles (which have their own specific function), while the cell itself is covered with a membrane made up of fat & protein molecules. The cell membrane has an important role as a mediating boundary between the cell's contents and its environment. Low-level laser light works on the cell membrane, which in turn has an effect on the cell's organelles. The laser's electromagnetic waves regulate the cell membrane to optimize cellular functioning. Light energy is then converted to ATP which acts as a trigger to stimulate the body's own regenerative processes and support accelerated wound healing. (Low-level laser light also results in significant pain reduction through the release of endorphins and a measurable change in the potential of cell nerve membranes -- an effect which is very beneficial in rheumatology and sports medicine).

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What benefits does Low-Emission Laser Therapy provide?
At Back to Basics, the benefits of our Low-Emission Laser Therapy can include:

As an added bonus, because Low-Level Laser Therapy offers a synergy with other forms of rehabilitative treatment (Chiropractic or other Physiotherapeutic remedies), LELT/LLLT treatments actually help to reduce your overall health care costs and provide you with a more desired treatment plan -- one with less reliance on drugs or surgery.

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How can I find out more?
To find out more about Low-Emission/Low Level Laser Therapy, please come to talk your Back to Basics' Health Care Professional or visit our Contacts page to find out how to get in touch with us by phone, fax, or email. More scientifically-oriented readers may want to also visit the LaserPath Therapeutics website by clicking the banner at right.

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