Pain management, while preparing patients for optimal tissue healing, is paramount in most treatment plans.
Class IV laser therapy (LightForce), through photobiomodulation, has been shown to rapidly reduce pain and help damaged tissues progress through the stages of treatment by stimulating mitochondrial activity. It is a powerful tool that can be used as part of a comprehensive treatment plan to help treat many of the diagnoses common to physiotherapy practices.
Applications:
- joint swelling,
- Muscle strain or pain,
- tendinopathy,
- myofascial pain,
- OA-related pain,
- Neck and back pain (chronic and acute),
- neuropathy,
- plantar fasciitis,
- Achilles tendon pathology,
- DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness),
- headachesb
- TMJ (temporomandibular joint) pain,
- lymphedema.
Our results have improved significantly since using deep tissue laser therapy. We are getting better results faster, which means patients are feeling better faster. I think they like it, so they come more often and ask for it themselves - Kevin Wilk, PT, DPT
Recommended Sources:
Effect of diode laser in treating patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25141218
Musculoskeletal disorders
Efficacy of high-intensity laser therapy in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30572425
Osteoarthritis
High-intensity laser therapy versus low-level laser therapy in the treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24487957
Tendonitis of the soleus
Effect of high-intensity versus low-level therapy in the treatment of plantar fasciitis: a randomized clinical trial.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29627888
Low-level laser and topical corticosteroid injection in the treatment of subacromial tightness syndrome: a controlled clinical trial.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24519921