About Low Level Laser Therapy
Low-level laser therapy is the application of red and near infrared light over injuries or wounds to improve soft tissue healing and relieve both acute and chronic pain. Low-level therapy uses cold (sub thermal) laser light energy to direct bio-stimulative light energy to the body’s cells without injuring or damaging them in any way. The therapy is precise and accurate; and offers safe and effective treatment for a wide variety of conditions. The energy range of low level laser light lies between 1 and 500 mW (milliwatts), while for surgical lasers the energy range lies between 3000 and 10000 mW.
How Does Low Level Laser Therapy Work?
Low-level lasers supply energy to the body in the form of non-thermal photons of light. Light is transmitted through the skin’s layers (the dermis, epidermis and the subcutaneous tissue or tissue fat under the skin) at all wavelengths in the visible range. However, light waves in the near infrared ranges penetrate the deepest of all light waves in the visible spectrum.
When low level laser light waves penetrate deeply into the skin, they optimize the immune responses of our blood. This has both anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects. It is a scientific fact that light transmitted to the blood in this way has positive effective throughout the whole body, supplying vital oxygen and energy to every cell.
The Physiological Effects of Low Level Laser Therapy
1. Biostimulation • Improved metabolism • Increase of cell metabolism 2. Improved blood circulation and vasodilatation 3. Analgesic effect 4. Anti-inflammatory and anti-edematous effects 5. Stimulation of wound healing
How Does Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) Benefit Users?
• Relieves acute and chronic pain • Increases the speed, quality and tensile strength of tissue repair • Increases blood supply • Stimulates the immune system • Stimulates nerve function • Develops collagen and muscle tissue • Helps generate new and healthy cells and tissue • Promotes faster wound healing and clot formation • Reduces inflammation
Low-level laser therapy does not require constant, ongoing treatments, as is often required with traditional chiropractic or physiotherapeutic remedies. The London Laser Training Institute is now accepting students to train in the new, evolving discipline of laser therapy.
Most recently, the effectiveness of laser therapy in treatments for smoking cessation, cosmetic concerns, weight loss and addiction, as well as stress and pain management has caught the attention of the health care industry. With the growing pressures for cost-effectiveness in the health care sector, the demand for fully trained Certified Laser Therapists is dramatically on the rise.
The comprehensive training of our Certified Laser Therapist Program is the result of extensive market research and has been designed with projected future health care and beauty therapy trends in mind.
Through this program you will have the opportunity to improve people’s lives and discover the exciting challenges inherent in a career in which accountability and job satisfaction are paramount.
The London Laser Training Institute is affiliated with London Laser Health Care Centre, formerly Optimum Health Laser Centre, a laser therapy centre known for its success with non-invasive drugless therapies.
