Cold Laser Therapy

Benefits/Purpose:  To work at the cellular level to reduce pain and inflammation, increase the rate of tissue repair and regeneration for faster healing and improve joint health. 

Frequency:  1-3 times weekly until condition is resolved.  A maintenance schedule may then be recommended based on your pet’s specific injury.

Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT), also known as cold laser therapy, is a non-invasive treatment option.  This modality does not work through thermal effects, rather it works through a mechanism known as photo biomodulation.  It is a modality that does not produce heat.  It has been found to be successful in treating pain and swelling, and to speed healing in muscles, tendons, skin and other soft tissues.  It has been scientifically proven that certain light emissions are able to effectively transfer energy to animal cells and tissue.  Areas subject to a poor metabolism recover full activity and the ailing tissue is cured following treatment.  The depth within the tissue reached by the light emission depends on the incidental radiation wavelength.  The reason lies in the presence of specific superficial chromophores (molecules that serve to capture or detect light energy) that present areas of maximum absorption in correspondence to particular wavelength intervals, which will therefore be filtered and not reach the deepest tissue layers.  The interval between 600 and 1200 nm is known as the “ therapeutic window” because there are no chromophores in this range able to filter the light emission, so the light passes through to the deeper tissues.  The wavelengths of my Class IIIB laser fall into this precise interval, meaning that it is able to reach the deepest anatomical structures that are often involved in the ailments that laser therapy is most suitable for treating.  Other wavelengths would not have the same effect.

Conditions that laser therapy has shown to be effective in treating:  Wounds and abrasions, muscle spasms, strains and sprains, ligament and tendon injuries, hematomas and gross edema, osteoarthritis, acute and chronic pain, myofascial trigger points, non-union and small bone fractures, neuralgia and neuritis and muscle contractures/scar tissue.

Laser therapy sessions are painless and relatively quick.  During sessions, your pet typically will not feel anything at the time, but will often feel comfort following treatment