If the lasers are being used contrary to the Prohibited List (in other words to manipulate blood) it is not legal ; from the WADA 2014 Q&A on the 2014 list
Is Intravenous Laser Therapy prohibited?
Yes it is prohibited under M1.3 as “Any form of intravascular manipulation of blood…”
This stuff cracks me up. 40 years ago it was reindeer milk. Now it's lasers. Who knows what it will be tomorrow. Sometimes I feel like they're just announcing ridiculous things to see if anyone is paying attention.
Or maybe it really is cutting edge. But it still cracks me up.
2014 Prohibited List wrote:
Is Intravenous Laser Therapy prohibited?
Yes it is prohibited under M1.3 as “Any form of intravascular manipulation of blood…”
Wow, massages are PEDS...no more tug jobs. :-(
A little bit of evidence of "performance" enhancement:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10103-010-0855-0http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10103-011-0984-0The fact that intravenous laser therapy is banned imho makes LLLT really on the very edge of legal. Then again, I know very little about all this stuff.
Tho wrote:
Because it's not performance enhancing. Should we ban ultrasound, ice machines (they make ice synthetically!), iontophoresis, or TENS?
I'm still annoyed at what he did at the NYC half right before the start. There was a small line for 2 porta potties right next to the start line. We're all waiting like civilized people. One opens and a young lady next in line proceeds... no no no.. not so fast. Who do I see coming out of nowhere to try to barge in? You guessed it, our boy Sal. Of course no one had a clue who he was besides me. The girl fights him away and he storms off to the start line. Insane to just try to cut people off like that. LR killed my thread when I posted on this right after the NYC half. Whatever...
not only prozac wrote:
Sleazy still has these dopey eyes.
PureScum wrote: LR killed my thread when I posted on this right after the NYC half. Whatever...
The mods auto-kill threads and posts if enough complaints are launch by the nameless masses. In the post-type of NOP/Rupp/AlSal, A Duck and his/her minions will launch a mindless "Report Post" attack in an attempt to have the thread or post vaporized. A Duck has claimed to reported more than 10,000 post, and the number was claimed more than a year ago. A Duck jumped-the-shark a very long time ago.
Makes sense now -- any guess as to who A Duck is or does? I was shocked at how quickly my thread died, and it was very popular. I thought it was such a legit story given he had just gone on that indoors ti**y attack. I couldn't believe I witnessed him in scumbag mode. No shame.
gOnE QuAcKeRs wrote:
PureScum wrote: LR killed my thread when I posted on this right after the NYC half. Whatever...The mods auto-kill threads and posts if enough complaints are launch by the nameless masses. In the post-type of NOP/Rupp/AlSal, A Duck and his/her minions will launch a mindless "Report Post" attack in an attempt to have the thread or post vaporized. A Duck has claimed to reported more than 10,000 post, and the number was claimed more than a year ago. A Duck jumped-the-shark a very long time ago.
A Duck is a self-claimed Oregon insider. He-she claims to have up to date knowledge about everything to do with the NOP and U of Oregon. Sadly, none of the claims are likely true.
PS. Count the minutes until our posts are removed. It won't be long before A Duck launches a patented attack.
voodoo doc wrote:
Great piece of quackery.
This. Seriously, any sensible medical (sports) person would question the validity of the device/method of this practice. As for the "the doctor" in the Lagat video...he reeks of (I'm a doctor and you need to listen to me...) even though I am NOT a physician (MD) but a 'glorified' Chiropractor. Rolls the eye.
Jordan definitely looks like she's taking laser beams. PR's in every race this year? Must be some kind of trick at work.
If you seriously look into Hasay's eyes, she's most certainly some kind of alien. There's a weird twinkle that's indescribably quite astonishing.
gOnE QuAcKeRs wrote:
PS. Count the minutes until our posts are removed. It won't be long before A Duck launches a patented attack.
Haha, A Duck is a night owl. There is important editing work to be done on the LRC forums that can only occur after A Duck's first work day ends and the second work day begins.