With low level laser Linwood acupuncture, there are no specific treatment protocols available. The practitioner only needs a vast knowledge about Traditional Chinese Medicine or TCM to be a successful provider of laser acupuncture.
When it comes to studying acupuncture, the scope of its study shouldn’t be limited alone with laser acupuncture. It is recommended that adding a collection of acupuncture modalities like micro-amps electrical stimulation, acupuncture needles, cupping, moxibustion, ion pumping cords, magnet therapies, etc. is more advantageous in practicing acupuncture.
The Works of Laser Acupuncture
Low-level laser acupuncture is known to be a complex practice. This is due to the fact that there is no single laser that will practically do everything. Aside from that, it is not recommended to use specific lasers. Licensed acupuncturists can learn more about laser acupuncture by purchasing publications about the latest studies conducted on the subject.
Laser acupuncture has many technical considerations. For non-invasive and painless laser acupuncture, a practitioner can start working with Class lllb lasers of five to 500 mW. When it comes to actually burning the skin, this can be achieved with Class IV laser or more than 500 mW. Laser acupuncture primarily works with wavelengths in the red-beam ranging from 600-700 nm and near the infrared-beam ranging from 800-1000 nm.
The red-beam laser only has a shallow penetration of around 0.8 of one mm direct energy commonly used on the acupuncture points of the foot, hand, face and the ear. It is fine to use on the shallow Jing-Well points of the foot like on the bladder 67 for breech position approximately five minutes per day. This would be during the last weeks of pregnancy which has an 85% rate of success according to Dr. Jin.
The wavelength of the red-beam laser is around 600-700 nm which and perhaps less than 500 mW. It is important to know that facts before starting to use lasers. Questions like “how many joules do you need to use?” and “how many joules exactly per cm square?” To have approximately 4.59 joules per cm square, a 5 mW laser lecture pointer pen is required with a minimum of three minutes exposure time on acupuncture points. To have an inflammatory effect and improved circulation would start at a minimum of 4 joules per cm square. This is effective for wound healing and treating post herpetic neuralgia and the early stages of alopecia areata or hair loss.
For treating deeper acupuncture points, an infrared laser of about 800-1000 wavelength would be needed. The infrared lasers have a deeper effect of up to one inch or so. Information about laser acupuncture is available on books and even on the internet that shows various studies to support it’s effectively. This may be a rather complex topic but definite knowledge and information can remedy that problem.
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