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The History of Laser Therapy

Laser Therapy is the use of laser energy to create therapeutic effects. Research has shown that these effects include:

The effects of light on cellular function have been known since 1880, however the clinical benefits of laser energy were only discovered ab accident in 1967. The first lasers for treatig pain became available in the late 1970's and since then have been widely utilized in Europe and Asia by therapists and doctors. Now, after FDA approval in 2001, laser therapy is quickly gaining popularity in the United States.

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The Safety of Laser Therapy

The FDA has cleared laser therapy for the treatment of many pain syndromes. The treatment of other conditions is presently considered experimental by the FDA. The FDA considers laser therapy to be a safe and effective modality when used properly by a licensed practitioner.

Scientific Evidence

There are thousands of published studies that describe the therapeutic effects of laser therapy, incliding more than one hundred highly objective, scientific trails that have demonstrated clinical effectiveness. The following is a list of conditions that have shown successful outcomes in recent studies: