Cold laser therapy: treatment for pain of osteoarthritis of the knee

Cold laser therapy treatment may seem to be able to read a science fiction novel. Only in the last decade, however, has become a recognized and often the preferred treatment for the time suffering from a sore knee osteoarthritis who want to avoid invasive procedures. Cold laser is handheld, non-surgical devices used in a clinical setting. They work by emitting specific wavelengths of light activity in stimulating the tissue at the cellular level. Once the metabolic rate is greater than the cell initiates a series of biochemical events beneficial. The most obvious benefit is the reduction in pain and inflammation. For example, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, reported in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery found that laser therapy significantly reduced pain and swelling in knee osteoarthritis patients. The study also found that the greater range of motion in the knee joint, and had less sensitivity and tenderness around the knee joint. Recently, an abstract entitled low level laser therapy and its effects on quality of life of patients suffering from pain of knee osteoarthritis in the medial compartment: a detailed survey found that 79.8% of patients diagnosed with moderate to severe arthritis in the medial aspect of the knee joint (within the party, where they touch the knees) who were treated with therapy reported feeling moderately cold laser to a much better and your quality of life improved after completing five weeks of care. Besides helping to reduce pain and inflammation in and around the knee joint, research indicates that cold laser therapy can help an arthritic knee as follows: Fibroblasts increases the production of: Fibroblasts are required for cartilage. Interleukin-1 is deleted: Interleukin-1 is a protein that is released when a direct role in the destruction of cartilage, promotes the release of more enzymes that cause cartilage destruction and inhibits type II collagen from occurring (so cartilage can not be rebuilt or replaced.) There are high levels of this protein in an osteoarthritic knee that cold laser therapy inhibits the release of this protein that allows the cartilage to be maintained. Growth factors are released: Treatments release growth factors that play a vital role in healthy knees, as they stimulate the production of cartilage cells or chondrocytes. Furthermore, the release of growth factors inhibits the release of interleukin-1. Tensile strength of the tissue improves: cold laser therapy is believed to improve molecular hydrogen bonding between and within tissues, thus improving the resistance of cartilage that do not wear or get injured as easily.