The new Zerona™ Laser.­

Zerona™ Laser Treatment Guidelines

    We here at Natural Health Chiropractic are devoted in improving your health. One of the many interferences to your health is toxins. Toxins are damaging to your body and can lower your health status. Toxins are stored mainly in fat (adipose) cells. In addition to toxins are weight related health concerns such as lack of flexibility, posture imbalance and more importantly, an overburden to the spine. Weight reduction and detoxification helps increase energy, flexibility and improves the posture and immune system while reduces size, swelling and in some cases allergies. Obesity may increase the risk of LBP, for example, because of lumbar disc disorders, through mechanical load. It has been suggested that mechanical load is the principal factor initiating the degenerative process in the lumbar spine. In addition to mechanical load, obesity may cause LBP via low-grade systemic inflammation. It is well known that adipose tissue is metabolically active and produces adipokines as well as pro- and anti inflammatory cytokines which is directly linked to pain.

The Zerona™ treatment is to emulsify fat cells by secreting the toxins, triglycerides and fatty acids from the adipose cells. This emulsifying allows you to apply significantly less effort to reduce those toxic adipose tissues. Once the contents are mobilized then the body’s lymph system carries the waste to the colon where it is ready for elimination.

How long does it last?
It is important to realize that this treatment is not meant to be your only means of weight/size loss. It facilitates the process but you should improve your diet first and foremost. Exercise would be important as well. How long the treatment lasts depends on how well you eat and exercise. Fat will also return if that is part of your heredity. 

A strict regimen of supplementation will need to be started one week prior to receiving this treatment. We need to prepare the body for the mass quantity of cholesterol and toxins that will be released as well as to feed the cells for energy production.

You are unable to receive this treatment if you meet one of the following:
    * Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 kg/m² or greater (body weight in ‘obese’ category according to the current standard definitions of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) for individuals over 18 years of age.
    * Diabetes dependent on insulin or oral hypoglycemic medications.
    * Known cardiovascular disease such as cardiac arrhythmias, congestive heart failure.
    * Cardiac surgeries such as cardiac bypass, heart transplant surgery, pacemakers.
    * Excessive alcohol consumption (more than 21 alcoholic drinks per week).
    * Prior surgical intervention for body sculpting/weight loss, such as liposuction, abdominoplasty, stomach stapling, lap band surgery, etc.
    * Medical, physical, or other contraindications for body sculpting/weight loss.
    * Current use of medication(s) known to affect weight levels and/or to cause bloating or swelling and for which abstinence during the course of study participation is not safe or medically prudent.
    * Any medical condition known to affect weight levels and/or to cause bloating or swelling.
    * Diagnosis of, and/or taking medication for, irritable bowel syndrome.
    * Active infection, wound or other external trauma to the areas to be treated with the laser.
    * Pregnant, breast feeding, or planning pregnancy prior to the end of study participation.
    * Serious mental health illness such as dementia or schizophrenia; psychiatric hospitalization in past two years.
    * Developmental disability or cognitive impairment that would preclude adequate comprehension of the informed consent form and/or ability to record the necessary study measurements.
Involvement in litigation and/or a worker’s compensation claim and/or
receiving disability benefits related to weight-related and/or body shape issues.   


Safety Considerations:
The Zerona™ procedure uses a class lllb laser device. By the FDA criteria, this means with chronic eye exposure one might encounter eye injury, so protective eyewear is provided for patients. Unlike the ablative light and laser sources used in many cosmetic practices, this risk is extremely low and would require long term exposure.

Extensive clinical work has never demonstrated an adverse skin reaction to the Erchonia low-level laser therapy. In fact, resolution of skin irritations has occurred with Erchonia low-level laser. While many medications can be photosensitizing agents, this has not been a problem with low-level laser.

While no detrimental affects have been shown with low-level lasers and pregnancy, it is not suggested to use this device on a pregnant patient.

Having a pacemaker is not a contraindication to low-level laser, but it is suggested that a treatment not be performed directly over the pacemaker or the pacing-wires pathway.

An open wound is never a contraindication to low-level laser and is actually an indication at the appropriate settings to assist with healing.

When one uses an ablative laser like erbium or CO2, very small setting changes can make a significant difference in clinical results. Also, the number of passes one takes over the site is very important in tissue ablation. This is not the case in low-level laser therapy.

Practitioners have followed these protocols and expanded upon it to best treat the patient and in some cases enhanced the overall results. 

For video about the Zerona™ click on the links below.

Fox News story

The Doctors News Magazine

NBC news Affiliate­

­Dr's Advisory on Zerona LipoLaser

Dr. Maloney and Zerona's non-invasive fat loss procedure

Zerona™ Procedure Protocol

Each Patient can receive six or twelve procedures with the Zerona™ across the consecutive two/four-week procedure administration phase; three procedures per week; each one at least two days but no more than three days apart.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
****NOTE: Deviating from this schedule will impact the potential effectiveness due to the time factor of the adipose cell remaining emulsified.
The procedure administration protocol for each session is as follows:

a) Procedure administration protocol for the front of the patient’s body:
    * The patient enters the procedure room and lies comfortably flat on his or her back on the table such that the front area of the subject’s body encompassing the region spanning from the subjects’ stomach (abdomen) down though the hips and frontal aspect of both thighs, is facing upwards.
    * The center diode of the Zerona™ is positioned at a distance of 6.00 inches above the patient’s abdomen (stomach), centered along the body’s midline (the “line” that vertically “dissects” the body into two equal halves) and focused on the navel. By the design of the device, this placement of the center diode results in the other four diodes being positioned 120 degrees apart and tilted 30 degrees off the centerline of the center scanner.
    * The Zerona™ is activated for 20 minutes. The laser emits to the patient a laser beam of approximately 15 mW with a wavelength of 635 nm, and creates a spiraling circle pattern that is totally random and independent from the others. These patterns overlap each other to guarantee total coverage within the target area (the patient’s abdomen, hips and thighs). The target area is approximately 8.00 x 10.00 inches or 80 square inches (approximately 516 square centimeters).

b) Procedure administration protocol for the back of the patient’s body:
    * The patient turns over to lie flat on his or her stomach such that the back area of the subject’s body encompassing the region spanning from the subjects’ back down though the hips and back aspect of both thighs, is facing upwards.
    * The center diode of the Zerona™ is positioned at a distance of 6.00 inches above the subject’s back, centered along the body’s midline (the “line” that vertically “dissects” the body into two equal halves) and focused on the equivalent spot to the navel’s location on the stomach, as if along a line dissecting the body horizontally from front to back at the navel. By the design of the device, this placement of the center diode results in the other four diodes being positioned 120 degrees apart and tilted 30 degrees off the centerline of the center scanner.
    * The Zerona™ is activated for 20 minutes. The laser emits to the patient a laser beam of approximately 15 mW with a wavelength of 635 nm, and creates a spiraling circle pattern that is totally random and independent from the others. These patterns overlap each other to guarantee total coverage within the target area (the patient’s back, hips and thighs). The target area is approximately 8.00 x 10.00 inches or 80 square inches (approximately 516 square centimeters).

The percussor will then be used to help mobilize the contents even further to the lymph system.

A cellular detox will then be administered to help the body expel toxins.

Two adjustments per week will be given to help improve the nervous system and functioning of the organs.
 An initial exam will be performed and a before and after cholesterol blood check will need to be taken.

The required minimum supplementation will consist of:
Niacin 1 tab/day           
Mitochondria  1 tab/meal  
Systemic detox  1 tab/meal
Spleen  2 tabs/meal             
L-Carnitine 500mg/day       
Total Trim  1 tab/meal         

 Any questions? Call us at 806-791-0191 to schedule your body contouring session.

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