Cold laser therapy is low-intensity laser therapy that stimulates healing while using low levels of light.
Cold Laser Therapy
Cold Laser Therapy
The technique is called “cold” laser therapy because the low levels of light aren’t enough to heat your body’s tissue. The level of light is low when compared to other forms of laser therapy, such as those used to destroy tumors and coagulate tissue. Surgical and aesthetic lasers heat the tissue being treated. True to its name, cold laser therapy does not.
Cold laser therapy is also known as:
• low-level laser therapy (LLLT)
• low-power laser therapy (LPLT)
• soft laser biostimulation
• photobiomodulation
• low-power laser therapy (LPLT)
• soft laser biostimulation
• photobiomodulation
Cold laser therapy is used to improve tissue repair, promote and speed up healing and reduce pain and inflammation wherever the beam is applied. The laser is applied at different frequencies and lengths, depending on the problem. It has been used for many years on sports injuries, arthritic joints, neuropathic pain syndromes, back and neck pain. Over 700 randomised clinical trials have been published on cold laser therapy, half of which are on pain alone. Lots of research to back up this fantastic treatment of which can be found here.