At Duluth Injury & Rehab Center & Injury Center, we provide the latest in pain-relieving laser technology. The MLS Laser Therapy is one of a kind and much more powerful than comparable cold lasers. It uses a patented laser delivery system that reduces pain and inflammation and kick-starts the healing process in the injured area. This allows us to treat many injuries that have not responded to other forms of care.
Conditions treated with the MLS Laser Therapy
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Bone spurs
- Golfer’s elbow
- Herniated discs
- Hip pain
- Joint pain
- Ligament pulls and tears
- Muscle pulls, strains and tears
- Plantar fasciitis
- Post-surgery pain/healing
- Neck pain
- Nerve conditions
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Runner’s knee
- Sciatica
- Shin splints
- Stress fractures
- Tendonitis and Tendinosis
- Tennis elbow
- Wrist pain
Our office uses cutting-edge technology by incorporating thermal imaging technology to enhance laser therapy treatments and alleviate inflammation in our patients. By utilizing thermal imaging, the doctor can precisely pinpoint areas of inflammation and tissue damage that might not be visible to the naked eye. This innovative technique allows Dr. Hans to tailor laser therapy treatments more effectively, delivering targeted healing precisely where it’s needed most. The thermal imaging provides real-time feedback, enabling Dr. Hans to monitor the response to treatment and adjust accordingly, ultimately leading to faster recovery times and improved patient outcomes. This integration of thermal imaging into laser therapy represents a significant advancement in medical technology, promising more personalized and efficient treatments for inflammation-related conditions.
Top 10 Benefits of MLS Laser Therapy
- Anti-Inflammatory: MLS® Laser Therapy has an anti-edema effect as it causes vasodilation, but also because it activates the lymphatic drainage system, which drains swollen areas. As a result, there is a reduction in swelling caused by bruising or inflammation.
- Analgesic: MLS® Laser Therapy has a beneficial effect on nerve cells. It blocks pain transmitted by these cells to the brain which decreases nerve sensitivity. Also, due to the decreased inflammation, there is less edema and less pain. Another pain-blocking mechanism involves the production of high levels of pain-killing chemicals such as endorphins and enkephalin from the brain and adrenal gland.
- Accelerated Tissue Repair and Cell Growth: Photons of light from lasers penetrate deeply into tissue and accelerate cellular reproduction and growth. The laser light increases the energy available to the cell so that the cell can take on nutrients faster and get rid of waste products. As a result of exposure to laser light, damaged cells are repaired faster.
- Improved Vascular Activity: Laser light will significantly increase the formation of new capillaries in damaged tissue which speeds up the healing process, closes wounds quickly, and reduces scar tissue. Additional benefits include acceleration of angiogenesis, which causes temporary vasodilation and an increase in the diameter of blood vessels.
- Increases Metabolic Activity: MLS® Laser Therapy creates higher outputs of specific enzymes, greater oxygen, and food particle loads for blood cells.
- Trigger Points and Acupuncture Points: MLS® Laser Therapy stimulates muscle trigger points and acupuncture points on a noninvasive basis providing musculoskeletal pain relief.
- Reduced Fibrous Tissue Formation: MLS® Laser Therapy reduces the formation of scar tissue following tissue damage from cuts, scratches, burns or surgery.
- Improved Nerve Function: Slow recovery of nerve functions in damaged tissue can result in numbness and impaired limbs. Laser light speeds the process of nerve cell reconnection and increases the amplitude of action potentials to optimize muscle healing.
- Immunoregulation: Laser light has a direct effect on immunity status by stimulating immunoglobulins and lymphocytes. Laser emissions are absorbed by chromophores (molecule enzymes) that react to laser light. Upon exposure to the laser, the enzyme flavomononucleotide is activated and starts the production of ATP (adenosinetriphosphate), which is the major carrier of cell energy and the energy source for all chemical reactions in the cells.
- Faster Wound Healing: Laser light stimulates fibroblast development in damaged tissue. Fibroblasts are the building blocks of collagen, which is the essential protein required to replace old tissue or to repair tissue injuries. As a result, MLS® Laser Therapy is effective post surgically and in the treatment of open wounds and burns.
