It’s interesting to observe side effects from the Covid-19 vaccine, experienced among our patients and the wider population. Typical symptoms range from headaches, fatigue, muscle and joint pain and a swelling of the lymph nodes. Patients have also shared their experiences of depression and anxiety, and pain elsewhere within their system. Pain, inflammation and lymphatic…
Ageing naturally, managing the inevitable aches and pains that come with age, and avoiding expensive beauty products, can all be found with the effective use of Cold Laser (otherwise known as Low Level Laser Therapy or Photobiomodulation). Cold Laser Therapy has been approved by the FDA in the USA (and by NICE in the UK) for many conditions….
Complex and baffling, vulvodynia is an emotionally and physically challenge for as many as 1:4 women. Deterred by the traditional pharmaceutical options, many women have found short and long term relief for vulvodynia (chronic vulva pain) through the use of Low Level Laser Therapy for vulvodynia. In Naomi Wolf’s wonderful research study Vagina: A New Biography…
Most men experience an enlarged prostate gland once they reach 45-50. We believe that the enlarged prostate is the result of a build up of dead blood cells in the gland. This creates a swelling in the tissue which leads to an increase in urination and a decrease in production of seminal fluid. Many people experience good results…
When any soft tissue is damaged the body produces scar tissue. We normally associate scars with cuts and incisions at the skin’s surface. However, scar tissue is also produced around damaged muscles, nerves and joints. If the body’s natural healing mechanism does not clear the damaged tissue away (which is often the case), scar tissue leads to congestion, which creates…
Laser treatment for warts and verruca is non-invasive, pain-free and remarkably effective, as reported in a number of clinical trials across the UK (see British Medical Journal and Turner). Unlike alternatives methods for wart/verruca removal which ‘burn’ or cut the wart or verruca (often resulting in their return), low level laser does not create scar tissue, or…
Clinical trials in the UK which prove the effectiveness of PBM (Photobiomodulation Therapy) – otherwise known as Low Level Laser Therapy – look set to increase. Last year NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) approved therapeutic laser for oral mucositis (OM), one of the common side effects caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cancer patients….
A few years ago, travelling though Mexico, I met an extraordinary woman who taught me what it is to stretch your mind. Over a breakfast conversation in our beach restaurant on the Yukatan Peninsular, she told me about a motorbike accident she’d been involved in a few years earlier. She had been riding pillion with…
Healthy radiant skin – inside and out… Why does a cold laser therapy for skin treatment work so well? We really do see the best results when working on this fascinating organ – the skin. Our skin in a visual representation of what is happening within our bodies, beneath the surface. Boosting the lymphatic system and…
A very fit and healthy 70 year old lady came to see me recently with a leg ulcer that had not healed for nearly four months. We used low level laser therapy for leg ulcers to treat her condition. This is the result of a once a week treatment with my cold laser probe over…