Have you been considering laser therapy treatment for scars, injuries, chronic pain or acne scarring? Laser therapies have grown in popularity in recent years, as more doctors, clinics and treatment centers recognize the benefits to their patients. Even before laser therapy began to trend as a reliable treatment, it was a steady ally in the mission to help patients heal faster and reduce their pain.
Laser therapy is a broader term to describe a variety of procedures that use light to treat an injury or other issue in a given area. The intensity of a laser will vary, and so will its uses. A high intensity beam of focused light might be used in surgical procedures, while a lower intensity laser (like those used for treatment at Accelerate Health) is used for non-invasive, painless treatment of scars or injuries. Let’s take a look at the difference between the two.
Low Level Laser Therapy
Low Level Laser Therapy, referred to as LLLT, photobiomodulation or “cold laser therapy,” is a painless, non-invasive treatment that can reduce the appearance of scars and scar tissue. The process was discovered and developed in the late 1960s by scientist Endre Mester in Hungary. Mester was actually trying to use the LLLT to cure tumors in rats. After experimenting with LLLT, the treated tumors remained unaffected. While those results were certainly disappointing, there was, quite literally, a bright side. Rats treated with LLLT showed faster improvement in regrowth of fur and their wounds healed better than untreated rats. A new advance in treating scar tissue had been discovered.
Cold laser therapy uses a laser light to help boost the natural reparative actions of the cells in your skin, fascia and muscles. Laser light powers up adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a molecule that operates like a trucking company that transports energy across the highways of your body to deliver it to the areas where you need it most. When that light is directed at scar tissue, the reparative function of your body kicks into gear, regenerating and repairing cells or even killing off the cells in the area so that new, healthy cells can take up the job. Patients at Accelerated Health have reported no pain during the non-invasive procedure, as well as improvement in areas of treatment.
LLLT can help patients with:
- Scar tissue such as C-section scars, injury scars, some burns and surgical scars
- Pigment issues such as vitiligo
- Acne
- Psoriasis
- UV damage
- Pain management
- Inflammation
Class IV Laser Therapy for Injury Treatment, Paint Management and Muscle Tension
Like its Class 3 counterpart, LLLT, Class IV laser therapy provides improved healing and pain management benefits. Class IV lasers are stronger than those used in LLLT; however, they are beneficial in various therapies because their increase in energy does not create the heat generated in stronger laser technology. While it is classified as a “warm” laser, Class IV laser treatment is safe and painless.
The increased energy in Class IV lasers allows their ATP-stimulating benefits to penetrate deeper tissues. The Class IV laser can help fractures heal more quickly, help with arthritis pain, reduce scarring (c-sections, post-surgical) and help soft tissues injuries heal more quickly, among other things. This form of therapy is so beneficial that many professional, college and Olympic athletic teams carry them as part of their injury and pain management regimens.
Class IV laser therapy can help patients with:
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Post-natal pain
- Post-natal scar tissue
- Scar tissue
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Soft tissue damage
- Fibromyalgia
- Sciatica
- Joint pain
- Athletic injuries
- Car accident injuries
- Pain relief
Who Can Benefit from Laser Therapy Treatment?
Are you curious about whether or not your specific case would benefit from low level laser therapy or Class IV laser therapy treatments? Accelerate Health has helped a variety of patients improve with the use of laser therapy treatment. Our patients commonly seek out the following treatments:
- Post-natal: Back pain, C-section scar tissue, neck pain, muscle tension
- Athletic: Sports injuries, bone damage, tendon damage, sore muscles, muscle tension, joint pain, scar tissue
- Workplace Injury: Sore back, joint injury, neck pain, wrist pain, carpal tunnel, knee pain
- Aging: Osteoarthritis, diabetic neuropathy, knee pain, joint pain, back pain, scar tissue
- Injury or Surgery: Scarring, pain relief, muscle damage, surgical recovery
- Car Accident: Neck pain, back pain, scarring, bone damage, whiplash
Accelerate Health: Class 4 and Cold Laser Therapy Denver Residents Trust
If you are interested in learning more about how Class 4/cold laser therapy could benefit your specific health conditions, call today to schedule an appointment with Accelerate Health. We have been providing integrative pain management in Colorado since 2005. We're committed to providing the innovative therapies, including treatments like shockwave therapy, Denver residents need to support them in living lives free from pain. We can help you, too!
