Acute Injuries and Conditions

By: Dr. Eric Wiens 

Acute injuries related to the muscles, joints, ligaments and other related soft tissues have been described as the weakest link in modern health care. Why? Because the usual treatment of simply treating pain doesn't address healing the damage which leads to increasing disability over time and speeds the arthritic/degenerative/aging process.

Low intensity laser has a dramatic healing effect on new injuries. The key is to get the attention early, avoid the common wisdom of hoping it will get better on its own and simply covering up the pain.

Injured tissues go through the process of inflammation where the body desperately tries to fix the damage. The trouble is, this leads to scar tissue, which is a poor substitute for healthy tissue. It is relatively brittle, unorganized and is more prone to repeated injury.

Healthy tissue is flexible, very organized and is much more resilient. It makes sense then to do everything you can to avoid scare tissue formation and promote healthy tissue recovery after an injury.

Low intensity laser therapy works well with acute injuries as well as chronic problems. The fact is, most chronic problems start because appropriate attention wasn't taken when it was acute. This left the opportunity for a small problem to get big.

If summer activities have resulted in an ankle sprain, an achy shoulder, sore back or anything like that, come in and get it checked out. All too often, we wait until we can't do the things we want and need to do before we take care of things.

The low intensity laser we use is the most modern technology. Treatment is painless, non-toxic and with no side effects.

It is a Health Canada approved medical therapy device used by professional athletes and performers for decades and is now available to the public.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Better yet, arrange to come in for a consultation to see if laser therapy is appropriate for your particular problem.