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Post by Karen on Mar 20, 2009 12:37:12 GMT -5
Anyone try cold laser therapy? Just got back from my 1st kinesiologist appointment. Geez, that was a strange experience... Skeptical, but I'll give it a shot.
Anyway, they offer cold laser therapy there, they say it's great for people with a lot of inflammation, helps your body heal in that area, works better than tens, etc. Of COURSE they're going to say that since they offer it for only $20 a treatment...
Curious if anyone has heard of it, have any experience, etc. Don't want to quite jump on yet another bandwagon without doing some digging around. Anyone have any experience?
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Post by bigal on Apr 7, 2009 9:07:12 GMT -5
I wonder if this is my friend was talking about this past weekend. She is a Vet Tech and she has been taking classes and I think they are going to be buying one for her office to use on animals. She tried it on her hand and wrist. She liked it. I'll have to ask her about it again.
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Post by Karen on Apr 7, 2009 12:25:34 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't really know all that much about it. I have a pamphlet but it still seems kind of vague. A friend's mom used it for some shoulder pain and had good results. I've got a few other treatments I'm working on but if some of these fall through, I'll likely give it a shot.
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Post by Karen on May 14, 2009 6:40:49 GMT -5
Ok, had my first session yesterday. Figured I was able to get pretty far managing my pain through diet/nutrition and now want to see what else will help me get that much closer to getting it to go away all together. It was done at my kinesiologist's office so I know and trust the people there. Said if it were to work, I'd notice it within 2-3 sessions or so.
So here's how it works - there's this pad that they put on the area that needs work - it's about the size of two mouse pads and has a ton of little lasers on it. It sits on the affected area for about 10 minutes and she said that it penetrates down about 2 inches. Then there's a handheld device that she uses on other areas that aren't covered by the pad. It's a warming sensation - not hot or anything. 10 minutes of small talk with the woman that's doing it and voila - I'm done!
So here's what the pamphlet says - it's kind of vague and geared more toward people with arthritis, but says it's good for any type of inflammation problem. "Light therapy effectively treats knee pain, arthritis, back pain, tmj pain, cts pain, tennis elbow, plantar fascitis, and more. Recently, this exciting technology was cleared by the FDA for the treatment of pain and stiffness associated with arthritis. Light therapy is backed by extensive research with hundreds of published studies covering a wide range of conditions including arthritis. Light (photons) are applied to the tissue. Photons are absorbed by chromophores in the mitochondria and cell membranes. Absorbed photon energy is converted to ATP. The additional ATP accelerates DNA and RNA synthesis, mitosis, and cell proliferation. The result is tissue repair, pain reduction, and accelerated resolution of inflammation."
She said that since it speeds up the inflammation process, it can cause some aching or nausea for a few hours, can loosen the bowels for a bit (she said she uses it when she's constipated), but that most people feel a difference after use.
I decided to try it when I did because I had Mirena removed last week and was still having some spotting/cramping. I haven't spotted since a few hours after the treatment, but that could have just been the tail end of things so I don't know if I could attribute it to that at all. My pain levels had been getting a bit higher the last few nights, but not last night. Might be too subtle to tell right now, or maybe the whole thing is a hoax, but I think I'm at least willing to give it a few more sessions. At $20 a treatment, it's still much cheaper than the $90 a session acupuncture I had tried!
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Post by Karen on Oct 13, 2011 21:03:48 GMT -5
So I'm reviving this super old thread because a friend and I met for dinner tonight and talked about it. We both had great experiences with cold laser therapy. When I last posted on this, I had only gone once, but since then, I went back several times. The last time I went was probably 1.5 years ago, but it totally knocked my worst period pain on it's ass in ONE day. I know some of you struggle with constant pain or awful pain for days or weeks at a time, and might be something worth searching for. I don't know of many places around here that offer it, but man, if you can find it, it's well worth it! I keep it in the back of my mind as an option for when things get bad, and it's pretty inexpensive. Here's a summary: www.coldlasers.org/therapy/What-is-cold-laser-therapy/
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Post by KSA on Oct 13, 2011 21:34:55 GMT -5
My girlfriend was just talking about this today! I have to read up on it more thanks for the link I had never heard of it before. I am willing to travel but will check to see if we have anyone around here that can do it. More natural method places are opening up around here I am HAPPY. Its about darn time!
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Post by Karen on Oct 13, 2011 21:53:23 GMT -5
It's super easy, super quick, not very expensive, and WORKS! My friend that I was talking with tonight gets really bad cold sores, so bad that she has to call in sick because they overtake her face. She'll go in for treatment and they'll heal up within days.
Crazy that your friend was just talking about it! Call around to chiropractor or PT clinics, that'll likely be your best bet!
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Post by 1234 on Oct 14, 2011 19:16:06 GMT -5
That sounds pretty awesome. My fear is that 1 needle already knocks me on my ass; I can't imagine what a laser would do!
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