Therapeutic Laser Therapy, is also known as Cold Laser Therapy or Low Level Laser Therapy. Laser therapy works by injecting photons of visible and invisible light deep into tissues. Cells contain chromophores and cytochromes in the mitochondria, which has the ability to absorb the light energy and convert it to chemical energy. This chemical energy is utilized by the tissue on a cellular level to accelerate healing and reduce pain. There is over 2,000 clinical studies that have proven the success of therapeutic lasers in the healing of neural muscular-skeletal conditions.
The
biostimulating effects of laser include:
- Reduction of pain by increased endorphin release
- Decrease inflammation by increasing lymphatic circulation
- Increased vasodilation to allow oxygen rich blood to injured tissue
- Accelerate tissue regeneration by increased production of enzymes and ATP, used for cell energy
- Speed up the healing process by increased collagen synthesis, which is the basis of all muscles, ligaments and joints
The
benefits of laser therapy include:
- non invasive, not painful
- no side effects as the cell cannot be overstimulated
- safe as cold laser does not produce heat and therefore cannot cause tissue damage
- few contraindications
- effective as able to penetrate up to 4 inches below the skin
The Health Canada approved and Canadian made laser that I just purchased is a Theralase TLC-1000
http://www.theralase.com/. While with all therapies, the individual results may vary, low level laser offers another type of treatment at our multi-disciplinary clinic.
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