High Power Laser Therapy
Introduction[edit | edit source]
LASER means Light Amplification from Stimulated Emission of Radiation.Laser is created by specific process within the laser device to cause the controlled emission of radiation in form of light.Lasers were first invented by physicist Gordon Gould in 1958 and first working model was built in 1960.They have been used in Europe and America for more than forty years and have been used in fields of dermatology, surgery. ophthalmology and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Laser is used by physiotherapists for relief of pain, to accelerate healing and decrease inflammation.
Production of Laser[edit | edit source]
Laser device is made up of an optical cavity or chamber that contains active medium for which laser is named.The chamber has mirrors on either end that are perfectly parallel to each other within a single wavelength of light.One of the mirror is partially open. Electricity or energy is added to the medium which excites it.The active mediums atoms are reflected back and forth across the mirrors within the chambers.this causes more excitation of atoms within the medium.Laser light is then emitted through the partially reflective end of mirror.The light production occurs in the following steps:
1.Electron is pumped to a higher energy level.
2.Pumping level is unstable so the electron quickly jumps to a slightly lower energy level.
3.Electron relaxes to a lower energy state and releases a photon.
4.Light and an electron in an excited energy level produces two photons of same wavelength and phase.
5.Mirror reflects the photons or laser light is emitted.
Properties of Laser
Due to specific nature of how laser is produced it also has specific properties;
1.Monochromatic - Monochromaticity refers to the colour or wavelength of the light.Since laser is produced from a single active medium laser light it is of single colour, one wavelength.
2.Coherent and Parallel- Due to common wavelengh of laser light ,the phase of each wave is also common.Light travels in sine waves in phase relationship with one another with peak and valleys precisely coinciding and reinforcing each other so laser light travels as parallel beam spreading very little.
How does Laser Work[edit | edit source]
When the light source is placed against the skin,the photons penetrates several centimeters and gets absorbed by the mitochondria. The energy fuels many positive physiological responses resulting in restoration of normal cell morphology and function but at enhanced rate.Targeted in haemoglobin and cytochrome oxidase,the high power diode laser could help in respiration and then in result have a good performance therapy.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lasers in Physical Therapy 10.10.2012 Laser Available from: http://www.mccc.edu/~behrensb/documents/LasersinPhysicalTherapy2012.pdf (last accessed 24.6.2019)
