Cold Laser Therapy & Photobiomodulation for Pain Relief
This highly-effective treatment modality significantly accelerates tissue healing and reduces pain.
How Photobiomodulation (PBM) Accelerates Healing.
By delivering light energy directly to damaged tissues, photobiomodulation triggers a cellular “power boost” that significantly accelerates the body’s natural repair mechanisms. This process also increases blood circulation and oxygen delivery, which nourishes the cells, flushes out inflammatory waste, and reduces painful swelling. By enhancing mitochondrial function (the cell’s powerhouse), cells regain their energy, and can more effectively rebuild collagen and healthy tissue, drastically shortening your overall recovery time from injury or surgery.
How Cold Laser Therapy Can Help
Laser light stimulates your cells to produce more energy
- Accelerates your bodies
- Restores normal cellular structure and function
- Prevents future injury
What you will experience
- Pain relief
- Reduced inflammation & swelling
- Restored mobility
- Accelerated recovery from injury
Why Cold Laser Therapy
- Heal the problem, stop masking the pain
- Safe, drug-free and no side effects
- Avoid or delay surgery
- Accelerate and strengthen the body’s natural healing mechanisms
The Science
Research conducted in the field of laser therapy has demonstrated time and time again that human cells heal better and faster when the right dosage and wavelengths of light energy get delivered to them. Here are just a few of the published articles that scientifically demonstrate the amazing impact Cold Laser Therapy can have on your body!
Research conducted in the field of laser therapy has demonstrated time and time again that human cells heal better and faster when the right dosage and wavelengths of light energy get delivered to them. See for yourself!
Conditions Commonly Treated with Cold Laser Therapy
- Sciatica and Herniated Discs
- Plantars Fasciitis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neck Pain
- Shoulder Pain / Rotator Cuff Tendonitis
- Elbow Pain / Tennis Elbow / Golfer’s Elbow
- TMJ Pain (Jaw pain)
- Post-Surgical Healing (ACL, Hip Replacement)
How does it help me?
The Rehabilitation Experts
Increased cartilage production
Increase in chondrocyte and collagen production allows for improved cartilage deposition and joint function
Expedited bone healing
The proliferation of osteocytes and remodeling of bone extracellular matrix results in accelerated bone repair.
Increased angiogenesis and neovascularization
An increase in oxygenated blood to the injured tissues accelerates tissue healing.
Decrease Inflammation and Edema
Increase in inflammatory mediators such as macrophages, neutrophils and lymphocytes accelerates and resolves the inflammatory process, reducing swelling and eliminating pain.
Enhanced Muscle Regeneration
Reduce atrophy and increased muscle growth and regeneration. Accelerated repair of damaged muscle fibers by activation of myogenic satellite cells.
Improve Nerve Regeneration
Proliferation of growth factors promotes neuronal sprouting and myelin formation for optimal nerve recovery
Increase in collagen production
Proper alignment of remodeling of collagen reduces internal scar formation and enhances tissue elasticity.
Our Professional-Grade Laser System
We are trained and certified in the use of the BioFlex laser system. We have multiple laser units and provide our clients with a friendly and comfortable environment for cold laser treatments.
The treatment is entirely painless. Most patients do not experience any sensations at all, however, there are some reports of slight tingling or warmth to an area during treatment. Any heating that occurs is generated by the nature of the equipment or is from the physiological effects of increased blood flow. The power of the laser and wavelengths used will not create any actual heating effect in the tissues. Occasionally there are reports of light soreness after a treatment depending on the nature of the condition treated. Typically this sensation is gone after 1-2 treatments as the tissues adapt.
Besides the occasional soreness, there are no side effects. In over 10,000 studies looking at cold laser therapy, there have been 0 reports of negative side effects.
| Criterion |
Laser Therapy
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Physical Therapy
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OTC Pain Medications
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Cortisone
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Surgery
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| Benefits | |||||
| Non-toxic | Yes | Yes |
No Depends on the medication. Prolonged use can damage your liver or stomach causing ulcers, internal bleeding, nausea, headaches and constipation. |
No | |
| Safe | Yes | Yes |
No Over 103K hospitalizations and 16.5K deaths per year are associated with NSAID use |
No Infections, severe fluid retention (look up “moon face”) and eventually an increased risk of osteoporosis |
No Many deaths and long-term disabilities occur each year as a result of undergoing surgery. |
| Non-invasive | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Partial Oral steroids are non-invasive. Injections are minimally invasive. |
No Surgery is extremely invasive |
| Helps Reduce Pain | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yes Pain reduction from reducing inflammation is often temporary if not combined with physical therapy to address the root cause |
Partial When indicated surgery can lead to meaningful improvements. However, surgery is followed by a painful recovery and delayed pain relief |
| No Side Effects | Yes | Yes |
No All OTC medications of side effects. Some stronger medications include narcotics and opioids with their dangers of dependency. |
No Weakens and breaks down bone, joint cartilage, ligaments and tendons accelerating the degenerative cascade of the tissue* |
No There are always negative side effects of surgery. When surgery is indicated the positive side effects outweigh the negative. |
| Directly Stimulates Cellular Self-Healing |
Yes Heals the cells of the body in a completely pain-free way |
Partial Healthy stress added externally to the system promotes self-healing. |
No No commonly used OTC medications promote healing of your body. |
No Corticosteroids degrade and break down connective tissue which impedes the healing process. |
No Damages cells as a result of surgery. |
| Safe with other medications | Yes | Yes |
No Many OTC pain medications can alter the effectiveness of vital medications for conditions such as heart health |
Partial Oral steroids interact negatively with other meds. Injections less so, but can in some instances |
Partial Depends on surgery and what medications are requires post surgery |
| Eliminates or Postpones Surgery | Yes |
Yes Works by improving mobility, strength and coordination to reduce stress and irritation on vulnerable tissues |
No Does not change the internal structure of the body or the need for surgery |
Partial Depends on involvement in a coinciding rehab program |
No |
| Safe around pacemakers? | Yes | Yes |
Partial Some are safe |
Yes |
Partial Depends on surgery |
| Recovery assistance? | Yes |
Yes Highly effective at restoring more efficient function and movement patterns in the body to rudice chronic strain and promotes longevity of healthpan of the body |
Partial NSAIDs can delay healing and increase recovery times. Depends on conicinding rehab progam |
Partial Results wear off onver a relatively short period of time and additonal injections are commonly not as effective |
No |
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