What Conditions Are Treated With Low Level Laser Therapy
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While low level laser therapy is gaining its popularity in the medical world, some people may ask what conditions can it be used? You will be amazed to know that nearly all common body conditions can be treated with low level laser therapy.
As long as the right wavelength and dosage is being applied to capture the best area so that the tissues will be energized, your body cells will be rejuvenate to do their function once again.
Here are some of the questions you need to ask yourself so that you will know if you need a low level laser therapy.
1. Are you suffering from a new or even old injury you got from your sports?
2. Are you suffering from stress injuries every now and then like carpal tunnel syndrome?
3. Are you having constant lower back pain?
4. Are you having migraines?
5. Are you taking pain relievers more than thrice in a week?
6. Are you being awaken at night with pain?
7. Are you suffering from bedsores, ulcers?
8. Is your acne bothering you?
9. Did you just got from a surgery and you are suspecting that you will get scars from the surgery?
10. Are you suffering from cold sores?
These are just few of the questions that you can answer so that you will know if it is already time for you to use low level laser therapy. Should you answer a yes to any of these, then that is already a clear indication that you need to get yourself on this treatment.
There are a lot of conditions that can be treated with low level laser therapy. These include:
Managing Wound
• Varicose
• Ulcers
• Malignant
Post Operative
• Caesarean section
• Repair of the tendon
• Skin graft
• Appendix/abdominal surgery
• Foot nail surgery
General
• Bedsores
• Pressure sores
• Lacerations – acute
• Second or third degree burns
• Scarring
• Rhinitis
• Sinusitis
• Hearing Loss
Managing Pain
• Sports injuries
• Sprains
• Acute neck and back pain
• Arthritis
• Capsulitis
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Tendonitis
• Knee pain
• Tennis Elbow
• Migraines
• Vertigo
Chronic Pain
• Ankylosis spondylitis
• Plantar facilities
• Trigeminal neuralgia
Fractures
• Green stick
• Rib pain
• Small bone
Dermatology
• Eczema
• Psoriasis
• Acne
• Warts
• Cold sores
• Shingles
• Herpes Simplex
Neurogenic Pain
• Herniated Disc
• Branchial Neuralgia
• Radiculitis
• Post traumatic injury
• Sciatica
• Fibromyalgia
Dental
• Dentinal hypersensitivity
• Presthesia
• Sinuitis
• Aphtae
• Dentitio Dificilis
Usually, applying the cold laser on the site of the pain or injury carries out the treatment. Pain relief can be obtained after one or two sessions. But most of the time, the therapy needs to be carried out several times to get the best possible therapeutic effect.
Here are the Physiological Effects of Low Level Laser Therapy:
1. Increases the cell growth. Low level laser therapy will promote rapid production of cells, thus, there would be faster healing of wounds.
2. Speed up the healing process. Cold laser will promote the protein synthesis on damaged tissues. Actually, collagen is the protein, which is essential in the repair of these tissues. It is elastic and it is the one that holds the cells intact.
3. Energize the cells. Low level laser can cause the output of some enzymes to increase. There would be more supply of food and oxygen for the cells, thus higher production of ATP or adenosine triphosphate. This is the major carrier of energy towards the cells of the body. And since cells are energize, faster healing is expected.
4. Prevent scarring. As mentioned, collagen is being produced. Collagen will prevent scar tissues to be formed at the damaged area. Scar tissues are actually less elastic as compared to collagen, which is very elastic.
5. Higher lymphatic system activities. Low level laser therapy was proven to speed up the activities of the lymph vessels. And that is the reason it can prevent swelling or edema. The liquid and the protein, which causes edema, can easily be transported at a quick pacing and that is the reason even the pain will subside with the therapy.
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