Can Laser Therapy Increase Circulating Stem Cells?
IN BRIEF
INTEGRATIVE CARE
Ryan Novak
DC
The propagating, harvesting, isolating, reprogramming, and signaling of stems cells is a rapidly advancing field of study because of the amazing ability of stem cells to regenerate functional tissues.
As chiropractors, we believe in the inherent, God-given ability of the body to heal itself, if within the right environment and interferences are removed.
Could laser therapy (photobiomodulation therapy) be a natural, gentle means to initiate and optimize the body’s already inborn healing processes of releasing stem cells into circulation for healing and repairing damaged tissue? Yes, more than 50 research articles within the past decade signal this to be a possibility.
In a recent Cells article published in 2022 titled “Single Cell Effects of Photobiomodulation on Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Human Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cells,” the authors concluded that their findings demonstrated the potential use of photobiomodulation in cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation in cell-based therapy.
In another recent article published in 2022 in Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine, and Laser Surgery titled “Photobiomodulation Therapy to Autologous Bone Marrow in Humans Significantly Increases the Concentration of Circulating Stem Cells and Macrophages: A Pilot Study,” the results demonstrated that irradiating both tibias on 15 volunteers significantly increased the concentration of CD-34+ cells and macrophages in the circulating blood.
Photobiomodulation-based regenerative medicine may be a future tool of cell therapy for optimizing propagation, isolation, and signaling of stem cells in the human body.
Ryan Novak, DC, is the chief scientific officer (CSO) for a photobiomodulation therapy device manufacturing firm, which has developed FDAcleared devices such as the PainBuster Super Pulsed Laser. For more information, call 877-799-7477 or visit PainBusterPro.com.
