Script Lasers

Q: What does LASER stand for?
A: LASER stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

Q: Wait, What? Does low-level laser therapy involve cancer-causing radiation???
A: No, there is no cancer causing radiation involved in creating or using laser light. Lasers emit radiation in the form of light, just as a light bulb radiates light that illuminates a room when it is turned on. The difference between light from a laser and light from a light bulb is that lasers emit coherent light where the light is all the same frequency and in-phase (same peaks and troughs as in our logo) and a light bulb (or even the sun) emits light that is made of of many different frequencies (or colors) and is not in-phase because of this.

Q: How does low-level laser therapy work?
A: Laser light passes through the skin and stimulates the energy production center of the cells, called the mitochondria. The absorbed light allows the mitochondria to create more energy which allows cells to repair themselves, communicate better with other cells, enhance cellular nutrition, extend cell life and allow for improved tissue growth and even regeneration of tissues such as cartalige.

Q: What is low-level laser doing?
A: Low-level laser therapy restores health by removing the underlying causes of ill-health by restoring normal cell-to-cell communication, decreasing inflammation, increasing oxygen levels and blood flow, promoting calcium uptake by muscle cells, and increasing key neurotransmitter release. When these things occur the body has a much better chance of healing at a much higher level.

Q: How does low-level laser therapy strengthen muscles?
A: Low-level laser therapy light enhances cellular energy by stimulating the mitochondria which are the energy generators of the cell. I always like to expand on this a little bit by letting people know that the molecule of energy for the cell is called ATP (Adenosine Tri-Phosphate) and it is similar to gasoline for your car, it provides energy for what your cells need to do as gasoline allows your car to travel down the road on your way to work, vacatin, etc. This energy molecule, ATP, is also the fuel for your muscle cells so the more energy that you have available, the more work your muscles can do and the stronger they are.

Q: How can low-level laser therapy penetrate through clothing and even reach the spinal cord?
A: Low-level lasers emit approximately 45 billion photons, or light particles, every second. While clothing restricts the laser light from reaching the skin to some degree enough photons pass through the clothing to create a therapeutic effect. Some of those photons even reach the neurons (or nerve cells) located in your spinal cord. It is estimated that only 3 to 6 percent of the photons actually make it to these nerve cells. However, that is all it takes to have a dramatic and therapeutic effect on a condtion you suffer with. The nerves located in the spinal cord are so impportant for your overall function, that there is always a 'hard-coded' program in our lasers that is intended to be applied to the nerves of the spinal cord area that supply your problem area. This is important and very beneficial for the maximum therapeutic effect.

Q: What will I feel when I apply a low-level laser therapy treatment?
A: You probably won't feel anything at all, that is totally normal and to be expected. There are a small percentage of people who might feel some warmth at the site of application but this is not a direct-effect of the laser light as the power output is not strong enough to generate heat. These people who feel some warmth are feeling an indirect-effect of the laser therapy. This is due to increased circulation that is occurring because of the effects of laser light in the area of application. Most people, however, will feel less pain, more strength and better joint movement after low-level laser therapy treatments.

Q: How is it possible that a therapeutic response can happen in a matter of seconds?
A: Low-level laser therapy stimulates cell receptors which causes the increased production of energy available for the cell. Anytime one cell is stimulated to create energy, many other cells will also be stimulated to produce more energy as well. This is due to the cell-to-cell communication that occurs and you might have seen mentioned on our website on other pages.

Q: What are some of the additional benefits of low-level laser therapy?
A: Other benefits of low-level (or cold) laser therapy increased protein and collagen production, healthy cell growth, wound healing, increased circulation, tissue regeneration, and improved immunity.

Q: How deep does the low-level laser light penetrate?
A: The light (or photons) from a laser therapy device does not need to penetrate to the site of injury in order to restore health. Coming back to the cell-to-cell communication topic, once the laser light stimulates the cellular receptors it produces a cascade where the beneficial effects also occur deeper in the body. This causes the cells at the injury site to also undergo a healing response. In a couple early studies, before human studies began, it was noticed that a mouse with a lesion (or injury) on all four legs healed much more rapidly compared to normal when only one of the legs were treated. An amazing observation that lead to the use of laser therapy with humans. When you shine our laser light at the location of the nerves located at the spinal cord, most of the light doesn't make it there, however, some does! Approximately three- to six-percent of the photons make it to the spinal nerves and initiate a healing response.

Q: Isn't the more powerful Class-4 lasers better?
A: To be blunt, no. The low power lasers that Script Lasers uses have been chosen because they are better at targeting the healing process itself. Plus, there is absolutely no chance that any tissue damage can be done while treating an injury. Higher power lasers (i.e. Class-4) are so powerful, it is required to pulse the laser on and off very quickly so that damage doesn't in tissues where the light is shining. The amount of energy that is being delivered is so strong that if the switching mechanism were to fail - damage would occur. Additionally, higher power does not mean better when it comes to healing within the human body and many research studies over the decades have validated this. Lower power therapies turn on the healing processes within the body and high power therapies often inhibit them (or turn them off). The Class-4 lasers are good at blocking pain, but I'd take a lower powered laser everyday instead because when the body heals, the pain will also go away.