 Laser therapy1 is the term most commonly used to
describe the therapeutic application of laser light at low intensity.
In general, laser therapy is given at gentle, non-ionizing wavelengths
within the red to near-infrared portion of the spectrum and at
modest output powers below the threshold of heat damage to tissue2.
An adverse reaction has never been documented
in over forty years of clinical and research use, perhaps because
laser therapy is generally given at gentle wavelengths and intensities.
More than 4,000 studies and articles have been published. Results
have been stunning.
What can laser therapy treat? Positive results have been documented
in:
Acne · Allergic Purpura · Alopecia
Areata · Angina/Ischemic Heart Disease · Asthma · Atherosclerosis/Arteriosclerosis · Atheroembolism · Arthritis
(Osteo and Rheumatoid) · Back Pain · Bone Healing · Brain
Injury · Breast Tenderness · Bronchitis · Burger’s
Disease · Burns · Burn Scars · Candidiasis · Cardiovascular
Disease · Carpal Tunnel Syndrome · Cerebral Palsy · Chlamydia· Cholecystitis · Coronary
Stent Implantation · Dental Applications (many) · Diabetes · Diabetic
Retinopathy · Ear Disorders · Elbow Pain / Epicondylitis · Epididymitis · Episiotomy · Erectile
Dysfunction · Eye Disorders · Facial Neuropathy/
Facial Pain · Fertility · Fibromyalgia · Gallbladder
Inflammation · Gallstones · Glaucoma · Glossodynia · Hair
Regrowth · Headaches / Tension - Migraine · Hearing
Loss · Hepatitis · Herpes · Hyperacusis · Hyperlipidemia · Hypertension · Kidney
Failure · Kidney Stones · Knee Pain · Lacrimal
Duct Disease · Lichen Planus · Lymphedema · Macular
Degeneration · Maxillofacial Disorders · Meniere's
Disease · Mucositis · Neck Pain · Nerve
Regeneration · Neuralgia · Neuropathy · Osteomyelitis · Osteonecrosis · Osteoporosis · Pain
(Musculoskeletal, Myofascial, Nerve) · Pancreatobiliary
Disease · Parkinson’s Disease · Peyronie's
Disease · Pleurisy · Pneumonia · Pneumothorax · Post-Herpetic
Neuralgia · Prostatitis · Rosacea · Reflex
Sympathetic Dystrophy · Respiratory Disorders · Scars · Sciatic
Nerve Regeneration · Scleroderma · Shingles · Shoulder
Pain · Sinusitis · Skin Disorders · Snakebite · Sports
Injuries · Stomatitis · Stroke · Temporomandibular
Joint Disorder · Tendonitis · Thyroid Disorders · Tinnitus · Trauma · Trigeminal
Neuralgia · Tuberculosis · Ulcerative Colitis · Ulcers · Vitiligo · Wound
Healing
To see what has researchers talking, visit the
Laser Research Library, and click on any of the conditions listed
above. We encourage you to review the scientific literature on
this site and elsewhere and to consider how laser therapy might
best be applied in your practice and for the benefit of your patients.
To learn more, visit:
How Laser Therapy Works
Possible Specialties and Programs
Laser Articles by David Rindge
1"Low
level laser therapy", "low intensity laser therapy", "laser
photobiostimulation" and "low power laser therapy" are
a few of the other terms which have also been used. Recently "laser
phototherapy" has been proposed as a more accurate name to
differentiate treatment with low intensity, coherent, monochromatic
light from surgical or other high powered applications.
2The exception
to this is Class IV therapeutic lasers which have positive biostimulatory
effects but also heat tissue to a greater degree and carry higher risk. High
Power Laser Therapy or High Intensity Laser Therapy are terms which have
been suggested to distinguish these treatments. |
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