What Is Laser Therapy?

 

LASER stands for ‘Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Laser Therapy treatment is a non-invasive therapy that makes use of intense beams of light of specific wavelengths to help reduce pain related to your injury.

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When it comes to therapeutic use, lasers are often referred to as:

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• Cold Lasers

• Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)

• High Power Laser Therapy (HPLT)

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The Low-Level Laser Therapy (which I use in the Clinic) utilizes red (and close to red) infrared light on areas of injury or wounds in order to mend the soft tissue and also to give relief from acute and chronic pain.  When the lights of specific wavelengths are targeted to a particular area of body, physiological changes take place in the cells. This process is known as photobiomodulation. 

 

In contrast to surgical lasers, the therapeutic lasers gently pass through your skin without breaking the skin or causing discomfort.

Laser therapy is considered by many professionals and patients to be a very effective tool in improving injury condition.

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Laser therapy can:

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• Reduce therapy time by quickening the reproduction of cells and their growth

• Safely treat pain by influencing and increasing the metabolic activity of cells

• Relieve pain by reducing swelling from bruising or inflammation

• Increase circulation to damaged cell sites

• Minimize scar formation from surgery, cuts, burns, etc