Low Level Cold Laser Therapy

LOW LEVEL COLD LASER THERAPY

A laser is basically a focused beam of light that emits photon energy.  When the light is focused properly, all of the photons are traveling in the same direction and at the same wavelength; this is also known as coherent light.  When light is not focused, it scatters in all directions and becomes diffused.  This is called non-coherent light.

How Does It Work ?

ERCHONIA Lasers emit visible coherent light that is applied to an affected area.  Bundles of light energy pass through the dermal layers and are received within the cell membrane by specific energy photo acceptors.  The increase in intra-cellular energy results in altered cell membrane premeability, and physiological changes occur through an enzyme cascade to affect several biological processes.  Within the injured musculoskeletal tissue, low-level laser light initiates increased microcirculation and enhanced tissue regeneration.  The overall effects are decreased pain and inflammation, and increased range of motion. Low-level lases are different than more publicized heat lasers that are used in many surgical procedures to cut and cauterize tissue.  Low level lasers do not have a thermal effect and are used to stimulate, rather than destroy tissue.

The ERCHONIA Laser made history when it became the first low-level laser in the world to gain FDA market clearance for the treatment of chronic neck and shoulder pain.