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Kristina grilo posted an update 2 years, 8 months ago
@drandyhall Good morning dr. Hall, I have a quick question about the laser. My doctor has used it by waving it back and forth over my skin, but John Sykes uses a different head and his doctor rolls it over his lungs. Do you wave yours or roll it? Thank you
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Good morning Kristina!
I know I’ve been out of touch, have been camping this week and just got home last night. Only got to get online a couple times while I was gone. Anyway, I do not use contact with the skin. I really don’t think it makes a difference whether there is contact or not. But a medium application head is better than a wide beam so that the laser can get between the ribs. A laser dose to the ribs doesn’t do the lungs any good. Also, the laser should be moved slow enough that you feel a nice warmth, but not so slow that you have burning. So, no contact is fine but you might want to remind the doctor that between the ribs is important.
Thank you Dr. Hall