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According to recent medical studies,
Laser Therapy can be a very effective solution
for treating pain and healing injuries without surgery or
drugs. Some of the most common causes of muscle, joint and
ligament pain which can be treated with this therapy are:
Tendonitis: is inflammation of the fibrous
cord (tendon) that attaches a muscle to a bone. The most
common cause of this inflammation is what is referred to as
repetitive stress (or strain) injury. By frequently
overusing a muscle through a repetitive motion, such as
occurs while playing tennis or using a computer keyboard for
hours at a time, a tendon becomes inflamed. Where there is
inflammation, there is usually pain. If the site of
irritation has no chance to rest and recover, and the
inflammation continues, then fibrin and other inflammatory
"debris" will accumulate. This, along with a decrease in
blood vessel activity will lead to fibrosis and the
formation of scar tissue.
A spur is a calcification that forms where a tendon attaches
to a bone. This is the final stage of a chronic tendonitis
condition. Laser Therapy is the most effective
treatment for tendonitis because it stimulates the
regeneration of tissue at the cellular level (such as
cartilage). It also stimulates and re-establishes blood flow
to an acute or chronic injury site. This helps carry
accumulated inflammatory "debris" away from the injury site
and healing nutrients in to the site. In the case where
there's a spur formation, even though the spur remains, the laser can effectively treat the site and remove
the associated inflammation and thus, the pain, often
permanently.
Arthritis: There are several forms of
arthritis, but the most common is "wear and tear" or
"degenerative" arthritis. This is simply a wearing down of
any joint from injuries, repetitive stress/strain, or from
chronic structural imbalances (bad posture, etc.). The best
way to diagnose degenerative arthritis is by x-ray. The two
things that can usually be visualized are: a wearing away of
cartilage (evidenced by decreased space between the bones)
and an increased calcium buildup on the joint surface of the
bone (spurs are an example). Just as in the case of
tendonitis, laser therapy has proven to be an
extremely effective treatment for arthritis because of its
ability to stimulate the regeneration of cartilage and to
heal inflamed tissue. A person could have complete absence
of joint pain and have much improved mobility from laser therapy treatments, even though x-rays still
show severe degeneration.
Sports injuries: For acute sprains and
strains such as those common in sports injuries, nothing has
worked as well or as fast as Laser Therapy.
Whether it's a tendon, ligament, or muscle trauma, Laser Therapy - used as soon as possible following
the injury - can go to work by stimulating the healing
response in the injury site at the cellular level. This
healing photon energy interrupts the inflammatory process
and extremely accelerates the regeneration of the damaged
tissue.

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