MLS Laser Therapy
Therapeutic Laser uses the power of light to reduce pain, inflammation and swelling as well as to encourage your body's own healing mechanisms.
Uses of Therapy
It's great for treating a huge range of problems including:
Laser can be used on both chronic (long term) and acute (recent) conditions.
Laser Therapy involves directing light energy into inflamed or damaged tissue to accelerate the body's natural healing process. The laser is placed in direct contact with the skin which enables specific wavelengths of light to penetrate the tissue and interact with molecules within the cells to cause several biochemical effects.
Effects
One of the most important effects of Laser Therapy is encouraging blood flow into the area being treated. This means the cells there have a better supply of oxygen and nutrients and that waste products and swelling can be flushed out. Laser helps to reduce pain by slowing down the speed of the pain messages in nerves and it reduces inflammation by lowering the number of cells promoting the inflammatory process in the area treated. After laser treatment muscles are better able to relax and movement can become easier as a result.
The treatment is painless, non-invasive and offers a drug free alternative to anti-inflammatories, pain killing and steroid injections.
Podiatrists are specialists of the lower limb, in particular the foot and ankle.