High Intensity Laser Therapy
HILT
offers relief for a variety of conditions, including:
• Low back pain
• Neck pain and headaches
• Neuropathy
• Shoulder pain
• Nerve pain
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Arthritis
• Tendonitis
• Tennis Elbow
• Neuralgia
• Bursitis
Benefits of High Intensity Laser Therapy
- Accelerates tissue
repair—No other physical therapy can penetrate through bone, soft
tissue, and muscle while delivering healing energy to the body’s cells.
- Softens scar tissue—Scar
tissue (or fibrous tissue) is less elastic, has poorer circulation, is
more pain sensitive, and is more prone to re-injury.
- Minimizes swelling—Provides
anti-inflammatory effect after trauma, stress, overuse, or systemic
conditions.
- Blocks pain—
increases production of the body’s natural pain-killing chemicals:
endorphins and enkephalins.
- Resets the chronic
pain cycle – suppresses the nerve signals that transmit the
sensation of pain to the brain.
- Improves blood flow—Speeds
up healing process in damaged tissue.
- Increases metabolic
activity—Creates higher outputs of specific enzymes needed for
healing.
- Improves nerve
function—Accelerates nerve cell regeneration.
- Deeper tissue penetration –
the light energy from this laser is six times stronger than before,
delivered via a narrower wavelength. This enables the light to reach
deeper into the damaged tissue to get to areas we were previously not able
to treat.
- More treatment in the same
amount of time – before, we were able to treat an area the size of a
quarter, now we can treat an area up to the size of a volleyball.
That means that we are able to treat both the primary area and secondary
surrounding tissue (muscles, bones, ligaments, nerves, and joints).
That’s important, because when the tissues that surround the injured area
are treated, they lend more support and help to stabilize the injured
area.
- Soothing heat – the
concentrated light energy provides a penetrating heat and a soothing,
sedative experience.
- Longer lasting results
– laser treatments that are six times stronger, reach deeper into the
cellular tissue, and treat secondary areas will have longer lasting
results than treatments with other lasers.