PhotoBiology

April 28, 2004

Is this kind of lamp or heat used in TCM, does anyone know ?

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Photobiology

07:58 AM Mountain Standard Time on Tuesday, April 20, 2004

NewsChannel 3 Staff

If you suffer from chronic pain in your shoulder or wrist, a new type

of therapy that doesn't require patients to take pills or receive

injections might be able to help you.

Photobiology uses light to activate enzymes in the body that stimulate healing.

" This is literally treating a sight of pain or an injured part of the

body using high-intensity light, and that light has a therapeutic

effect, " said Kelvyn Cullimore, President and CEO of Dynatronics.

Researchers say this type of light therapy can help relieve chronic

pain associated with inflammatory conditions like arthritis, carpel

tunnel syndrome and TMJ.

To treat the conditions, physicians use a device to shine specific

wavelengths of near infrared light over the area for about one minute.

" We're using 680 nanometers to 880 nanometers, which penetrates into

the tissue approximately three inches. It's able to activate the

components within cells called mitochondria. These are the energy

producing parts of cells, " said Dr. David Zeiger.

And when mitochondria run more efficiently, the healing process accelerates.

" The cell is able to get rid of inflammation, the sore feeling you

have in muscles, " according to Zeiger.

Depending on how old and how severe the injuries are, patients might

need treatments a couple of times a week for several weeks, but

Zeiger says it doesnít take long for patients to feel results.

" Generally within about 3 or 4 treatments, you begin noticing some

improvement, " said Zeiger.

And once the pain is gone, it should be gone for good.

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" Enjoy the edge you're on . . . don't think about the one to come! "

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