Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Laser Therapy for Wound Healing

Gary Mazzanti MD, owner and medical director of Shreveport Hyperbaric & Wound Center gives his review of the ML830 Laser.

Dr. Mazzanti uses the ML830 Laser for accelerated wound healing.  He reports that the ML830 Laser helps with the decreased pain of wounds.  He has also seen a reduction in swelling and edema around wound sites, as well as the venus stasis dermatitis changes have improved skin around treatment area. 

The ML830 Laser penetrates deep into the tissue without causing heat to deeper tissue.  This treatment vaso dialates the blood vessels, increasing blood flow around the site, which translates to the ability to form granulation tissue in the wound bed with reduction of pain and swelling.  Dr. Mazzanti reports the ML830 Laser to decrease pain and swelling, decreased drainage around wounds, and overall acceleration of wound healing.


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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Laser Therapy for Shoulder Pain Relief


This is a testimony from a ML830 Laser Patient who has experienced relief from shoulder pain after using the ML830 Cold Laser.


“I came into my Physical Therapist with severe pain in my right shoulder. I couldn’t remember the last time I slept through the whole night without waking up in excruciating pain several times. After the complimentary laser treatment on my first visit, I was able to sleep on my back without experiencing as much pain as usual. After 9 laser treatments along with my physical therapy program, my shoulder pain went from a level 10 to a level 2. I can now sleep through the whole night without waking up once in pain. If you are suffering with shoulder pain try ML830 Cold Laser Therapy!”                                                                  
       -Kathy 



Find out more about  Natural Relief from Shoulder Pain at http://www.myml830.com

Friday, August 17, 2012

Katherine Neubauer ND – Oncology Specialist, Oncologist, discusses her use of the Microlight ML830 Laser. She has had success using the Microlight ML830 Cold Laser for the following conditions:

Neuropathy, Neuralgia, Diabetic Neuropathy, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Nerve Compression, Post Op Neuralgia, Failed Back Surgery, Inflammatory Conditions, Acute Gout, Osteo Arthritis, Pelvic Conditions, Interstitial Cystitis, Bladder Inflammation, Scar Reduction, Post Op Recovery, Decrease use of narcotics, Wound Healing.




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Friday, August 3, 2012

Laser Therapy for Postherpetic Neuralgia

Worldwide Studies have shown that Laser Therapy is a Safe and Natural Alternative Treatment for Neuralgia. 

Post herpetic neuralgia (PHN) can be an extremely painful condition which in many cases proves resistant to all the accepted forms of treatment. It is frequently most severe in the elderly and may persist for years with no predictable course. Since 1980, we have been applying low reactive level laser therapy (LLLT) for patients with PHN.

It is often associated with significant morbidity, and it can cause allodynia, insomnia, fatigue, depression, and interference with daily activities.  Herpes Zoster affects 20-30% of individuals during their lifetime and up to 50% of those are over 80 years of age.  PHN is the most common complication in the elderly.  The condition usually regresses spontaneously within 1-6 months but can persist for many years.  

The protocol for PHN is initiated with antiviral drugs during the acute herpes zoster outbreak.  Other treatment options for PHN include topical analgesics, opioid analgesics, tricyclic antidepressants, gabapentin, cutaneous stimulation, injection therapy, acupuncture and hypnotherapy.  Since 1980, Low Level Laser Therapy has been applied for PHN.

Numerous worldwide studies have shown that Postherpetic Neuralgia treated with Low Level Laser Therapy will demonstrate a significant reduction in pain intensity, hypersensitivity, and other complaints.

To Learn More about Cold Laser Therapy as an alternative natural treatment for Postherpetic Neuralgia, visit www.myml830.com  

Or read Postherpetic Neuralgia Laser Therapy Studies at   Neuralgia Laser Therapy




Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Laser Therapy for Scar Tissue & Keloid Reduction

Laser Therapy for the reduction of Scar Tissue & Keloids: Safe & Natural.
This is an excerpt taken from the introduction of  "Low Reactive Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars and Keloids. A re-introduction."  See the link at the bottom of this post for the full study.


The treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids has attracted controversy for decades.  Through surgical intervention may be a simple option in many cases, surgery is absolutely contraindicated for keloids, and scar location and size may contraindicated surgery leavingn no feasible options for the attending surgeon.  Recently, starting in the 1990's, several reports have appeared where High Reactive Laser Treatment (HLLT - Class IV Laser Therapy) was used in an attemp to treat hypertrophic scars and keloids. However no lieterature concerning LLLT for these lesions appears in MedLine.

Low reactive level laser therapy (LLLT) for the treatment of pain attenuation and enhanced wound healing was first presented well over 25 years ago.  Many who utilize LLLT accept the efficacy of LLLT for those conditions and further experience with LLLT has led us to the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids.  The authors have consistently believed that, due to the simplicity and efficacy of the treatment, many facilities and institutions have already been using this treatment modality.  Literature-wise this does not seem to be the case.  We and other LLLT users may have taken it for granted that everyone knew of this treatment modality and may have neglected to report their experience about it, or it may be that LLLT for the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids is not as well known or accepted by the gerneral medical population as we thought it had been.

The authors would like to re-introduce the safe and effective treatment for hypertrophic scars and keloids using LLLT and present representative cases.  The authors discuss the mechanism of LLLT for hypertrophic scars and keloids, and the treatment regimen which we believe is optimal in combination with other conventional and/or new treatment methods.

Learn more about Laser Therapy for Scar & Keloid at http://www.myml830.com

Read Studies on Scar and Keloid Reduction 


Laser Therapy for Neuropathic Pain

Laser Therapy for Neuropathic Pain: Safe and Natural Alternative. 


Doctor Bernard Filner describes in this article his recent experiences regarding the use of the Low Power Laser in the treatment of patients with neuropathic pain, particularly after oncologic radiation therapy.

 The first group includes breast cancer patients, where therapy has included lumpectomy and/or chemotherapy/radiation therapy. Their primary complaints have been pain in the anterior/posterior chest, neck, or arm (on the surgical side); shoulder pain and/or dysfunction, including “frozen shoulder”, on the operated side; edema of the arm and anterior chest on the operated side; and soft tissue muscular dysfunction on one or both sides attributed to post‐radiation scarring and fibrosis. These patients have suffered for as long as ten‐plus years, and usually assume that the problem is an “unavoidable” part of having cancer and surgery. I have discovered that this is rarely true, and the symptoms can be significantly ameliorated or resolved if treated properly. The use of the low power laser has dramatically improved the results, given that the lack of pain and risk of the LLLT makes the best and most effective treatments possible. In these cases, the pain of Myofascial Trigger Points and their referred pains can easily be treated with the low power laser. Additionally, these tight muscles can create a “noose” around particular nerves, causing entrapment neuropathies, which usually go unrecognized by clinicians untrained in this area. Inactivation of the appropriate trigger point relieves the “nerve” pain (e.g. greater occipital nerves, Brachial Plexus – TOS, long thoracic nerve, median nerve, ulnar nerve, sciatic nerve, ilioinguinal nerve, common peroneal nerve, and pudendal nerve). Additionally, tight muscles from active trigger points can prevent normal lymphatic drainage of almost any area of the body. And finally, positioning pre‐, intra‐, and post operative and radiation therapy can create new trigger points and cause significant soft tissue pain and dysfunction.

Lastly, a patient was seen recently who clearly illustrates the benefits and limitations of this analysis and approach to therapy. He is a 52 year old man complaining of bilateral knee pain. His history began in 1975 when he discovered a testicular lump, was diagnosed with testicular cancer, had a single orchiectomy, and underwent significant pelvic, lower back, and groin radiation therapy. He does not recall how much of his body was shielded during the treatment. For the next fifteen years, he was active, played tennis , jogged, etc. In the early 1990’s he began to complain of subpatellar knee pain bilaterally, was seen at Johns Hopkins Neurology Dept., and diagnosed with bilateral foot drop and “Radiation Neuropathy”. He was also noted to have “patchy” abnormalities of the EMG related to the common peroneal nerve on the left. He had dysesthetic sensations on both feet (L>R), that the patient
felt was “numb” but were not objectively so. To make a long story short, Using the low power laser (ml830), trigger points were inactivated in both piriformis, Left semimembranosis, both vastus medialis and both vastus lateralis, both medial gastrocnemius, both soleus, both peroneus longus, and both tibialis posterior muscles. The result was elimination of 95% of the patient’s pain, but a significant decrease (pt’s estimate was 50%) in his foot drop bilaterally. His feet felt completely normal when walking in the exam room. The overall impression was that most of his residual “foot drop” was from significant disuse atrophy of the involved musculature, and could be improved significantly.

In summary, using the ML830® laser, could result in significant benefits, in terms of decreased morbidity, to patient receiving various treatments for cancerous tumors.

Dr. Bernard Filner, MD


Learn more about Laser Therapy for Neuropathic Pain at http://www.myml830.com

Laser Therapy for Low Back Pain

Laser Therapy for Low Back Pain: Safe and Natural Alternative. 

Dr. Filner, MD, shares a case report of a pediatric cancer patient with disabling low back pain.

The patient is a 14 y.o. boy with “disabling” low back pain. He tries to play basketball for his high school, but is frequently unable to practice or play for significant time, due to his LBP. At age 3 yrs, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) and was treated with chemotherapy. He went into remission for 3+ years, then the ALL eturned. He was treated with another round of chemotherapy and underwent a bone marrow transplant from his sister. This was successful, and he remains in remission. About three years ago, he began having severe low back pain. He was worked-up and found to have a grade 1 spondylolysthesis at L5/S1. An orthopedic surgeon proceeded to do a spinal fusion at that level. He did OK for about a month, and then began to have increased LBP (across the low back) which has continued to the present. He has had two epidural blocks with steroid, physical therapy, and chiropractic manipulation (once), none of which have helped significantly. His pediatrician referred him to me. He had had a neurological evaluation, and EMG, and scans, leading to a diagnosis of radiculopathy at L4/L5 and L5/S1.

When I saw him, I did not find evidence of radiculopathy at any level. He did have myofascial trigger points, that when inactivated with the Microlight ML830 Low Power Laser, completely relieved his pain (the muscles with trigger points were the quadratus lumborum, iliocostalis, and the erector spinae at L4/5). He was a sullen and depressed teenager, with a VAS of 8-9 when he came to my office with his parents. He left with a VAS of 1, all smiles, and tearful parents! I treated him once more (a VAS of 3 that went to 0-1), and on the third visit, he was back to playing basketball without any pain, and required no treatment.

Dr. Bernard Filner, MD 

Learn more about Laser Therapy for Low Back Pain at http://www.myml830.com

Laser Therapy for Chronic Renal Disease

Laser Therapy for Chronic Renal Disease: Safe and Natural Alternative.

This is a testimony from a ML830 Laser Patient who has experienced relief from Chronic Renal Disease after using the ML830 Cold Laser.

Dear Microlight,
Since my wife was diagnoses with Stage III Chronic Renal Disease, we removed any kidney toxic medications and treated twice weekly with the ML830 Cold Laser. The results: GFR has raised from 38 to 54. She is no longer anemix and energy has improved. Thanks!

Learn more about Laser Therapy for Chronic Renal Disease at http://www.myml830.com

Laser Therapy for Migraines & Headaches

Safe Natural Alternative Treatment of Headaches & Migraines

This is a follow up testimony from a ML830 Laser Patient who has experienced relief from her headaches and migraines after using the ML830 Cold Laser.


I don’t want to get you too excited, but Amanda’s headache is almost completely gone this evening! She only has slight pain on her right temple. We are super excited to say the least! She hasn’t felt this good since pre-surgery almost two years ago and she is ready to become Mike’s motivational speaker And these results are only after three treatments!

Amanda’s been studying the trigger point diagrams and will keep at it, but thought I’d share this encouraging and exciting news right away. We know the results may be temporary, but I can tell in her heart she feels like this is the answer to her prayers.

She will not shut-up and is ready to go for a jog, you know she use to be a cross country/track runner. Words cannot express how I’m feeling.

It just seems too easy. I’ll keep y’all posted. Thank you!

Learn more about Laser Therapy for Migraines & Headaches at  http://www.myml830.com

Laser Therapy for Headaches & Migraines

Natural Alternative Treatment of Headaches & Migraines

This is a testimony from a ML830 Laser Patient who has experienced relief from her headaches and migraines after using the ML830 Cold Laser.


Howdy family & friends. I hope this post finds you well. It’s been an eventful last couple of weeks. I don’t want to start off with bad news, but the relief Amanda received from her infusion only lasted one day. But don’t fret! It’s not all bad news I come to report, because Amanda has started a new treatment and so far she has had some remarkable results! She is now using a “cold laser” and being self-treated in our own home. It’s kind of a story as to how this came about, but I’m super glad a friend from my past that saw some of Amanda’s story on my Facebook page acted. If you want to see what the laser is all about, check out: www.myml830.com, but basically you point the laser at certain trigger points and click. It really does sound too easy, but already Amanda has shown great improvement!

After only three treatments Amanda was almost headache free for a few hours, but then her headache spiked. It was a pretty intense headache, but since then she has shown nothing but steady improvement. And it’s not only with the level of pain her headache is, but also with the healing of her incision area on the back of her head and feeling is also coming back to that part of her head, which has been numb since her surgery. It really is an amazing thing and to see Amanda feeling overall so much better brings tears to my eyes. Of course we don’t want to count our chickens before they hatch, but we feel this therapy will get rid of the headache eventually and/or keep the pain level down so Amanda’s quality of life improves dramatically. Like tonight, she went on a run! Once again, so good to see her feeling up to physical activity! If this works like we’re hoping, there will be no more hospital stays, infusions, meds and there are no side effects! I could go on and on, but stay tuned and pray for this to be the answer to many, many prayers.

I mentioned a few posts back that my knee was giving me lots of trouble. Well, I went to my orthopedic doc and sure enough they wanted to give me a cortisone shot. I just about started hyperventilating and Amanda told me to “suck it up” because that one shot was nothing compared to everything she’s been through. Wow, really, okay! I got it and yep, it hurted real bad and I still have the bruise where he gave it to me, but my knee is finally starting to feel so much better.

And weekend before last the boy child was stopped by the Huntsville “po po” for speeding and he got his first ticket. Even though we knew it was coming eventually, I felt kind of bad for the kid, because he was on the way to his friends lake house in Livingston and had not driven those roads before. He was lucky enough to also be going through a construction zone and was doing 70 in a 50. Yep, all that money he earned painting a friends house the week before, went in the form of a cashier’s check to the “City of Huntsville”. Defensive driving is in Trenton’s future.

Speaking of lakes, Amanda really wants to go fishing this summer. She’s got a new fishing rod and all, so if you have the ability to take her, think about inviting her to join you. I have no doubt that she will entertain you, if nothing else. We are also looking for an acoustic guitar for her to borrow. She has it in her head that she wants to start playing and I told her lets borrow one first to make sure. Let me know if you have one you can loan-out. Just another one of her dreams.

And speaking of dreams, Amanda is also almost finished with her senior year of high school! WOO HOO that girl has set her school work and finishing high school as a priority. I’m so proud of her! She is working on the last two of three classes and if all goes well, by the time summer is over, she will be done with high school a year early. Then she’s off to community college, which is what she has planned out. I told you she was a driven child!

And talk about exciting, Amanda will be 17 on June 21. Every day (and I do mean every day), she tells me “you know my birthday is in “blank” days.  She loves her birthday and it’s something she is super excited about. So hard to believe she’ll be 17! My baby! And speaking of babies, we have a new member of the Meek family! Robert’s little brother, Matthew, and his wife Kimberly had their second daughter on May 31. Baby Jiselle Meek is precious, as you can see from the photos I posted in the gallery. A new life, what a blessing 

Today was super fun too! We had a gathering of the “Wiede” people at our annual Wiedemann family reunion in Shiner TX! So good to see family members we don’t see often enough and Trenton took advantage of going up a day early to spend time with his grandparents at “the farm” in Flatonia and to shoot his bow & guns. He never turns down a chance to be outdoors. We also had a great time at my best friends daughters graduation party on Saturday. They are like family too, so it was a great visit and I sure do wish they would all decide to move from Pearland to Cypress. I miss them so much!

I told y’all I had a lot to report! What else…we (the four of us) are going on a mission trip the week of July 4 up to Oklahoma to help at the Apache church. I’m hoping we can borrow a tent from someone. It just needs to be a one room/or dome tent that you can at least stand up in. Trenton & Amanda will share one and Robert & I will share the other (we have one already). The tents will be inside, as we will have them set-up in a gym as our sleeping quarters. What have I gotten myself into! Just kidding, I hear it’s a great experience 

My last request for the post (sorry there have been so many) is to send me your endocrinologist recommendations. It appears Amanda may have some thyroid issues that need addressing after her latest set of blood work came back. Personal experience has been our best form of finding good doctors. Whew, wore myself trying to remember everything from the last couple of weeks and I know there is even more to tell you. Well, 4 a.m. comes early, so I better get to bed.

Our Amanda Supporters or Amanda’s Angels, as YOU all are called, are truly the best. YOU lift not only my precious Amanda up, but our whole family. We have so many angels in our life and it amazes me every single day that we have so much support. I love YOU for lots of reasons, but sticking with us on this almost two year journey is truly remarkable to me. Thanks YOU guys!

Learn More about Laser Therapy for Headaches & Migraines at  http://www.myml830.com

Laser Therapy for Headaches

Alternative Natural Treatment of Headaches with Laser Therapy

This is a testimony from a ML830 Laser Patient who has experienced relief from her headaches and migraines after using the ML830 Cold Laser.


I don’t want to get you too excited, but Amanda’s headache is almost completely gone this evening! She only has slight pain on her right temple. We are super excited to say the least! She hasn’t felt this good since pre-surgery almost two years ago and she is ready to become Mike’s motivational speaker ;-) And these results are only after three treatments!

Amanda’s been studying the trigger point diagrams and will keep at it, but thought I’d share this encouraging and exciting news right away. We know the results may be temporary, but I can tell in her heart she feels like this is the answer to her prayers.

She will not shut-up and is ready to go for a jog, you know she use to be a cross country/track runner. Words cannot express how I’m feeling. It just seems too easy. I’ll keep y’all posted. Thank you!

Learn more about Laser Therapy for Headaches at http://www.myml830.com

Laser Therapy for Migraines

ML830 Cold Laser Treatment for Migraines

Dear Microlight,

I am following up per your request regarding the patient that Dr. Filner had seen and I am currently seeing for headaches. As I mentioned, this a 67y/o patient who has had chronic headaches for years as she was diagnosed when she was 7 y/o. Needless to say she has gone through multiple types of treatments with limited results. She originally came to me following a phone call (by her husband ) back in November of this past year inquiring about the Microlight ML830 Cold Laser. At that time he was familiar with the modality and Dr. Filner. As I confirmed the high efficacy results of the Cold Laser in my clinic, he was interested in visiting Dr. Filner for treatments.

He recently contacted me to offer an update to the experience that his wife had after visiting Dr. Filner in April. He conveyed that she had received 90% + relief of Head Aches symptoms, with a decrease in other related problems since participating in the Cold Laser. They wanted to, at that time, continue the Cold Laser at my facility to assist with the maintenance of her symptoms. Of course, I obliged, and I am currently seeing her in the clinic. I just completed a 3rd treatment with her as she admitted (as of 6/29 ) she has been Headache free; (except for a mild formation of a Headache that she managed to stave off with heat and ex). She also admitted the use of medications has significantly been reduced as well.

I plan to continue to see her as both the wife and husband admitted that the ML830 Cold Laser has been nothing short of a miracle and would like to continue. Please let me know if you need anything else on my end. As I continue to offer your Cold Laser Therapy in the clinic, this current example of the “miracle” of it’s results continues to confirm my belief in the power of this modality.

Thank You, Dr. C

Learn More about ML830 Laser Therapy for Migraines  at http://www.myml830.com

Laser Therapy for Bell's Palsy

Natural Alternative Treatment of Bell's Palsy.

As a chiropractor, I typically use cold laser therapy to treat injuries, low back pain, carpal tunnel, and other similar conditions. The success I had treating bell’s palsy with cold laser therapy was so phenomenal that I had to share it, and so that other people with bell’s palsy can know that there is treatment that can help you recover.

Recently I had a patient come to me with bell’s palsy that he had been suffering from for 2 weeks. His condition was becoming more painful and worse than it had been when it started. He had complete paralysis of the left side of his face. We decided to treat his bell’s palsy using the ML830 Cold Laser. In less than two weeks he had a 90% improvement. He regained virtually all facial movement and feeling on the left side of his face. Visually, all signs of his bell’s palsy were gone; “I can smile and look normal again.”

As a doctor who has been using and seeing the benefits of cold laser therapy for several years know, it makes perfect sense that cold laser therapy would be highly beneficial and successful for the treatment of bell’s palsy. Nerve tissue has the ability to repair itself, but it can be a slow process. Normally we just let this process play out to “treat” bell’s palsy without any other intervention. Cold laser therapy speeds up this healing process.

Cold Laser therapy is completely painless and is a quick form of therapy, with treatment time being about 7 minutes per session for bell’s palsy. The cold laser works in many ways to help with bell’s palsy; it speeds up the metabolism of the cells, increases blood flow and lymphatic drainage, decreases inflammation, reduces pain, and directly stimulates the nerve tissue itself. All of this has an effect of significantly decreasing the normal recovery and healing time.

Thanks, Dr. M.

Read more about Laser Therapy for Bell's Palsy  http://www.myml830.com

Laser Therapy for Shingles

ML830 Laser Therapy: Natural Alternative Treatment for Shingles - Herpes Zoster Virus

JM is a 50 year old female that presented with severe pain in her left arm due to the activation of the Herpes Zoster virus (aka Shingles). Her symptoms included pain over the lateral surface of her arm and shoulder, which is consistent with the dermatomal pattern of the C5 and C6 spinal nerves, as well as lesions over 50 percent of her forearm.

The patient stated that she was unable to sleep comfortably, was unable to tolerate any contact to the affected areas and had difficultly using her arm. Using a standard visual analog scale (VAS), she rated the pain at 7-8 out of 10 at its worst and 5 out of 10 at its best.

The Herpes Zoster virus, commonly known as Shingles, is the same virus that causes chickenpox. Once an individual’s chickenpox outbreak has cleared, the virus becomes dormant anywhere within the nervous system. The exact cause of reactivation is unknown but can be triggered by emotional stress or illness.

The treatment plan for this patient was to use the ML830 Cold laser started at the C5/C6 spinal nerves, as well as those areas that caused the patient the most discomfort, specifically her shoulder and elbow joints. Additionally, the lesions would also be treated to provide pain relief and speed healing.

The patient was treated four times over a 10 day period using standard treatment protocols for neurological conditions. Using the same VAS scale at the beginning of each visit, the patient stated that her symptoms were reduced by 50 percent by the third visit and she was able to sleep through the night. The lesions were also significantly reduced with only one area visible on the skin. On the fourth visit, the patient stated that her symptoms were about 80 percent resolved.

The Microlight 830 Low Level Laser has been part of my treatment plans since my clinical rotations at Palmer College and will continue to be an important tool for caring for my patients.

Thanks, Dr. K.

Find out more about Laser Therapy for Shingles at http://www.myml830.com.