Dr. Purser and Dr. Jones were among the first chiropractors in the area to be trained in the use of a low level laser, or cold laser. They have both had advanced post-graduate seminars on the use of the Erchonia lasers. Each has attended multiple seminars taught by Dr. Jeff Spencer who was the Sports Chiropractor for the US Postal cycling team and Lance Armstrong; Lance has said that he credits most of his success to Dr. Spencer and the Laser.
One of the pioneers of this new technology, and the first to gain FDA approval for their instruments is the Erchonia Company. Erchonia Medical Lasers made history on January 17, 2002 by being the first Low Level Laser manufacturer to be given marketing clearance as Adjunctive Use in Pain Therapy for the treatment of chronic neck and shoulder pain.
Many theories exist as to the mechanism of action for low level laser therapy but simply put, photonic energy is absorbed by the photo receptor sites on the cell membrane which trigger a secondary messenger to initiate a cascade of intracellular signals that initiate, inhibit or accelerate biological processes such as wound healing, inflammation, or pain management.
Low level laser therapy has been successfully used to treat many conditions such as acute and chronic pain reduction, repetitive use disorders like carpal tunnel syndrome, soft tissue strains and sprains, inflammation reduction, enhanced tissue wound healing, and cell regeneration.
The treatment is pain free and has no known side effects.
http://www.erchonia.com/default.asp?contentID=48
for neck pain: http://www.erchonia.com/default.asp?contentID=68
for low back pain: http://www.erchonia.com/default.asp?contentID=67
