Laser Therapy

What is laser therapy?

Laser therapy is an outpatient procedure. Your provider targets light energy (lasers) to spur your body’s healing process.

During treatment, your Performance Therapy Institute provider runs a wandlike device over the affected area, like a painful hip. The device emits targeted light energy that penetrates your skin, activating healing at the cellular level.

The laser increases blood flow to the treatment site, reduces inflammation, and encourages the growth of new cells and tissue.

Which musculoskeletal problems benefit from laser therapy?

The Performance Therapy Institute team uses laser therapy to treat musculoskeletal pain affecting your:

• Back
• Neck
• Hip
• Shoulder
• Elbow
• Wrist
• Knee
• Pelvis
• Foot
• Ankle

Laser treatment is also used on headaches as well as sports and auto accident injuries.

Sometimes, the team prescribes laser therapy for chronic musculoskeletal disorders like fibromyalgia and chronic pain syndrome (CPS).

What happens during laser therapy?

Treatment with the LightForce Therapy Laser is quick and pain-free. Treatments usually take 20-30 minutes, sometimes less, depending on the severity of your symptoms.

During laser therapy, you sit or lie on a comfortable exam table. Because the laser can’t penetrate clothing, you’ll change into a surgical gown or remove some garments.

Once you’re ready, your Performance Therapy Institute provider runs a handheld device over the affected area. For example, a painful elbow damaged by a sports injury. The device emits targeted light energy that penetrates your skin, activating healing at the cellular level.

It’s normal to experience mild warmth throughout the procedure. Your provider could attach a massage ball to the top of the laser to help eliminate scar tissue and increase blood flow to the affected area.

At the end of laser therapy, you change back into your street clothes and go about your routine. 

Is laser therapy painful?

Laser therapy is safe and usually well-tolerated. Many people report significant pain relief after just one laser therapy session.* But it could take longer, depending on the underlying problem or injury. Be patient, follow your provider’s instructions, and attend each scheduled treatment session.

Call the nearest Performance Therapy Institute office today to schedule a laser therapy consultation, or book your appointment online.

*Individual results may vary.