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How Laser Therapy is Changing the Landscape of Orthopedic Pain Management

The news about the effectiveness of laser therapy in treating orthopedic pain is spreading around the country like wildfire, and there is little doubt that it will become a mainstay in pain management. While medications and surgeries will likely retain a position in the arsenal of pain treatment, there’s no question that laser therapy is a viable and popular alternative.

The fact that it’s a non-invasive and non-addictive form of treatment makes laser therapy even more appealing.

Why laser therapy is so effective 

The specific wavelengths of light used in laser therapy create a number of different therapeutic effects, all of which tend to help a patient heal and recover. Healing time will be shortened because pain and inflammation will be reduced and because stimulation by the laser light will improve circulation in the area. This causes more water, oxygen, and nutrients to be quickly delivered to the affected area, and that promotes quicker recovery. Vasodilation occurs and helps considerably with the speeding of these healing agents to the damaged cells. In several different ways, laser therapy attacks pain and inflammation, bringing them under control very effectively.

How laser therapy can treat orthopedic patients 

Laser therapy is very versatile in its usage, and by using different levels of laser strength, a wide variety of issues can be treated. The benefits provided by laser therapy include the reduction of inflammation, muscle spasms, stiffness, pain, and swelling. It is capable of increasing collagen production and expediting bone repair, while also reducing edema and increasing lymphatic drainage. With all these capabilities, laser therapy can be used to treat all the following:

  • acute pain from injuries such as sports injuries
  • inflamed tendons, ligaments, and muscles
  • carpal tunnel syndrome
  • tennis elbow
  • arthritis
  • fibromyalgia
  • hip, shoulder, knee, ankle, or foot pain
  • sciatica

Future of laser technology 

One of the best qualities of laser therapy is its precision – laser therapy can effectively treat damaged cells while leaving healthy nearby cells untouched. This makes laser treatment a more precise process than anything requiring surgical instruments, and the process is less invasive as well.

Laser therapy is also less time-consuming than surgery would be, and this is beneficial for both patients and surgeons. Given the fact that laser therapy literally provides the all-around best approach to treating pain and inflammation, it seems safe to predict a bright future for laser therapy treatment.


OrthoLazer Orthopedic Laser Centers offer patients and their doctors an innovative and effective alternative pain management option to treat acute and chronic orthopedic conditions. Founded by Dr. Scott Sigman – the original opioid-sparing surgeon – our centers further his mission of providing his patients non-operative and non-opioid treatment options. If you’d like more information about OrthoLazer, please visit our website at Ortholazer.com.

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