Class IV
Laser
Therapy
Class IV, Cold Laser Therapy
in Charlotte, NC
If you’re living with chronic pain every day, you know how difficult it can be to find relief. Regrettably, many people’s searches for a solution lead them to unnecessary medications and surgeries. These options often come with a multitude of side effects and potential complications. Fortunately, Select Health of the Carolinas offers treatments that can help you improve your condition without dangerous, habit-forming medications or surgeries.
Modern medicine offers many treatments for chronic joint pain, from cortisone injections to major surgery. Unfortunately, these options often provide no relief at all, mimimal short term relief or long-term downtime.
Laser Therapy is a high-tech, cutting edge technology proven to help the body heal, without injections or surgeries:
• Laser Therapy is the use of specific wavelengths of light (red and near-infrared) to stimulate the body’s natural ability to heal. The effects of laser energy include improved healing time, pain reduction, increased circulation and decreased swelling.
• Class IV laser therapy is an FDA cleared therapeutic treatment that manages pain and inflammation while accelerating tissue regeneration. Laser energy increases circulation, which draws water, oxygen, and nutrients to the damaged area. This creates an optimal healing environment that reduces inflammation, swelling, muscle spasm, stiffness and pain.
• During laser therapy, infrared laser light interacts with tissues at the cellular level, increasing metabolic activity within the cell. By improving the transport of nutrients across the cell membrane, the increased production of cellular energy (ATP) is stimulated. The cascade of beneficial effects that follows, includes increased cellular function and tissue repair.
• Our Class IV therapeutic laser delivers specific red and near-infrared wavelengths of laser light to induce a photochemical reaction and a therapeutic effect. Physiological effects include increased circulation, reduced inflammation, pain reduction and enhanced tissue healing. Laser therapy has been used in Europe since the 1970s and was cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2005.
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Class IV,
laser therapy can therapeutically penetrate skin to
help healing,
without pain or
recovery times.
What Conditions can be Treated with Class IV
Cold Laser Therapy?
- Tennis/Golfer’s Elbow
- Jaw Pain/TMD/TMJ
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Herniated Disc
- Sciatica
- Arthritis
- Tendonitis
- Sprains/Strains
- Neck and Back Pain
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Plantar Fasciitis
Frequently Asked Questions about Laser Therapy
How often is laser treatment performed?
Acute conditions may be treated daily, particularly if they are accompanied by significant pain. More chronic problems respond better when treatments are received 2 to 3 times a week, tapering to once a week or once every other week, with improvement. Ultimately, your physician will set the frequency that will produce the best results for you.
How many treatments does it usually take?
This depends on the nature of the condition being treated. For some acute conditions 4 to 6 treatments may be sufficient. Those of a more chronic nature may require 6 to 12 (or more) treatments. Conditions such as severe arthritis may require ongoing periodic care to control pain.
How long before the results are felt?
You might feel improvement in your condition (usually pain reduction) after the very first treatment. Sometimes you will not feel improvement for a number of treatments. This does not mean that the condition is not improving. Each treatment is cumulative and results are often felt after 3 or 4 sessions.
What does a treatment feel like? How Long Does Each Treatment Take?
There is little or no sensation during treatment. Occasionally one feels a mild, soothing warmth or tingling. Areas of pain or inflammation may be sensitive briefly before pain reduction. The typical treatment is 4 to 8 minutes, per region, depending on the size of the area being treated.
Are there any side effects or associated risks?
During more than twenty years of use by healthcare providers all over the world, very few side effects have ever been reported. Occasionally some old injuries or pain syndromes may feel aggravated for a few days, as the healing response is more active after treatment.
Has effectiveness been demonstrated scientifically?
Yes. There are thousands of published studies demonstrating the clinical effectiveness of laser therapy. Among these, there are more than one hundred rigorously controlled, scientific studies that document the effectiveness of laser for many clinical conditions.
