If you suffer from arthritis, back pain, or another condition that causes inflammation in your body, ask a chiropractor about laser therapy. Chronic inflammation can interfere with almost everything you do in life, including your job. Laser therapy offers relief from chronic inflammation at the source. Learn more about chronic inflammation and how laser therapy treats it below.

How Does Chronic Inflammation Affect You?

Inflammation is one of your body's natural defenses against disease, injury, and trauma. Inflammation can occur immediately after something affects your body, or it can occur in the future. Once your body heals, the inflammation goes away. However, some people experience inflammation throughout their lifetime. Chiropractors refer to long-term inflammation as chronic. 

Chronic inflammation generally causes persistent symptoms to occur in the body, including pain. The symptoms can linger for days, months, or even years at a time. For example, some people who suffer from arthritis may experience persistent pain for three or more months at a time. The severity of the pain may fluctuate during the day or night, depending on the individuals experiencing it. 

If you suffer from chronic inflammation of the body and need a solution for it, speak to a chiropractor about laser therapy.

How Does Laser Therapy Help?

Laser therapy, or phototherapy, tackles persistent pain and other symptoms of inflammation at the source. Chiropractors use special handheld devices called therapy lasers to target different areas of the body. The lasers help inflammation subside on the body by allowing tissues to regenerate, rebuild, and heal quickly.

Chiropractors use different types of therapy lasers to complete their treatments, including cold therapy lasers and high-level therapy lasers. Cold therapy lasers use low levels of laser light to treat inflammation, while high-level therapy lasers use higher levels of laser light to address inflammation. A chiropractor may use cold therapy treatment on you first. If your inflammation doesn't respond well to cold therapy, a professional will increase the levels of your treatment until your condition improves.

The frequency of your treatments may depend on several factors, including the location of your inflammation. For example, if you suffer from inflammation in a large area of your body, such as in the back or thighs, it may take several trips to the chiropractor to relieve your symptoms. A chiropractor may need sufficient time to reach all of the muscles in your back or thighs. 

If chronic inflammation leaves you in despair, contact a chiropractor and ask about laser therapy today.