Cold Laser Therapy
Cold Laser Therapy
About Laser Light Therapy
Laser Light Therapy is a physical modality that emits photons in very specific regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Laser Light Therapy is the most researched and published modality in physical rehabilitation and has demonstrated a multitude of clinical benefits that include relieving pain and stiffness associated with arthritis, relaxing muscle spasms and increasing local blood circulation.
There is significant confusion about the terminology related to Laser Light Therapy. The most commonly confused terms are light sources as they relate to wavelength and power delivered (e.g. Low Level Laser Therapy - LLLT, Super Luminious Diodes - SLD, and Light Emitting Diodes - LED). All of these light sources can be administered therapeutically, but a main difference is the depth of penetration into the body's tissue. In our office we are using LLLT, which penetrates the deepest.
How does it work?
A laser is essentially a beam of light. While white light from a lightbulb scatters light of multiple wavelenghts in multiple directions, laser light is a very concentrated monochromatic (one color) with all waves pointed in one direction. Cold laser aids in tissue regeneration, resolves inflammation, relieves pain and boosts the immune system(2).
What conditions does it treat?
Soft tissue injuries, chronic pain, wound healing, inflammation. Cold laser has similar anti-inflammatory outcomes of common over the counter NSAIDS such as advil, but without the potential harmful side-effects(1).
1) Bjordal JM, Couppé C, Chow RT, Tunér J, Ljunggren EA (2003). "A systematic review of low level laser therapy with location-specific doses for pain from chronic joint disorders". The Australian journal of physiotherapy 49 (2): 107–16. PMID 12775206.
2) Abramovitch-Gottlib L, Gross T, Naveh D, Geresh S, Rosenwaks S, Bar I, Vago R (2007). "Low level laser irradiation stimulates osteogenic phenotype of mesenchymal stem cells seeded on a three-dimensional biomatrix". Lasers in medical science 20 (3): 143–57. doi:. PMID 16292614.
Laser Light Therapy is a physical modality that emits photons in very specific regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Laser Light Therapy is the most researched and published modality in physical rehabilitation and has demonstrated a multitude of clinical benefits that include relieving pain and stiffness associated with arthritis, relaxing muscle spasms and increasing local blood circulation.
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