Comment from Dr. Mladenoff

This is a profound study because it illustrates the effect of pro-active preventative treatment. If you laser the area of injury before the injury then the inflammatory cascade is down regulated. In this study laser therapy was administed to skeletal muscle before the injury.

In head contact sports, ie. sports where you know your head will hit something like football and soccer, then lasering the head before the game could be a key proactive preventive measure.

Using laser therapy at the injury site before injury and after injury produced significant down regulation of mRNA expression of MyoD myogenin and IL-6 at 3 days and 7 days post injury.

Best care scenario laser the area of anticipated predictable injury beofre and after injury. Worst case scenario laser the injured area immediately after the traum. The result sis down regulation of inflammatory cascade that will lead to faster recovery.