Class IV Warm Laser Therapy
Physiological Benefits of Laser Therapy
Sarton Physical Therapy is excited to have the Biolase 10 to help patients maximize their progress towards long term goals of decreased pain and increased function. We are one of few clinics in Southern California able to offer this new, effective treatment.
Laser therapy excites kinetic energy in the cells by transmitting healing energy known as photons. Skin absorbs these photons via a photo-chemical effect (not a photo-thermal effect) thereby affecting the tissues without the risk of heat-damage to the tissues. Photons reaching the cells of the body promote a cascade of cellular reactions called “photobiomodulation."
The following is a partial list of positive effects of photobiomodulation (laser therapy):
+ Increased leukocyte activity
+ Increased neurovascularization
+ Increased fibroblast production
+ Stabilization of cellular membrane of damaged cells
+ Increased tensile strength
+ Enhancement of ATP production and synthesis
+ Decreased C-Reactive protein Neopterin and acceleration of leukocytic activity
+ Enhanced lymphocyte response with reduction of Interleukin 1 (IL-1)
+ Enhanced superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels
+ Stimulation of vasodilation with increased angiogenesis
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Sarton Physical Therapy may use laser therapy in conjunction with skilled manual physical therapy to optimize clinical results in the treatment of various chronic pelvic pain diagnoses and pelvic floor dysfunctions.
