| With FDA approval and more than 30 years of | | | | ages. The only contraindications for use are |
| research, low level laser therapy (LLT) may | | | | on cancerous tumors (although this is |
| soon become a frontline treatment option for | | | | debated) and it should not be used on the |
| doctors who are looking to not only relieve | | | | thyroid for hyperthyroid conditions as it |
| patient's pain but also accelerate injury | | | | further increases the thyroid's function. |
| healing. Laser therapy has been used world | | | | |
| wide to treat well over 100 different | | | | That's basically what the LLT does. It |
| conditions! Some of the conditions that | | | | increases cellular function by stimulating |
| respond the best to LLT are sprains/strains, | | | | the photo receptors that are on cell walls. |
| carpal tunnel syndrome, swelling and | | | | That's why it accelerates healing. Because |
| inflammation in joints, wounds and burns, | | | | of this, one of the outstanding areas that |
| muscle spasms, low back and neck pain and | | | | they are able to use the laser (besides it's |
| various knee and elbow pains! | | | | amazing effects on neuromuscular problems) is |
| | | | in burn healing. Since nothing comes in |
| Dr. Anton Mester, a Hungarian physician first | | | | contact with the skin, the incidence of |
| noticed the tissue healing effects of low | | | | infection is extremely low while at the same |
| level laser irradiation while trying to use a | | | | time the recovery time is reduced! It's hard |
| laser to treat cancer tumors back in 1967 so | | | | to beat a deal like that! |
| this is really the 30 year anniversary of | | | | |
| this therapy! Since that time, low level | | | | In our own practice, we have seen some |
| laser therapy has been researched around the | | | | remarkable results with the laser in both |
| world with more than 2500 published articles | | | | pain reduction and accelerated healing of |
| concerning its effects. | | | | tissues ranging from sprained ligaments, |
| | | | strained muscles, and bruises, all the way up |
| LLT is a very safe form of therapy and can be | | | | to and including herniated and sequestrated |
| used when other forms of electrical therapies | | | | discs. As we specialize in herniated disc |
| are contraindicated such as when metal | | | | treatment, we have used LLT extensively in |
| implants, prosthesis or screws are involved | | | | this area and seen dramatic results! |
| and it can be used safely on patients of all | | | | |