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Cold Laser Therapy for Manhattan
As a Manhattan Chiropractor I treat patients with all types of arthritic issues in their neck, back, shoulders, elbows, wrists, and knees. If you have a joint issue, cold laser therapy can help!
A cold laser or low level laser, as the name implies, does not burn. It is a source of concentrated light that penetrates the body and does really exciting things. Laser light has unique physical properties, which no ordinary light has. Laser therapy also known as phototherapy and low level laser therapy, involves the application of low power coherent light to injuries and lesions to stimulate healing and reduce pain. It is used to increase the speed, quality and strength of tissue repair, resolve inflammation and give pain relief.
Laser therapy has been found to offer superior healing and pain relieving effects compared to other electrotherapeutic modalities such as ultrasound, especially in chronic problems and in the early stages of acute injuries. Laser therapy is a complete system of treating muscle, tendon, ligament, connective tissue, bone, nerve, and dermal tissues in a non-invasive, drug-free modality.
Specific Wavelengths
Instead of the full spectrum of light that comes from the sun, our low-level laser produces light in a narrow frequency. Frequencies in the red portion of the rainbow are shown to assist the healing of soft tissues. Apparently, cells of our body have receptors that are sensitive to light.
How does it work?
How can certain frequencies of light speed up or slow down biological processes? Many theories have been suggested, but from practical application with real patients we know it works:
- Wound healing
- Inflammation reduction
- Pain management
- Cell regeneration
- Scar tissue reduction
While scientists debate the mechanism by which low-level laser works and publish their work in the scientific literature, our Manhattan patients are just delighted that it does work!
Conditions that have successfully responded to cold laser include the following. Click on each for a more detailed list.
- Repetitive Stress Injury
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Rotator Cuff Tear
- Epicondylitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
- Temporo-Mandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ)
- Headaches & Migraines
- Ligament and Tendon Tears
- Fractures with Associated Soft Tissue Injuries
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Bulging and Herniated Discs
- Contusions
- Tendonitis
- Myositis
- Synovitis
- Bursitis
- Plantar fasciitis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Chondromalacia Patella
- Discogenic and Vertebrogenic Radiculopathy
- Spinal Stenosis
- Calcifications (e.g. bone spurs)
- Wound Healing
- Dermal Ulcers (Venous Stasis, Atherosclerotic, Contact, Diabetic and Traumatic)
- Burns (Thermal and Chemical)
- Lymphedema (acute & chronic)
- Dermatology (Herpes Zoster (Shingles), Ezcemas, Psoriasis)
- Gout / Arthritis
- Neuropathies (diabetic, etc)
Dr. Piken's first of many success stories was a patient with an 8+ year old knee pain that was not responding to any other treatment. After using the Cold Laser for 4 minutes on her knee the pain was gone!!! Best of all, and after only one treatment her pain is still gone! That's over 2 years later!! We can't say that everyone has responded in one visit. Cold laser therapy is designed to be used as a treatment modality that is used multiple times to achieve results but on many occasions we do see tremendous results in one treatment.
For more information or to discuss how cold laser can help you heal, call our Manhattan, NY chiropractic office today.
