Addiction Rehabilitation + Weight Loss
Therapeutic lasers provide effective treatment for smoking, drug andalcohol addictions, as well as weight loss, through stimulating specificpoints in the ear causing the brain to release neurotransmitters (suchas endorphins and dopamine) that help to break the addiction cycle.Theralase combines treatment with behavioural modification addictioncounseling and nutritional guidance to create programs with a very highrate of success.
Using the principals of ear acupuncture (auriculotherapy), targetsspecific ear points to induce the brain chemistry to releaseneurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin and endorphins (thepleasure chemicals of the brain) to travel to different sections of thebrain, which help to break the addiction cycle. The nucleus accumbensmediates the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which underliespleasure and relaxation. But the dopamine itself is released from theventral tegmental area (VTA), another contender for the title of"pleasure center." The VTA releases dopamine to the nucleus accumbens,the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and septum, all of whichplay an important role in what is called the reward circuit. When anacupoint (an acupuncture nerve point) is stimulated, the brain releasesneurotransmitters that eliminate cravings from addiction withdrawal.This technology, coupled with Theralase's behavioural modificationaddiction counseling and nutritional guidance, has a very high rate ofsuccess.Addiction Rehabilitation Program:
- Needleless acupuncture using a Theralase TLC-1001 AcuProbe laser
- Behavioural Modification addiction counseling training
- Addiction counseling training
- Nutritional counseling training
Note: U.S. Practitioners are obligated toparticipate in the IRB preclinical trial study after purchasing theTheralase Single Probe laser for smoking cessation and weight loss.Materials for alcohol and drug addiction programs only available to Canadian practitioners.