Cold LASER at Natural Pain Solutions

Role of Cold LASER Therapy for Pain Management for Disc Herniations and Chronic Back Pain

Cold laser therapy is our newest addition to the variety of treatment approaches we are using at Natural Pain Solutions to provide pain relief and symptom reduction for our patients with a wide variety of conditions. It is especially useful for patients seeking a treatment without the use of surgery or drugs. LASER is considered a reasonable treatment option for low back pain by most health care professionals and has been embraced by chiropractors for years.

Cold laser therapy is yet another method in the set of tools to help assist in non surgical decompression for patients wishing to avoid a permanent change to the structure of their spine. Stimulation of the healing processes is accompanied by relief of symptoms and positive real changes to the patient’s disc and surrounding tissues.

Patients keep asking me: “How does cold LASER work?”

Simply put, cold laser therapy is designed to stimulate cells, speed up healing and reduce inflammation. By using specific wavelengths of light, we can penetrate deeply into a patients spine.  LASER therapy can provide lasting pain relief by targeting not only the blood, but the tissues surrounding the disc for faster repair. Cold LASER accelerates collagen production, the main materials of all parts of the disc. Use of LASER increases stem cells and cells which help repair damaged muscle tissue as well as nerve cells to help nerve regeneration (in cases of compressed nerves). Inflammation and swelling are also decreased by the laser. Low level laser therapy has an additive effect, building upon each non surgical decompression treatment to achieve lasting results that fix the root problem, not just the symptoms.

Long Term or Cumulative Effect

  • Mitochondrial activity is stimulated resulting in cell replication etc.
  • ATP (adenosine triphosphate) production is increased resulting in improved cellular metabolism
  • Neurotransmission is facilitated due to elevated levels of serotonin and aceytylecholine
  • Modulation of macrophages, fibroblasts and other cells
  • Angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels)
  • DNA (desoxyribosenucleicacid) production, the protein building block of tissue is substantially increased
  • Regulates cell membrane potential, essential in NA, Cl and K ion transfer (electrolyte balance)
  • Cytokines and other chemicals enhancing cellular communications are released
  • The immune response is stimulated
  • Lymphatic drainage is improved
  • The histamine response is positively altered
  • Production of growth hormone is increased

What Other Conditions can Our LASER Treat?

  • Acute and chronic pain
  • Herniated intervertebral discs
  • Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
  • Inflammation
  • Sports Injuries
  • Migraines
  • Ligament sprains
  • Muscle strain
  • Soft tissue injuries
  • Neck pain
  • Tendonitis
  • Arthritis
  • Tennis elbow
  • Back pain
  • Bursitis
  • Shoulder pain
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Fibromyalgia

Call the clinic to find out how Cold LASER can benefit you and those you love. (503)684-9698

Non surgical solutions to your back pain

Special Treatment for Back Pain attracts patients to Natural Pain Solutions

Are you suffering with persistent sciatica or back pain? Do you need of a solution sooner rather than later?

Dr. Grace at Natural Pain Solutions (NPS) is only practitioner in Portland offering Lordex spinal disc decompression therapy. Lordex decompression is a non-surgical treatment for back pain.  NPS  utilizes the newest technology in the non-surgical approach to treating herniated and degenerative disc injuries, as well as conditions caused by a surgical failure, and strain/sprains, and the sciatica that is often associated with those conditions. In combination with decompression, Dr. Grace also incorporates physical therapy to strengthen the spine and mitigate future injuries.

The location and size of a disc bulge has a lot to do with the type and amount of pain experienced, as well as the appropriate treatment options.  Chiropractors have much success by realigning the vertebra above or below thereby taking some of the pressure off the disc.  From a therapy perspective it becomes very important to increase flexibility by stretching, not only the back, but also the muscles of the legs.

Another powerful treatment incorporated at NPS is physical therapy. Exercises are prescribed to strengthen the intrinsic muscles of the back using the RX-1 in the office. And home exercises are taught for the spinal muscles and abdomen.

Spinal decompression therapy is a set of protocols, developed by a team of neurologists, chiropractors, orthopedics, and neurosurgeons to rehabilitate and heal damaged discs. These discs are pads that act as shock absorbers between vertebrae.  Because of age or trauma, damage to these discs can occur.  That damage can cause a portion of the Intervertebral disc material to leak out—bulge out—or herniate—and this bulge can press against the spinal cord or other nerves.

This disc could be compared to a jelly doughnut.  There is a middle portion that is like the gooey inside and outer fibers that make the shell that holds the insides in place.  The fibers that hold the inside of our spinal discs in place can crack as we age or are injured and allow some of the inside material to seep out from the center of the disc. This creates a bulge, or a protrusion, which can put pressure on one of the nerve roots.  That’s why you can often get this tingling, burning, numbness into your leg and foot, called Sciatica.

The concept of decompression therapy is a proven principle:  Reduce the pressure on the disc and allow negative pressure to develop.  The negative pressure will cause a vacuum.  The vacuum will allow the jelly material to flow back, reduce the protrusion, and reduce the pain.  More importantly, repeated decompression promotes the diffusion of water, protein, oxygen, and other nutrients into the disc and this promotes healing.  Decompression is superior to traction. Tractions fails in many cases because it causes muscular stretch receptors to fire, which then cause paraspinal muscles to contract. Decompression overrides the nervous system through stretching tissues and relaxation. This allows healing and recovery to occur at a much deeper level for most patients.

For patients that have not responded to usual chiropractic care and/or physical therapy, non-surgical decompression should considered.

Call: (503)684-9698 to learn about the possibilities for healing your back and sciatic pain WITHOUT the need for costly and agonizing surgery. This non-surgical, decompression method has proven 86% effective for herniated or bulging disc; degenerative disc; sciatica; pre and post-surgery patients; and, Acute or chronic low back pain.

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