Laser Therapy

Laser Therapy in Swindon

Laser Therapy is a safe and effective method of treating acute and chronic injuries, and supporting post-operative care. Treatments are available at Kube Medical as part of a treatment plan, or on a standalone basis.

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What is Laser Therapy?

Laser therapy is a non-invasive and pain-free treatment option for various kinds of injuries and ailments. It helps to promote faster wound healing and relieve pain and inflammation. This therapy can be used to support other treatment protocols, and applied before, during and after surgical procedures. It can also be undertaken for both acute and chronic medical conditions.

Some of the common conditions it is effective in treating include:

Acute pain
Chronic pain
Arthritis
Fibromyalgia
Fractures
Joint pain

Neck pain
Neuropathy
Sports injuries
Sprains and strains
Pre and post-surgical pain
Orthopaedic disorders

Laser therapy works through a process referred to as photobiomodulation, which can stimulate or inhibit cellular function. This process delivers a therapeutic dose of light to the targeted tissue. Unlike other forms of laser-based therapy that work by heating tissue or inducing thermal effects, photobiomodulation strictly relies on delivering light at certain wavelengths and intensities to cause a photophysical and photochemical cellular response. This results in therapeutic outcomes that can help patients enjoy relief from pain or inflammation, faster wound healing and tissue regeneration, and decreased rehabilitation time.

How Photobiomodulation Therapy Works

Photobiomodulation relies on the application of light in the visible and near-infrared scale to tissues to trigger a cellular reaction. Photons penetrate cells to interact with the cytochrome c complex in the mitochondria. This stimulates the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and the production of nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species. This release boosts cell metabolism, reduces pain and inflammation and promotes healing. Cellular energy is thus stimulated while free radicals are reduced and lower oxidative stress. These reactions have been verified through hundreds of clinical trials conducted in different parts of the world.

For this light to be effective in eliciting therapeutic outcomes, it must be delivered at the appropriate wavelength and intensity. Treatment of superficial areas is carried out using light in the visible range of 600 to 800 nanometres. For deeper musculoskeletal conditions, this light therapy requires the application of light in the near-infrared range of 800 to 1,000 nanometres.

Depending on the condition being treated and location, different treatment heads may be applied. The treatment heads are used to deliver the therapy directly to the targeted treatment area, with this direct contact being necessary to avoid reflection and scattering of light off of skin cells.

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Treatment can also be further customised to account for the particular skin colour and body size of the patient to ensure the desired therapeutic results.

By working at a cellular level, this therapy can deliver patients faster healing and relief from pain conditions that are inhibiting their quality of life and performance. This innovative technology has become the treatment option of choice for many athletes and sports clubs looking to help their members get back to top condition faster. Even for the ordinary person that is recovering from surgery, a work injury or just seeking relief from an acute or chronic condition, this treatment can offer multiple benefits.

Benefits of Laser Therapy

1. Pain relief

Photobiomodulation promotes pain relief by boosting serotonin levels that improve a patient’s mood and help numb nerve transmission. It also increases the synthesis of beta-endorphins that decrease pain at receptor sites. The treatment further stimulates nitric oxide production, which as a neurotransmitter, can impact direct and indirect pain sensations. It also reduces bradykinin levels that cause pain to be more pronounced. Pain reduction is also achieved through ion channel normalisation, nerve cell regeneration, and axonal sprouting.

Effective results have been achieved for both acute and chronic pain conditions. The pain relief effect can often be felt right from the first session. Many have reported a long-lasting impact after just two sessions. All this is accomplished without side effects that can often come from using other treatment options like medication to manage pain.

2. Reduction in inflammation

The use of laser therapy also triggers several biological mechanisms that relieve inflammation. These mechanisms include the production of ATP and increased cellular metabolism. Stimulating the production of nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species helps promote vasodilation, circulation, the delivery of oxygen, sugars, salts and proteins, and improves waste removal. This cascade of events allows the tissues to move past the inflammatory phase faster and promotes quicker healing.

3. Faster tissue repair and cell growth

Photobiomodulation can induce faster tissue repair and wound healing by stimulating such actions as macrophage activity, leukocyte infiltration, keratinocyte proliferation and neovascularization. It also induces higher levels of growth factor for cell regeneration with greater wound tensile strength. It results in better quality scar tissue and a reduction in adhesions.

By stimulating the production of nitric oxide, not only does laser therapy help to promote vasodilation that boosts oxygen and nutrient delivery to the injured area for faster healing, but it also stimulates the process of neovascularisation which stimulates new capillaries to form and further speed up the healing process.

4. Better nerve function

Often where there is physical injury, there is also likely to be damaged nerves. Damage to nerves can lead to problems like numbness and other impaired sensations. These compromised nerve cells can cause even non-noxious activities to elicit pain in a patient, resulting in a lower than normal pain threshold. Laser therapy stimulates cell regeneration that can help to heal nerve damage and promote pain relief.

5. Patient comfort

Laser therapy sessions can last as little as 15 minutes or less. And as said, the patient can begin to feel relief right from the first session. The treatment is totally pain-free. When the treatment head is applied to the skin, some may even feel a massage-like sensation and some soothing warmth. It is a comfortable experience for patients, with relief achieved in a matter of minutes.