Cold Laser Therapy

Cold laser (low level laser therapy-LLLT) helps your body to reduce swelling and PAIN and helps you heal on a cellular level much faster and more efficiently.

Acute Inflammation Reduction

LLLT can be effective in mediating both the symptoms and the underlying inflammatory process by the following actions:

1. Stabilization of cellular membrane

2. Cellular repair, reproduction, and functional ability.

3. Vasodilation- which enhances the transport of nutrients and oxygen to the damaged cells and facilitates repair and removal of cellular debris.

4. Enhanced removal of dead cellular and tissue components- which allows for a more rapid repair and regeneration process.

5. Reduction in Interleukin 1(IL-1)- The cold laser has a reducing effect on this pro-inflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.

6. Enhanced lymphocyte response- In addition to increasing the number of lymphocytes, the laser mediates the action of both lymphatic helper T-cells and suppressor T-cells in the inflammatory response. The entire lymphatic response is beneficially affected by LLLT.

7. Increased angiogenesis- both blood capillaries and lymphatic capillaries have been clinically documented to undergo significant increase and regeneration in the presence of cold laser treatments. The resulting improvement in circulation enhances all repair and healing processes.

8. Temperature modulation- Areas of inflammation typically demonstrate temperature variations with the inflamed portion having an elevated temperature. Laser therapy has been shown to accelerate temperature normalization, demonstrating its beneficial influence on the inflammatory process.

9. Enhanced superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels- laser stimulated increases in cytokine SOD help end the inflammatory process.

10. Decreased C-reactive protein and neopterin levels. Laser therapy has been shown to lower the serum levels of these inflammation markers, particularly in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Decreased marker levels are indicative that the combined effects of all LLLT-induced anti-inflammatory actions effectively reduce the inflammatory process.

Pain Reduction

The unique pain reduction abilities of LLLT have been extensively researched and documented in numerous clinical studies and medical papers. While there remains much to learn in respect to the various processes through which LLLT achieves its pain reduction characteristics, there is a wealth of knowledge currently available to demonstrate the effectiveness of laser therapy in this regard.

Because the pain amelioration capabilities of LLLT are accomplished via the combination of local and systemic actions — utilizing enzymatic, chemical and physical interventions — the process is very complex. However, there is a preponderance of medical evidence that justifies a conclusion that effective pain reductions can be achieved via LLLT.

Tissue Healing

One of the truly unique characteristics of LLLT is that it has the ability to actually promote and enhance healing, not just treat symptoms. The low-level laser light accelerates and enhances healing activities carried out by the body. Several of the unique characteristics of LLLT that work to alleviate pain and inflammation also play an important role in accelerating the healing process; the LLLT-mediated reduction in inflammation and pain frees the body’s natural ability to repair and heal itself.

As wound healing progresses through the stages of inflammation, proliferation, remodeling, and maturation, laser therapy presents the opportunity to impact each of these phases in positive and beneficial ways. LLLT can provide beneficial impacts in both open surface wounds and closed connective or soft tissue injuries.

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