The Study That Turned Lasers Into Brain Therapy

So let's be specific about what is BDNF-

Okay

... uh, and how do we stimulate it?

[laughs]

Yeah.

So there's some emerging research, um, that s- specific wavelengths can influence an increased BDNF expression.

And so BDNF is kind of like, um, let's call it like the yeast to the bread, right?

Mm-hmm.

It helps, uh, helps those mitochondria, um, be more successful, I guess you could say.

Fertilizer to soil, some people may even call it.

Sure.

Yeah.

Um, and so when we have a better BDNF expression in those cells, we can have, um, increased cerebral blood flow and decreased oxidative stress, and then we create a more favorable environment for synaptic, um, connections.

Right.

Again, while we're doing those traditional things.

It's not just that we're shining a light and then some magic is happening.

Mm-hmm.

We're also doing functional tasks at the same time to stimulate the correct pathways, then we're giving those cells the, you know, a supercharged amount of energy.

We're giving it that BDNF fertilizer, and we're creating this perfect environment for synaptic growth and development.

And so that's really what can-

Mm-hmm

... kind of decrease the time in therapy.

No miracle here, right? Getting the body to work better on its own-

Yes

...

the way it was designed to.

Um-

Just understanding what tripped it up and then doing the right intervention.

Absolutely.

So let's be specific about what is BDNF-

Okay

... uh, and how do we stimulate it?

[laughs]

Yeah.

So there's some emerging research, um, that s- specific wavelengths can influence an increased BDNF expression.

And so BDNF is kind of like, um, let's call it like the yeast to the bread, right?

Mm-hmm.

It helps, uh, helps those mitochondria, um, be more successful, I guess you could say.

Fertilizer to soil, some people may even call it.

Sure.

Yeah.

Um, and so when we have a better BDNF expression in those cells, we can have, um, increased cerebral blood flow and decreased oxidative stress, and then we create a more favorable environment for synaptic, um, connections.

Right.

Again, while we're doing those traditional things.

It's not just that we're shining a light and then some magic is happening.

Mm-hmm.

We're also doing functional tasks at the same time to stimulate the correct pathways, then we're giving those cells the, you know, a supercharged amount of energy.

We're giving it that BDNF fertilizer, and we're creating this perfect environment for synaptic growth and development.

And so that's really what can-

Mm-hmm

... kind of decrease the time in therapy.

No miracle here, right? Getting the body to work better on its own-

Yes

...

the way it was designed to.

Um-

Just understanding what tripped it up and then doing the right intervention.

Absolutely.