What’s Cold laser therapy used for ?
Doctors, dentists, physical therapists, and other medical professionals use cold laser therapy in a variety of ways. The main uses for cold laser therapy are tissue repair and relief from pain and inflammation.
Sports medicine and physical therapy practices often use cold laser therapy in the treatment of minor injuries and sprains, such as:
It’s also used to help reduce swelling and promote healing of the joints and soft tissue.
How does cold laser therapy work?
During this procedure, different wavelengths and outputs of low-level light are applied directly to a targeted area. The body tissue then absorbs the light. The red and near-infrared light cause a reaction, and the damaged cells respond with a physiological reaction that promotes regeneration.
Superficial tissue is commonly treated with wavelengths between 600 and 700 nanometers (nm). For deeper penetration, wavelengths between 780 and 950 nm are used.
Although you’ll feel the laser device touching your skin, the procedure is painless and noninvasive. There will be no sound and you’ll feel no vibration or heat. Each treatment typically takes only a few minutes.
SHOCKWAVE THERAPY
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) is a form of physiotherapy that uses soundwaves to stimulate healing in the musculoskeletal system. It is used to treat chronic and acute pain without the need for painkillers or surgery.
Helpful For:
Musculoskeletal pain, poor circulation, limited range of motion and soft tissue damage.
Good Candidates:
Almost anyone can receive shock wave therapy, and it’s especially useful for people with tendon or joint injuries, or people who have chronic tendon problems.
Indications:
Indications include but not limit to: jumper’s knee, painful shoulder, tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis, heel spur, chronic tendinopathy, calcifications, hip pain.
Benefits:
Treatment is quick; it is non-invasive and side effects are minimal. Most patients report a quick response to treatment.
If you are dealing with musculoskeletal problems such as loss of mobility, pain, and inflammation, please contact us today. We’ll help you explore the various options and determine which would be the best individual or combination of treatments. All of these treatments can be provided in the office, and downtime is minimal.
Human TECAR Therapy
Have you ever hit your knee really hard and then rubbed it to make the pain go away? The pain doesn’t actually go away. What happens is the surrounding nerves are stimulated by the friction and the pain signal from your knee gets confused. The pain remains the same, but the brain doesn’t register it as much. When you go through TECAR Therapy, an electrode head will be placed on the site of your pain, and you will feel a zapping. This zapping creates the same effect and it works for much more intense pain. This nerve stimulation can stop your nerves compounding the effect of the initial pain and can ease the inflammation, therefore reducing pain.
In addition, the heat speeds up your metabolism. This causes your blood to flow faster and to become more oxygenated. The result is that more oxygen, and other healing properties of your body’s natural systems, are rushed to the site. The waste is also removed more quickly. The overall result is that your pain is reduced significantly, and the injury is healed more quickly.
PhysioMagneto Therapy
Physio Magneto pulses a magnetic field into the body, creating an extraordinary healing effect. Damaged cells are reenergized by boosting electrical charges within the cell, as a result in the increase of cellular metabolism. The circulation is also improved.
The device triggers electromagnetically induced biological effects at the cell and tissue, outcome in less pain, reduction in swelling and increased ranged of motion in the target area.
Advantages
- Non-invasive, outpatient therapy (with almost no side effects)
- Patients do not have to remove their clothes
- No consumable accessories, easy to maintain
- High level of patient comfort, easy to use
- Effective and fatigue-free operation