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HEALING WITH ELECTROMEDICINE AND SOUND THERAPIES HEALING ELECTROMEDICINE WITH SOUND THERAPIES AND Devices utilising lasers and LEDs, far-infrared heat as well as sound can target living cells with the precise frequency needed to restore cellular balance and achieve good health in a remarkably short time. Part 3 of 3 Monochromatic Visible Light: Laser and LED Therapies afe laser therapy has been used by health practitioners all over the world for almost 30 years. Most of the early research and published data, which spanned the late 1970s to the early 1980s, was from Russia. As more medical studies were published, various medical organisations and government agencies around the world (including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the USA) also began using this modality. Lasers and LEDs (light-emitting diodes) can be made to produce any colour wavelength. The emission of the light is due not to glass, paint or pigment; it is solely the wavelength of the light itself that gives the beam its characteristic colour. Since the wavelength is always a single frequency, the colour is known as monochromatic. For this discussion, we are interested in lasers and LEDs that utilise, for phototherapy, single-wavelength (monochromatic) visible light in the red spectrum. Laser and LED therapies differ in some important ways, but they also share similarities. Both are based on the energetic behaviour of electrons. Normally, electrons occupy a fixed place in one or more orbital rings that sequentially surround the atom's nucleus. When excited, electrons move faster and jump to higher orbits. When they relax and return to their original position, electrons release energy in the form of light (photons). A photon's wavelength—in other words, its colour—is determined by the amount of energy released when the electron drops to a lower orbit. It is this emitted light that is harnessed in visible-light laser and LED technology. Lasers and LEDs are almost always identified by their wavelength rather han their frequency. In the band of visible light, wavelengths are measured in nanometres (nm). One nanometre, the length of one complete wave, is one billionth of a metre and roughly about the size of a human cell. The lasers and LEDs that emit a red colour have a wavelength ranging from about 630 to 670 nm. Some clinicians prefer a 660-nm wavelength, asserting hat this is easiest overall for the tissues to absorb. Others prefer a ruby-red 630- or 635-nm wave. Research published in the Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine & Surgery states that a 630-nm wavelength appears to be "most commonly associated with bacterial inhibition", or the retardation of growth and unctioning of pathogens.” "What is good for the body is usually bad for pathogens," says chiropractor and laser therapist Dr Gerry Graham. "The right pH for the body is the wrong pH for pathogens. Similarly, 635 nm is the worst wavelength for most pathogens but is beneficial for human tissue."”! All wavelengths of red light work on the principle of bio-modulation—turning a cell's function on or off through physiological means. Monochromatic red ight stimulates blood circulation, increases lymphatic drainage and promotes cell metabolism by stimulating photoreceptors in the mitochondria within the cell. (Mitochondria are tiny living organelles that control many important cellular processes including energy production.) by Nenah Sylver, PhD © 2009 The Center for Frequency Post Office Box 74324 Phoenix, AZ 85087-4324, USA Email: nenah@nenahsylver.com Website: http://www.nenahsylver.com The Center for Frequency Post Office Box 74324 Phoenix, AZ 85087-4324, USA Website: http://www.nenahsylver.com NEXUS » 31 Email: nenah@nenahsylver.com OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com