Cold Therapy Laser
Laser Therapy is an affordable advanced modality for the treatment of inflammatory or painful conditions in animals here at Sanford Oaks Animal Clinic without drugs or surgery. Cold laser therapy is a medical treatment that involves using a low-powered laser that does not produce heat, which is how it gets its name. This therapy is known by various other names, including low-level laser therapy, low-power laser therapy, soft-laser therapy, bio-stimulation laser therapy, and therapeutic laser. It has been used on humans as well as animals for more than 25 years. More than 3,000 scientific publications have been written validating it's effectiveness.
COLD LASER THERAPY is way cool! The laser therapy treatment offers a non-surgical, non-invasive option for animal patients with arthritis, back injuries, sprains, strains, inflammation, wound healing and acute and chronic pain. It is geared to help animals recover quicker, with less pain and less swelling.
Cold laser therapy is used on pets to treat pain and swelling and to speed up healing in muscles, tendons, skin, and other soft tissue. It also can reduce the amount of bacteria in affected areas.
Conditions that cold laser therapy is used to treat include muscular injuries, tendonitis, post-surgery sites, lesions from excessive licking, open wounds, spinal pain, and arthritis. Cold laser therapy won't cure arthritis, but should help reduce pain and swelling and increase the pet's range of motion. Increased range of motion allows a pet with arthritis to engage in more moderate and comfortable exercise.
Common Laser Therapy indications treated at our clinic by Dr. Viator for your pet are:
Arthritis (Degenerative Joint Disease)
Back Pain (Intervertebral Disc Disease)
Trauma (Skin, Muscle, Bone)
Wounds (Trauma)
Surgery (Incisions, Growth Removals, Bone Surgery)
Inflammatory Conditions:
Acute or chronic otitis (Ear problems)
Anal Gland inflammation
Hot Spots
Lick Granulomas
