Treatment of degenerative disc disease laser: benefits, contraindications

Did you know that laser treatment of osteochondrosis, is the most effective way of dealing with this disease? Osteochondrosis is considered to be one of the most common diseases of the musculoskeletal system. According to statistics, osteochondrosis suffer not only the elderly and old age, but people aged 25 years. However, most often it occurs in patients whose age is more than 35. For the treatment of patients with different therapies, however, one of the most effective methods is laser treatment, or laser therapy.

Laser therapy

Treatment of degenerative disc disease with a laser beam is one of the most innovative, but at the same time, the most effective physiotherapy techniques. Luminous flux acts on the lesion, and electromagnetic radiation speeds up metabolism and regeneration.

For the treatment of the spine use of low-intensity laser, the emission is in the infrared range. Deeply penetrating radiation not only increases metabolism in cartilage and bones. Selected therapeutic method starts the process of regeneration, stops the degenerative changes, it stimulates the secretion of the elements of the intervertebral discs. In addition, adjacent to the affected lesion tissues enhanced microcirculation.

Laser therapy in osteochondrosis acts as a decongestant, analgesic and anti-inflammatory. After it is observed the compression of the nerve endings, then restored the health of the body.

Testimonials from patients who used laser therapy in osteochondrosis of the cervical, talking about the high efficiency of this method. Specialist operates the device via the anterolateral surface of the neck. This direction was not chosen by chance: the distance from laser emitter to the vertebrae is minimal and is approximately 4-5 cm.

Physiotherapists in the treatment choose one of the following therapeutic effects:

• Focal effects (radiation directed to the point of destruction);
• The effect on the neurovascular bundle, which causes the pain;
• Segment effects (the laser is directed at the entire section of spine);
• Effect on acupressure (reflex) points.

Basically, the choice of the technique depends on what syndromes should be addressed: reflex radicular radicular or vascular.

To select the adequate and most effective methods of laser therapy change the position of the emitter, the frequency and duration of sessions, intensity of radiation, alternate methods of action. Every year experts develop new methods and techniques of therapeutic applications of laser in osteochondrosis.

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Stages of laser therapy

Low back pain cannot be eliminated in a short time. In order to completely cure the patient requires many months. Most experts believe that laser therapy of osteochondrosis is conducted in three stages.

1. The first 8-10 treatments. The stage allows you to eliminate most of the unpleasant symptoms that accompany low back pain, prevents further development of pathological changes. Despite the improvement in the overall clinical picture, you can not stop the procedure because high likelihood of relapse.
2. Next 13-15 sessions. The period required for stabilization of degenerative processes. There is stabilization of the condition of the tissues.
3. 5-10 procedures. This is the final stage. At this time there is regeneration of the cartilaginous tissue.

Only after all three stages you can talk about the success of treatment.

Advantages

If we talk about the benefits of treatment of osteoarthritis with laser in favor of the method say the following:

• After the first treatment, patients notice a reduction of pain sensations.
• Laser therapy for osteoarthritis allows you to enhance your body's natural processes and to tap its hidden resources.
• There is no need to regularly use large doses of various medicines, which, in fact, are inefficient due to the fact that inhibit the natural processes in the cells and tissues.
• When exposed to the laser skin is not injured, while the blood flow in the tissues is improved.
• Laser therapy is in combination with drugs administered orally and intravenously, accelerator microcirculation, and thus enhances drugthe influence of substances.
• The laser light allows you to simultaneously affect all of the disks that comprise the spine.
• The patient may receive therapy as an outpatient at any convenient time. Moreover, the maximum duration of 1 procedure, is only 10 minutes.

Contraindications

Among the pathologies that impede the application of the method, the physicians call:

• Tuberculosis in active form;
• Diabetes mellitus;
• Expressed iron-deficiency anemia;
• Pathology of the blood;
• Tumors of the benign type in the area of laser irradiation;
• Angina 3-4 FC;
• Thyrotoxicosis;
• Pulmonary or cardiovascular failure of the 3rd stage;
• Hemorrhagic stroke.

As you can see, the contraindications many serious diseases. That is why the decision on the appointment should take a qualified doctor.

Possible complications

Every fifth patient treated with laser therapy, may experience increased back pain, feel headaches, dizziness, psychological discomfort. Do not be afraid of these symptoms: they indicate that the toxins are actively eliminated from the body, and metabolic processes in tissues aktiviziruyutsya.

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In practice there are cases when after the treatment the patient feels improvement. This occurs after the first course of treatment, which is only introductory. Medical courses are considered follow-up treatments. Finally, the effect of laser therapy can be adequately evaluated only after six months after treatment of degenerative disc disease.