How You Can Use Lasers To Heal Injuries, Enhance Recovery and Increase Performance.

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Ben Greenfield

Education, Fitness, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 9 August 2014

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Until today's podcast episode, I didn't realize lasers were so darn cool, and effective for so many issues.

The laser was invented in 1960 and the biological stimulation properties of laser light were discovered shortly after than, in 1967. Even though therapy lasers have been used in Europe much longer than in the United States, in 2002, the FDA cleared therapy lasers for treating injuries and enhancing recovery.

Now, multiple researchers throughout the world are finding enormous therapeutic application of different laser infrared wavelengths like red, green, and blue wavelengths and their effects on tissues. New high-power laser therapy systems penetrate deep into tissue and deliver physiological benefits that no other modality like electrical muscle stimulation or ultrasound can deliver. By stimulating adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production and enhancing cell membrane permeability, lasers can actually helps injuries heal and speed up recovery from workouts, rather than just masking pain.

Today's podcast guest, Dr. Phil Harrington, has over 10 years of clinical experience using lasers for healing, and is a national and international author and lecturer on laser therapy. During our discussion you'll discover: -How laser treatments work... -What conditions can benefit from laser treatments... -Whether those little handheld laser units you can buy online work... -Which elite athletes are currently using laster treatments.... -What other modalities or treatments can be used with laster... -Why your body won't just heal itself from injury... -The difference between laser and other things like ultrasound or electrical muscle stimulation... -How to find a K-Laser provider in your area...

Do you have questions about how you can use lasers to heal injuries, enhance recovery and increase performance, or questions about the K-Laser? Leave your comments at BenGreenfieldFitness.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ben Greenfield Fitness.com Podcast.
0:07.1	We provide you with free exercise, nutrition, weight loss, triathlon and wellness advice
0:13.0	from the top fitness experts in the nation.
0:15.9	So whether you're an Iron Man triathlete or you're just trying to shed a few pounds,
0:20.7	get ready for non-runner-the-mill conniage content from Ben Greenfield Fitness.com.
0:30.2	Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield and I want to tell you a quick story. A couple of years ago,
0:44.0	my wife and I were in Spain up in the Vittoria region of Spain and I was there competing
0:51.1	in the long-distance world championships. I was actually there to defend my gold medal in
0:57.8	long-distance world championships and my wife was just there to eat pinchos and drink good wine
1:05.0	and watch me compete. But she loves to run and while we were there, she sprained her ankle pretty
1:11.9	badly on some cobblestones and I went to our hotel concierge and asked if there was anyone in the
1:18.4	area who was really good in the field of sports medicine who could help her out. He wound up
1:25.5	directing us to this tiny little kind of back alley where this apparently well-renowned
1:34.7	physician and sports medicine expert lived and we went there, we knocked them in his door, we went
1:41.1	up about three stories to this tiny little room and this guy basically had a massage table more
1:47.9	or less and this laser device which you really don't see all that often over here in the states
1:55.3	but apparently is a little bit more popular in Europe and he did a laser treatment on my wife's
2:03.0	ankle which was pretty bad like she was hobbling when we were walking around trying to find this guy's
2:09.4	place and it was literally within about an hour that her ankle was almost completely pain-free
2:17.9	and she was walking and the next day she ran. Now lasers are something that are kind of hard to
2:24.7	understand it's difficult to see how something like that could actually have an effect like this
2:32.7	and it's something that I personally don't completely understand but I have somebody on the
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