What It Treats

 

 

The medical application of low intensity lasers exists in a great number of medical fields. The problems or conditions most effectively treated are:

General

• repetitive stress injury
• carpal tunnel syndrome
• rotator cuff tear
• tempero-mandibular joint problems
• reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• fibromyalgia

Injuries

• ligament and tendon tears
• contusions
• fractures with associated soft tissue injuries
• facet joint syndrome
• subluxations /dislocations

Inflammatory

• tendonitis
• bursitis (inflammation of tissues at the bends of joints such as knee and elbow)
• myositis (inflammation of muscles)
• fascitis (inflammation of the muscle coverings)
• synovitis (joint lining inflammation)
• rheumatoid arthritis

Degenerative

• osteoarthritis (wear and tear arthritis)
• nerve compression syndromes such as sciatica and radiculopathies
• chondromalacia patella (knee cap syndromes)
• calcifications (e.g. bone spurs)

Other Applications

Scar Reduction: stretch marks, scarring acne, keloids, traumatic and surgical scars.

Wound healing
Skin ulcers:
a) venous stasis
b) atherosclerotic
c) compression
d) diabetic