What Is MLS Laser Therapy and How Can It Benefit Your Feet?
MLS Laser Therapy is a non-invasive treatment that uses light energy to help heal your feet. It’s safe, painless, and effective, with many patients feeling a warm sensation during the treatment.
It works best on injuries involving soft tissues such as muscles and nerves. It also helps reduce inflammation, accelerating the healing process.
What is MLS Laser Therapy?
MLS laser therapy is a cutting-edge treatment that can help you overcome foot and ankle conditions that cause pain. It can also speed up wound healing after surgery.
The MLS laser is safe and non-invasive. Your treatments will be painless, and each session lasts for less than 10 minutes. Our podiatrists will position the MLS laser over the areas of your feet and ankles that are painful or inflamed. The laser causes vasodilation, which means that your blood vessels open up and your body’s cells are able to reach the damaged tissues.
When your blood reaches the affected tissues, they absorb the light energy and stimulate cellular regeneration. This process reduces inflammation, allowing your body to heal naturally and eliminating the painful symptoms of many foot and ankle injuries and conditions.
Some of the conditions that can benefit from MLS laser therapy include sprains, plantar fasciitis, shin splints, stress fractures and more. MLS laser therapy can also help you recover from sports injuries by encouraging tissue healing, cell repair and healthy bone growth.
Other benefits of MLS laser therapy include that it is painless, non-invasive, and has no known side effects. In addition, MLS laser therapy is often used in conjunction with other treatments, such as physical therapy. This helps you achieve the best results possible from your care plan.
What are the Benefits of MLS Laser Therapy?
The FDA-cleared laser therapy is known for its anti-inflammatory, anti-edema, and analgesic effects. It stimulates cell growth and repairs tissue damage while reducing pain, preventing swelling, and improving circulation. It’s a non-invasive treatment option that can be used on its own or in conjunction with other treatments such as physical therapy. It can also speed up the healing process, reduce discomfort, and eliminate the need for prescription drugs or injections.
MLS laser therapy is unique among other laser treatments because it uses dual wavelengths to deliver multiple effects simultaneously. The first laser penetrates the area and reduces inflammation and decreases swelling by activating blood flow. The second laser stops pain signals from reaching your brain by interrupting them. This technology makes MLS laser therapy one of the most powerful and effective foot and ankle pain relief treatments available.
Sports Injuries
Sprains and strains are common sports injuries that can be treated with MLS laser therapy. The patented technology promotes cellular repair and accelerates the healing of injured ligaments to prevent scarring and accelerate the recovery time for athletes.
The MLS laser can even be used to treat conditions like Achilles tendonitis, which is caused by repetitive overuse of the ankle and foot. This condition can cause inflammation and swelling of the tendons. The MLS laser encourages inter-cellular activity, increases circulation, and stimulates the production of the body’s natural energy source, ATP.
How Does MLS Laser Therapy Work?
Laser energy penetrates deeply into damaged tissues, where the light wavelengths stimulate cell activity and accelerate your natural healing processes. These wavelengths increase ATP production and mitochondrial function, help reduce swelling and inflammation, interrupt pain signals from being sent to your brain, and boost new cell growth to heal injured tissues faster.
MLS laser therapy is non-invasive and painless. There is little to no discomfort, and most patients feel very relaxed during a treatment session.
A key component to the success of MLS Laser Therapy is the synchronized delivery of two unique laser wavelengths. The superpulsed 905nm wavelength delivers fast-acting pain reduction and anti-inflammatory effects, while the continuous 808nm laser wavelength helps reduce oedema (swelling). The combination of these two wavelengths results in synergistic effects on your tissue and greater pain reduction than either wavelength alone.
The number of MLS laser therapy treatments required depends on the severity of your injury or condition. We will review your symptoms, medical history and perform a physical examination to determine the best course of treatment. Typically, most patients require six to 12 laser sessions, which are usually administered two to three times per week. Once you begin to experience relief, we will reevaluate your condition and discuss the next steps in your treatment plan. Depending on your diagnosis and the severity of your injury or condition, we may recommend additional therapies such as PRP or stem cell therapy to complement your MLS Laser Therapy treatment.
How Long Does MLS Laser Therapy Take?
The length of the treatment depends on your diagnosis and severity of symptoms or injury, but most people experience noticeable results within 2-3 sessions. Unlike other treatments, MLS Laser Therapy works over time, accelerating your body’s natural healing processes.
The FDA-cleared system uses a unique combination of synchronized laser beams that penetrate the tissue and stimulate cell activity, without causing thermal damage to surrounding tissues. This process increases blood flow, reducing inflammation and pain while boosting the body’s production of healthy tissue.
During a session, your Advanced Foot Care and Clinical Research Center provider runs the handheld device over the injured area of your foot or ankle. You might feel a mild warming sensation during treatment, but it’s completely safe and comfortable. You can listen to music or read a book while the device is in use.
This innovative treatment can relieve many causes of foot and ankle pain, including heel spurs, plantar fasciitis, nerve problems, sports injuries and sprains, gout, and more.
