Healing from wood cutting

[Keith Gandy]

The layman's term for infra-red is 'heat'. You are using a heat belt. Infra-Red does not penetrate the skin very much at all compared to something like microwaves. What you are using is heat therapy. It isn't new, and a belt with a simple heating element will also product infra-red radiation, AKA photons. A hot bath will likely have similar results.
Ultra sound is something completely different.

Do a regular heating pad gives same results?

 

[wyksta]

Do a regular heating pad gives same results?

Dunno. I was an engineer, not a doctor

But in this specific instance where the doc appears to be using light elements VS lasers or other heating elements, I would assume the results would be similar given a similar amount of radiation. The use of light bulb elements makes it more directional, or at least gives one a better ability to focus the light rays. In a simple wired heating element without a bulb, the infra-red radiation tends to radiate in all directions. Could the light bulbs version be better? Sure. Maybe. Dunno. Again, I'm not a doctor. All I am saying is this is not new technology, and it isn't something space age. Infra-red light/heat radiation has been studied since the early 1800's. If you had the ability to see infra-red light in it's full spectrum, the room you are in would be aglow. You wouldn't need to turn on the lights to see in the dark. Radiation is all around us at all times in nearly all forms.