Equine Laser Therapy Protocol: Acupuncture Points for COPD

To treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in horses with laser therapy:
-Set ACTIVet PRO to 1000 Hz
-Use the Contact Technique: Hold the laser with firm, direct contact with the skin, at each acupuncture point
-Treat 2 minutes per point
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Video Transcript:
So there are many different acupuncture points that one can treat. The ones we're gonna focus on here for Apache are a couple that we found reactive because she's had to deal with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or equine asthma.
All you have to do is press laser and you can see it's giving a nice red light and it's on the right program and we'll just start right above the point which I like to do and then go into it and this is a point that's commonly used for any respiratory conditions and it works through the somatovisceral reflex to the lungs, relieving inflammation in the lungs. And you can have the ACTIVet PRO on a stimulation mode to stimulate the point, or on a sedation mode to calm it. And in a case like this we want to calm the lungs, relieve inflammation. And we can leave it on there for a minute, or two minutes, it doesn't really need to be on much longer than that. And the response, usually, especially with something like COPD, they'll just take a big sigh, they'll relax.
Then you go to another point that was previously reactive but we treated already and this is a point for the liver and the challenge with COPD is some of the standard treatment is long term steroids, which can have an impact on the liver. And by doing this you're helping heal the liver and the lungs as well as relieving inflammation throughout the entire body.
So for those skeptics, these nerve points connect right into those organs?
Exactly.
So you're speaking to those organs, in a manner of saying, by using the laser here because those nerves innervate those organs?
Exactly. The acupuncture points work by having the sensory afferent nerves in the acupuncture points on the skin and then it goes through the dorsal nerve root down to the ventral nerve root, innervating each internal organ. So there are points on the back related to each internal organ, so it's a direct way of treating it, relieving inflammation, increasing microcirculation, activating the mitochondria in the cells in those organs, helping them heal. Because essentially that's what acupuncture is. It's a form of bioregulation, bringing the body back into balance, helping it heal.
The nice thing about the laser is horses that, say, don't like needles, horses that are a little skittish, anything like that, you're not having to use needles and you can treat a lot of points very simply. And the horses love it and it doesn't bother them. You obviously treat them bilaterally on both sides and there are points, let's say for the lungs, that are on the legs too and you can treat leg points and if there are a lot of flies or horses don't like their legs treated, with this, you don't have to worry about putting a needle in and then the horse rearing or reacting. It's a much safer way to treat the horses and it's better for the horses and for everyone.
It sounds like you end up using fewer drugs as well.
You use much fewer drugs, because what you're doing is you're helping accelerate the healing naturally in the body.

[@DanielAcupunturaVet]

The unit you say you use, 1000 Hz, is just the frequency of light pulsation, correct? But what kind of light are they using in this case? LED or LASER? What wavelength? What is the power of this equipment (mW? W?)?

[@Multiradiance]

Hi Daniel, you are correct about the Hz setting being light pulse frequency. Regarding light and wavelength, this laser (ACTIVet PRO) combines laser and LEDs, using wavelengths 905nm super pulsed laser, 860 nm infrared and 660 red, and there is an additional 465nm blue light setting for infection and wounds. The device peak pulse power is 50W. All product information and technical specs can be found on our website: www.multiradiance.com/veterinary/products/mr4-activet-pro/

[@DanielAcupunturaVet]

@@Multiradiance Thank you! I will see this product in this link. Thanks 😊