What Is Laser Therapy?
Laser therapy is a proven, non-surgical, drug-free solution, which uses light to accelerate the body’s natural healing processes.
How Well Does It Work?
Laser therapy has been around the veterinary market for about 15 years with almost half the veterinary clinics in America using one model or another.
Is Your Pet a Candidate for Laser Therapy?
Laser therapy is useful across such a wide range of conditions that it would take too long to list them all here. Laser is most useful on:
• Chronic Pain, such as reduced mobility and trouble getting up and down stairs
• Chronic Wounds & Infections that your pet can’t stop licking
• Laser therapy can also provide an unmatched benefit in your pets post surgical recovery plan.
What To Expect
Laser Treatment is performed by veterinary technicians and provides a warm, soothing sensation during treatments that many pets enjoy. They often relax and fall asleep. You may find that your pet runs over and sits down in the therapy area awaiting the treatment.
How Laser Therapy Works
All healing begins at a cellular level. Laser Therapy (aka photobiomodulation) uses visible and near-infrared light to accomplish three main things:
• Increases Localized Micro-circulation: brings more blood to the affected area
• Enhances Tissue Oxygenation: gets more oxygen out of the blood and into the cells that need it
• Promotes Cellular Metabolism: forces cells to produce more energy
From there the cells have more usable energy to perform all of their natural healing tasks. Combined, this leads to a general effect of stimulating the body to function exactly as it does naturally only faster and more efficiently. This benefits any pathology that would get better naturally if the patient had enough rest, proper nutrition, and enough time.