SE1 chartered london physiotherapist and qualified acupuncturist Christopher Curtis, City Back Pain Clinic at London Bridge SE1 Email link

London Bridge Clinic, Tulip House, 70 Borough High Street, London SE1 1XF - Telephone: 0800 328 3704

Email: cityclinicgroup@yahoo.co.uk
   
LASER THERAPY LLLT COLD LOW LEVEL LASER
 
A very good tool to aid tissue repair including nerve regeneration and excellent for bone formation. For example, a typical cold laser can speed up a non union fracture in the hand or foot by three times. That calculates to a fracture healing in two weeks as opposed to six weeks. Laser therapy can also be used as a safe alternative to acupuncture when applied to acupuncture points. This is good for needle phobic patients (those with a fear of needles).
LLLT Low Level Laser Therapy
What is Low Level Laser Therapy or LLLT?
Low level cold laser is pain free, it works from the infra red spectrum, it penetrates up to 3cm into the muscles tendons, and ligaments of the body. Once the treatment site is targeted the laser light stimulates the mitrichondria of the cell (cell body) within muscles, tendons or ligaments causing them to oxidize and duplicate accelerating the cell division and increasing healing at twice the normal rate.
What can Laser Therapy treat?

Sports and Dance Injuries - Laser therapy is ideal in accelerating tissue healing sprained and strained muscles ligaments and tendon, including tendonitis and (RSI.) Repetitive strain injuries.
 
Laser Acupuncture -Ideal for patients who don’t like acupuncture needles. Studies show it is just as good as acupuncture. 
 
Laser therapy can be also employed to regenerated nerves very good in the treatment of Bells Palsy (paralysis of one side of the face). Bell’s palsy case study.

An excellent treatment for phantom limb syndrome.

Nerve Regeneration - see the case study under Slipped or Bulging Discs

Temporal mandible pain, TMJ, has been shown to respond well to laser therapy, however a good diagnosis is needed before treatment.

Speeds Up Broken Bone Formation - Laser therapy has been successfully used to accelerate a none union fracture of the hand and foot in weeks.It can be used over metal implants and pins in the joints of the body, unlike ultra sound or electrical medical equipment.

Tinnitus vertigo -Me’nier’s disease. Laser therapy has been shown to be the only positive treatment for tinnitus the laser therapy goes partly through the meatus of the ear and partly behind the ear normally the problem area is the inner ear.

Trigeminal neuralgia responds well to Laser therapy.

Shingles - Laser therapy has been the only clinical treatment for shingles that is effective, often called the ring of fire, because shingles affects the trunk of the body.
   
Arthritis - laser therapy has been show to help ease the pain of arthritis.

Carpal tunnel syndrome -Repetitive strain movements of the hand cause carpal tunnel syndrome., a painful and debilitating condition. Unlike other forms of electro therapy laser therapy can be used immediately after an injury making it even quicker to recover from injury. The laser therapy increases the blood supply to the effected wrist improving the microcirculation of the venous blood, this seems to be the first stages of carpal tunnel syndrome hence the tingling and sometimes numb sensation that is associated with the condition.

Further Information is Available on these pages:
Bell's Palsy
Slipped or Bulging Disc with Laser Therapy (case study)
Sports and Dancing Injury
Frozen Shoulder Pain
Knee Pain
RSI Repetitive Strain Injury
 
City Clinic Group SE1 London
 
City Clinic Group including City Back Pain Clinic
conveniently located at SE1 location
Tulip House, 70 Borough High Street, London Bridge SE1 1XF

Private Medical Insurance Accepted & Billed For You
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