Laser Therapy
Rebound Rehabilitation offers state-of-the-art Light Force laser therapy at its Saint Augustine, Fleming Island, Southside, and Jacksonville Beach locations. Our staff members are trained to use this technique to effectively treat musculoskeletal pain. Laser therapy can also help you find relief from arthritis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, plantar, and sciatica. It can even be used to treat sports injuries, sprains and strains, or other soft tissue injuries throughout the body. Anywhere there is pain or injury, laser therapy can help!
About Laser Therapy Treatment
Laser therapy is a non-invasive healing method that uses laser energy to help damaged tissues reduce pain and inflammation, and expedite healing from a wide range of acute and chronic pain conditions. The Light Force laser system has been clinically proven to relieve pain associated with injuries, accidents or surgeries. The light Force therapy machine looks like a box with a wand attached which can target specific areas of the body. Treatments typically last five to ten minutes and most patients experience relief in just three to five sessions. FDA cleared and strictly controlled by ISO standards, Light Force therapy is safe, painless and non-invasive.
How Does Laser Therapy Work?
The Process of Photobiomodulation
“Laser therapy uses a process called photobiomodulation. Photons enter the tissue and interact with the cytochrome c complex within mitochondria. This interaction triggers a biological cascade of events that leads to an increase in cellular metabolism and a decrease in both pain and inflammation.”1 See video below to understand fully this photobiomodulation process.
Benefits of Laser Therapy
Laser therapy is a scientifically proven treatment to treat chronic and acute pain, fast treatment periods, and non-invasive.
Laser Therapy relieves pain and inflammation associated with:
- Low Back Pain
- Disc Issues
- Sprains and Strains
- Shoulder Pain
- Knee Pain
- Neck Pain
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Carpal Tunnel
- Tennis Elbow
- Soft Tissue Injuries
What Can I Expect From Laser Therapy?
Your physical therapist will be able to identify areas for treatment and the length and number of treatments you may require. Once your treatment plan is set, your physical therapist will administer laser therapy as just one of your many physical therapy services. Treatments typically last five to ten minutes. As soon as the therapy begins, you will begin to feel a soothing warmth in the areas where the laser is applied. Most patients begin to see results in as few as three treatments while others report feeling better after a single session.
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What Are the Experts Saying?
In 2015, a study in the Annals of Cardiac Anesthesia proved the effectiveness of laser therapy in pain reduction by evaluating 100 patients who received laser treatment 30 minutes after surgery. Normally, the incision into the sternum is so painful that patients need oral and/or injectable opioids, but after only one laser treatment, 60% of patients reported pain levels lower than 5 out of 10 at 24 hours after treatment. The participants received up to three treatments, and by the third day after surgery, no opioid analgesia was needed by any of them.
The Journal of Sport Physical Therapy (JOSPT) has endorsed laser therapy through randomized double blind studies that have proven low-level laser therapy is successful in treating both musculoskeletal neck pain as well as neck pain caused by osteoarthritis. It was found to be an effective treatment for use in treating chronic neck pain with mobility deficits and acute neck pain with radiating symptoms.”
“Clinicians should consider the use of low-level laser therapy to decrease pain and stiffness in patients with Achilles tendinopathy.” – American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
“Laser therapy is beneficial in treatment of neck pain.” – World Health Organization (WHO)
“Laser therapy shows strong evidence of effectiveness for pain relief.” – International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
References:
Hamblin MR, Demidova TN. “Mechanisms of low level light therapy.” Proc. of SPIE Photonics.2006; 6140: 614001-01-12. doi: 10.1117/12.646294
Kingsley JD, Demchak T, Mathis R. “Low-level laser therapy as a treatment for chronic pain.” Frontiers in Physiology. 2014; 5(306): 1-3. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00306