Conditions Which Can Benefit from Laser Therapy
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Repetitive Motion Injuries of the Hand and Wrist
Disc Bulges and Herniated Discs
Rotator Cuff Tears / Shoulder Injuries
Sciatica or Pinched Sciatic Nerve
TMJ Dysfunction (Temporomandibular Dysfunction) / Jaw Pain
Tendonitis including Biceps Tendonitis, Achilles Tendonitis, Elbow Tendonitis
Arthritis (Osteoarthritis)
Muscle Sprains including Groin Pulls and Hamstring Tears
Ligaments Strains including Medial and Lateral Collateral Ligament Injuries / Anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Injuries of the Knee Meniscus
Shoulder and Hip Bursitis
Ankle Sprains
Fibromyalgia
Tendonitis including Golfer’s Elbow, Tennis Elbow, Biceps Tendonitis & Achilles Tendonitis:: Treatment with Class IV High Power Laser Therapy (HPLT)
Muscles are attached to bones via tendons. Contraction of the muscle pulls on the tendon acting as a lever to move the bone.
The Problem: Tendons Have Notoriously Poor Blood Supplies
Unfortunately, tendons have notoriously poor blood supplies. While muscles can be fed by several different arteries located outside the muscle, the tendon can only be fed by blood from within the muscle that it is attached to. This means that any problem, especially inflammation as seen in tendonitis, will “block” this blood vessel. This will starve the tendon of oxygen and glucose. A starving tendon can’t heal.
Think of it like this: The ambulance can’t get to the scene of an accident because it is stuck in the traffic jam caused by the accident.
The injured muscle tissue depends on the oxygen and glucose that are delivered to the injury site by the blood stream. They are then converted to a form of energy (called ATP) that the body uses to repair the damage. In simplest terms it can be described this way:
NO OXYGEN + NO GLUCOSE ⇒ NO ENERGY ⇒ NO HEALING.
The Solution: Laser Therapy Delivers Energy Directly to the Injured Tendon Cells
Class IV High Power Laser Therapy bypasses the blood stream altogether and delivers the much-needed energy directly into the powerhouses (mitochondria) of the injured tendon cells. The focused, high-energy infrared waves stimulate the mitochondria to produce the vitally important healing energy called ATP. The photochemical process does not rely on oxygen or glucose and, therefore, completely bypasses the arterial “highway” that was damaged as a result of the Tendonitis. We can simplify this concept as follows:
LASER STIMULATION OF MITOCHONDRIA ⇒ ENERGY PRODUCTION (ATP) ⇒ HEALING
Call our office at (949) 857-1888 to find out if Class IV High Power Laser Therapy can help you.
