Laser therapy works by accelerating the body's natural healing processes. There are three levels of interaction: cellular, tissue, and systemic. Light penetrates from the laser and creates a chain reaction at each of these levels. On the cellular level, one of the key points is that as the light is absorbed, cell metabolism and energy increases.

Welfare can be generally defined as the balance between positive and negative affective states, where affective states are a combination of emotions and feelings. In an effort to contribute to the science of marine mammal welfare, we developed the first welfare assessment for captive bottlenose dolphins called the “Cetacean Welfare Assessment^©”, or “C-Well”.