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Healing your pain… changing your life.
K-Laser Class IV therapy is a painless, drug-free treatment we use at Tanque Verde Chiropractic Clinic in Tucson AZ to reduce pain and inflammation and to support the body’s own repair process. It works alongside chiropractic care rather than replacing it, and it is frequently used for auto and work injuries, sports injuries and long-standing pain.
Laser therapy is proven to biostimulate tissue repair and growth. It accelerates wound healing and reduces inflammation, pain and the formation of scar tissue. For chronic pain management, Class IV laser therapy can deliver dramatic results — and it is non-addictive and virtually free of side effects.
During treatment the infrared laser light interacts with tissue at the cellular level, raising metabolic activity within the cell and improving how nutrients move across the cell membrane. That kicks off the production of cellular energy (ATP), which sets a cascade of beneficial effects in motion and improves cellular function and health.
The therapeutic effect follows from that: each painless treatment increases circulation, drawing water, oxygen and nutrients into the damaged area. The result is an ideal healing environment in which inflammation, swelling, muscle spasm, stiffness and pain all reduce — and as the injured area returns to normal, function comes back and the pain lifts.
K-Laser leads the field in pain management, tissue repair, treatment safety and speed. It offers a four-wavelength beam that penetrates deep into tissue, continuous and modulating frequencies for pain control and healing, a SuperPulse mode for deeper therapeutic penetration, high power that delivers larger doses in shorter treatment times, and presets that keep outcomes consistent and safe.
K-Laser was the first to use three infrared wavelengths at once — 800 nm, 905 nm and 970 nm — combined with a visible 660 nm beam. Those four wavelengths heal tissue more efficiently while also helping relieve pain. Paired with three distinct delivery modes (continuous wave, frequency modulated and intense SuperPulse), it covers as much variety as the range of patients and conditions we treat.
Numerous studies show laser therapy can help with tendinopathies, carpal tunnel syndrome, myofascial trigger points, lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow), ligament sprains, muscle strains, repetitive stress injuries, chondromalacia patellae, plantar fasciitis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and shoulder, back and knee pain.
It is also used for herpes zoster (shingles), post-traumatic injury, trigeminal neuralgia, fibromyalgia, diabetic neuropathy, venous ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, burns, deep edema and congestion, sports injuries, and auto and work related injuries.
Laser therapy is worth asking about when:
Call Tanque Verde Chiropractic Clinic at (520) 749-2929 to ask whether K-Laser therapy suits your condition.
Laser therapy in Tucson AZ — also called photobiomodulation — uses specific wavelengths of light in the red and near-infrared range to create therapeutic effects: faster healing, less pain, better circulation and reduced swelling. Physical therapists, nurses and doctors in Europe have used it since the 1970s, and it has been used widely in the United States since FDA clearance in 2002.
Yes. Thousands of published studies address the clinical effectiveness of laser therapy, and more than a hundred of those are rigorously controlled scientific studies documenting its effectiveness across a range of clinical conditions.
There is little or no sensation during treatment. Some patients feel a mild, soothing warmth or a slight tingling. An area that is painful or inflamed may be briefly sensitive before the pain begins to reduce.
In more than twenty years of use by healthcare providers worldwide, very few side effects have been reported. Occasionally an old injury or pain syndrome feels aggravated for a few days as the healing response becomes more active after treatment.
A typical treatment runs 3 to 9 minutes depending on the size of the area. Acute conditions may be treated daily, particularly where there is significant pain. More chronic problems respond better at 2 to 3 times a week, tapering to weekly or fortnightly as you improve.
It depends on the condition. Some acute problems resolve in 1 to 6 treatments. More chronic ones may need 10 to 15 or more. Conditions such as severe arthritis may call for ongoing periodic care to keep pain controlled.
You may notice improvement — usually reduced pain — after the very first treatment. Sometimes it takes several sessions before you feel a change, which does not mean nothing is happening: each treatment builds on the last, and results are often felt after 3 or 4 sessions.
Yes. Laser therapy is frequently used alongside physical therapy, chiropractic adjustments, massage, soft tissue mobilization, electrotherapy, and even after surgery. Those approaches are complementary and can increase how effective the treatment is overall.
New patients receive a consultation and exam for $65 — Excludes any treatments.