Cold Laser Therapy

At Olympic Spine & Sports Therapy, cold laser therapy is one more powerful tool that is available for your integrated care plan. The effects of light on cellular function have been known since 1880. However, the clinical benefits of laser energy were only discovered in 1967. Since the late 1970s laser treatment for pain has been widely used in Europe and Asia. Now since its FDA approval in 2001, cold laser therapy is quickly gaining popularity in the United States.

Recent research studies for soft tissue injuries (muscle, ligament and joint) show that patients who received cold laser therapy in addition to their other treatment demonstrated a 40–50% faster rate of repair and greater strength of the injured tissues when treatment was completed. The evidence is compelling. Cold Laser therapy is a safe and effective modality that is destined to play an important role in the future of health care.

Scientific Evidence

There are thousands of published studies that describe the therapeutic effects of cold laser therapy, including more than one hundred highly objective, scientific trials that have demonstrated its clinical effectiveness. The following is a list of conditions that have shown successful outcomes in recent studies:

• Soft tissue injuries
• Tendinitis
• Headache
• Sprains/strains
• Back and neck pain
• Sciatica
• Repetitive strain injuries
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Bursitis
• Chondromalacia patellae
• Muscle pain
• Herniated disc
• Plantar fasciitis

• Tennis elbow
• Skin problems
• Arthritis
• Nerve pain
• Jaw pain/TMJ
• Herpes (Shingles)
• RSD (CRPS)
• Whiplash
• Bell's palsy
• Non-healing wounds
• Fractures
• Lymphedema
• Peripheral neuropathy

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