Laser therapy helps reduce pain and inflammation and enhances tissue healing and recovery, in soft and hard tissues (muscles, ligaments, and bones). It can be helpful for both acute injuries as well as chronic pain.

The way that the Class 4 Laser works is by utilizing infrared light to stimulate healing and reduce pain and inflammation in a localized area. It works by increasing microcirculation – more red blood cells flow into the area, and increasing oxygenation of those tissues.

More ATP (energy) is produced for the cells in the area, and that facilitates accelerated healing.

The results can be incredible. Whether it’s joint pain, muscular pain, or other forms of pain, the Class 4 Laser can be a powerful tool that is all natural, pain-free, and non-invasive.

“Laser therapy at the 3-W (360-J) dose level was an effective treatment modality to increase blood flow in the soft tissues.”

“Class IV laser can be an effective technique for postoperative analgesia following OPCABG surgery through sternotomy when included as a component of MMA technique.”

“These findings suggest that laser therapy using the 10 W class IV instrument is efficacious for the long-term relief of the symptoms associated with chronic epicondylitis.”

“… laser therapy induced tissue changes in this case occurring at and below the skin surface altering inflammatory and excitatory peripheral mechanisms noted to take place in the PHN patient … Anti-inflammatory cytokines, growth factors, nitric oxide, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and other mechanisms stimulated by laser therapy as noted in medical literature may be central to the favorable response seen in this patient.”

“A systematic review … interpreted the analysis that LLLT caused an immediate decrease in pain for acute neck pain and up to 22 weeks post in chronic neck pain patients. Recently, in a double blinded placebo control study Leal et al. (2014) reported a decrease pain and increase in function in patients with knee pain.”

This demonstrates how effective Class 4 Laser Therapy can be in helping recovery and healing.

TAKEAWAY: Class IV Laser Therapy can be a very effective method for addressing acute and chronic pain.

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Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23733499
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2438498
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137223/