Lightworks again - nerve repair effect

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Forgot to mention that ds did lots of ‘feeling’ his tongue yesterday (his bad behaviour day), which made me think the treatment did something for him to feel/rediscover his nerves. He never touches his tongue, this was quite unusual for him.

I did a quick search on low level laser and nerve repair, some interesting finds here:

Study just completed, no results yet:

Sensorineural hearing loss accounts for about 90% of all hearing loss and is found in 23% of individuals older than 65 years. Sensorineural hearing loss occurs when the hair cells of the inner ear and the neural pathways to the auditory cortex are damaged. In most cases, sensorineural hearing loss cannot be improved, reversed or 'cured.' Current treatment options focus on methods that amplify external sounds and on teaching the patient various strategies to 'retrain' the brain to interpret external stimuli. Low Level Laser Therapy was first applied for the treatment of inner ear diseases by Uwe Witt, MD of Hamburg, Germany in the 1980's. Hearing impaired patients have inflammation and/or atrophy of the tissues and neural pathways connected to and supporting the cochlea's cilia hair structure, the hearing mechanism of the inner ear. Low level laser therapy is believed to stimulate the mitochondria of the adipocyte cells, which subsequently increases the production of ATP. The resultant surge in ATP production works to repair damaged tissue and regenerate cells reversing some of the damage incurred to the cochlea and thus improving aspects of hearing function.

From: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00787189?cond=%22Deafness%22 & rank=12 <http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00787189?cond=%22Deafness%22 & amp;rank=12>

Biophysical mechanisms responsible for pulsed low-level laser excitation of neural tissue

Background/Objective: The traditional method of stimulating neural activity has been based on electrical methods and remains the gold standard to date despite inherent limitations. We have previously shown a new paradigm to in vivo neural activation based on pulsed infrared light....

from: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN & cpsidt=18047264 <http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN & amp;cpsidt=18047264>

.....Low level laser therapy seemed to be conducive to the reduction of long-standing sensory nerve impairment …. The results of the current study support the findings of the previous ones which concluded that LLL treatment results in both subjective and objective improvement in long-standing neurosensory deficit.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1386654

....Conclusions: LLL irradiation may be a useful noninvasive adjunct to promote neuronal wound healing

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN & cpsidt=13457468 <http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN & amp;cpsidt=13457468>