Light therapy is a painless, non-invasive treatment that delivers non-thermal photons to the targeted area. It stimulates cellular function, increasing energy at the cellular level and increasing blood flow to the injured tissues. In turn, it promotes faster healing. Light therapy has been known to work in a few minutes or a few sessions. Known also as LED, low-level laser therapy, and cool laser therapy, near infrared light therapy can provide immediate relief from pain in the following conditions:
Arthritis
Inflammation
Injury
Lower backache
Herniated disc
Improve the Following Conditions
Light therapy is also know to improve the following conditions in clinical practice:
Plantar fasciitis
Sports injuries
such as tendonitis, bursitis, and muscle pulls
Burns, cuts, contusions
Postoperative pain
Carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive stress injuries
Fibromyalgia
Cellulite Treatments with Microcurrent
Cellulite is caused by toxic build-up in the muscles. Using microcurrent with massage stimulates the tissues and helps to move toxins from the body. With microcurrent treatment you will look and feel better. This treatment is even more effective in combination with our detox body wrap
Cellulite is virtually eliminated
Muscles and skin tone improve
Muscles in the buttocks are lifted
Toxins flush out of the body
Microcurrent for Pain Management and Relief
Laura complements her treatments of structural, movement, and sports injuries with a physical therapy modality called frequency-specific microcurrent (FSM) stimulation. The device Laura uses is a small, hand-held tool that directly delivers microamperes in specific frequencies to injured muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves, while she uses her healing hands in massage. The routine is painless, simple, and effective. It aids in relief of pain and increases the speed of recovery by increasing blood flow and, it is speculated, getting rid of long-stored waste products that impede healing
Treatments
Treatments can help with many conditions, including the following:
Keloids and post-operative internal scar tissue
Nerve pain from nerve traction injuries
Herpes viruses such as zoster (shingles)
Longer treatments
Longer treatments address pain associated with the following problems:
Kidney and stone pain
Fibromyalgia associated with neck trauma
Changes in inflammatory cytokines
a lymphatic protein secretion
Light Therapy Treatment
How does the treatment actually work?
Microcurrent aids in reducing pain and tightness by utilizing a low level of electricity known as microcurrent. These tiny microcurrent impulses trigger chemical reactions at a cellular level to enhance the production of natural collagen and elastin, provide circulatory benefits and work directly on the nerves and muscle fibers. Your body seems to use the Microcurrent energy to increase its own energy production. Microcurrent increases the production of ATP, your own chemical energy, by up to 500%. To quote D. Tsoklis, an expert on the subject, "Microcurrent is the reproduction of your own biological current. As we age, this current, which sends messages from the brain to the muscles via the spinal cord, does not send those messages properly." The Microcurrent treatment restores those messages from the brain to tell the skin to rejuvenate. It helps tone muscles by replicating our own biological currents. That is why this treatment is such a safe alternative to some of the invasive and risky treatments on the market today. Some clients notice a difference after the first treatment. Other clients will notice it after 3 or 4 treatments. Every patient responds individually but the changes to the tissues seem to be long lasting. About 60 to 80% of the changes created in one treatment last until the next treatment, about four to seven days. Your muscles are used to responding the way they are and may return to the old configuration if not treated again, although some patients have had permanent changes in one treatment
What are the side effects?
Microcurrent changes muscle tissue, softens scar tissue, and increases circulation with the effect of removing long stored waste products and increasing cellular metabolism so quickly that there is often a detoxification reaction after treatment. Some people have a similar reaction after a massage but the reaction after Microcurrent is stronger because so much is accomplished in such a short period of time. The side effects can include nausea, fatigue, drowsiness, a temporary increase in pain, and a flu-like feeling. The side effects usually start during or about 90 minutes after treatment, and may last from 4 to 24 hours. There have been no lasting adverse reactions reported. FSM has a history of being very safe