Cold laser treatments use the natural healing properties of light to encourage cell regeneration and growth through the body’s natural healing processes. Cold laser treatments treat the surface of the skin, while hot laser treatments affect deeper tissues. Hot laser treatments can be very effective, but there’s greater risk involved. Cold laser treatment uses a lower grade of light that, rather than “cutting” or “burning”, simply encourages the natural healing properties of your cells through stimulation. It’s a natural remedy that combines modern technology with ancient science.

Modern Science Joins Ancient Remedies

The science behind cold lasers comes from the 5,000 year tradition of ancient Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Instead of using needles to stimulate nerves and encourage the natural healing processes, cold laser treatment uses low lever lasers to complete the same process. Modern and ancient sciences are combined with the implementation of cold laser treatment. In a sense, lasers allow for needle less acupuncture, allowing you to feel the benefits without the prick.

Effective and Painless

Cold laser treatment has been reported to be painless while producing results. Most people who receive the treatment don’t feel anything from the lasers, but they do feel the healing effects, sometimes immediately. You may feel a mild numbing or tingling in the region treated. This feeling results from the natural endorphins your body produces, which are the body’s natural painkillers.

Treatable Conditions

Cold laser treatment can be very effective at ridding the body of carpel tunnel syndrome, headaches, lower back pain, tennis and golfer’s elbow, sprains and strains, post operative pain, shingles, knee pain, neck pain and arthritis. Aside from the painful conditions, the treatment is also good for acne, reducing swelling, allergies, cold sores, and hay fever. It’s even been shown to be effective at alleviating bedwetting and smoking addictions as well.

What to Expect

With cold lasers, you should feel an immediate reduction of pain, as well as better mobility and range of motion. You will likely be able to reduce your pain medication as a result of the pain relief, and you’ll likely feel an overall improvement of wellbeing, with improved sleep, a better mood and increased energy throughout the day.

Safety Issues

Low level lasers have been tested on mice, resulting in longer and healthier lives in the mice affected. Skin problems cleared up, wounds and biopsy injuries healed much faster than normal. In fact, administered drugs were more easily metabolized with fewer effects on the offspring of the treated mice.

Hot Laser Therapy

Hot lasers penetrate deeper than cold lasers, increasing the depth of the healing process. The drawback is there is more risk. Hot lasers are never used on pregnant women or children. Hot lasers work faster, but there is greater risk caused by the increased intensity of the lasers.

While cold lasers appear to be completely safe, the increased power of hot lasers carries a greater risk. There are some concerns of the effect hot lasers have on growth plates, and therefore are used only on adults who are not pregnant.

Low Level Lasers Activate the Natural Healing Property of DNA

Low level lasers shine a light onto the skin levels, which are picked up by the cell’s natural light detection capabilities. This light turns on the DNA’s medicated healing processes, encouraging the healing process and new cell growth. The light makes the DNA send a message through a carrier, RNA, which tells the body to begin its natural healing processes.