When dealing with any kind of pain, many types of remedies can help alleviate the source of the pain. Whether muscle pain or cardiac tissue pain, the effects can be long-term if not appropriately treated. Doctors have discovered that low laser therapy can help repair injured muscles that patients have experienced. With low laser therapy, the beneficial effects can help repair injuries that the bodiesβ skeletal and cardiac muscles have endured.Β
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When the body gets injured, many people endure the pain later or during the accident. Sometimes the pain is short-termed or long-termed, depending on how severe the injury is. Short-term pain or βacuteβ pain can be simple, like a sprained joint; however, long-term pain or βchronicβ pain, itβs more severe to the body and can have lasting effects. Chronic pain can hinder a personβs body from doing the most straightforward task. When people deal with chronic pain, it can drastically affect the bodyβs musculoskeletal system and even their cardiovascular system.Β
When the bodyβs musculoskeletal system is damaged, many complications can start affecting the joints in many different parts of the body. Chronic pain can cause inflammation throughout the body, causing a person not to have the energy to do any task they planned for the day. Sometimes the pain can be excruciating where the body just completely shuts down. When doctors see their patients, they ask them, βWhere does it hurt?β meaning where the pain feels more excruciating on the personβs body. The patient will always tell their physicians that the pain is on their joints or back. So doctors would recommend low laser therapy.
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With low laser therapy or phototherapy, the effects from the treatment can alleviate the pain from the body. Studies show that the application of low laser therapy in injured muscles can significantly enhance muscle regeneration in multiple and frequent applications. Low laser therapy does target the injured muscles because it uses irradiation, which targets the affected muscle while increasing the bodyβs natural antioxidants and cytoprotective heat shock proteins (HSP-70i). Phototherapy can even help reduce muscle fatigue in athletes when they are in a post-exercise routine.
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Studies have found that physical therapists use phototherapy as another form of recovery treatment for athletes. What the laser does is that when it is placed on the affected muscle and joint pain, the infrared wavelength penetrates the skin and starts to affect the targeted area. The infrared wavelengths cause therapeutic effects by decreasing oxidative stress accumulated by the body while also reactivating oxygen species production, improving the bodyβs mitochondrial function, etc. Another study also shows that phototherapy can also repair cardiac tissue. The study shows that when doctors use phototherapy, it directly affects the intracellular mechanisms in the heart while also activating heat-independent tissues without causing tissue damage to the heart. The study also shows that phototherapy can be effective in various complications, such as lymphoedema and muscular trauma.
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All in all, low laser therapy has beneficial properties in preventing muscle and cardiac muscle tissue damage. Its infrared radiation can help patients go about their day without the pain and suffering that their body endures. By reducing ventricular dilatation and preserving the bodyβs mitochondria while elevating the HSP-70i, the body can start on the road to recovery.
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References:
Leal Junior, Ernesto Cesar Pinto, et al. βEffects of Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) in the Development of Exercise-Induced Skeletal Muscle Fatigue and Changes in Biochemical Markers Related to Postexercise Recovery.βΒ Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Aug. 2010, www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2010.3294.
Kazemi Khoo, Nooshafarin, et al. βApplication of Low-Level Laser Therapy Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Surgery.βΒ Journal of Lasers in Medical Sciences, Laser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center, 2014, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4291821/.
Oron, Uri. βPhotoengineering of Tissue Repair in β¦ β Medical Laser.β Photo engineeringΒ of Tissue Repair in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles, 2006, medical.summuslaser.com/data/files/91/1585172203_ls8S6pcJwigZfZQ.pdf.
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