Lower back and hip pain treatment with cold laser therapy

Lower back and hip pain can be successfully treated with cold laser therapy. Two main approaches can be used to treat the same problem. By stimulating acupuncture points, an important component of Traditional Chinese Medicine and/or by stimulating trigger points a concept used in Western Medicine.

Laser acupuncture:

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine the Energetic Channels passing through the lower back and hip region are the Bladder, the Governor and the Gall bladder Channels.

Pain arises when there is blockage in one or more of these Channels. The blockage can be due to:

• trauma
  
• Invasion of the Channels by Cold, Dampness and Wind.
  
• Deficiency of the Kidney Energy

Low level laser therapy Successfully treated a herniated Lumbar/Sacral Disc

Tatsuhide Abe Abe Orthopaedic Clinic Fukuoka City Fukuoka Prefecture Japan X12'

A 40-year-old woman presented herself at the Abe Orthopaedic Clinic with a 2-year history of lower back pain and pain in the left hip and leg. She was diagnosed as having a ruptured disc between the 5th lumbar/1st sacral vertebrae. The condition had failed to respond to conventional treatment methods including pelvic traction, nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs and dural block anaesthetic injections. MRI scans were made of the affected disc, showing it protruding on the left side through the dural membrane. The gallium aluminium arsenide (GaAlAs) diode laser (830 nm, 60 mW) was used in outpatient therapy. After 7 months, the patient's condition had dramatically improved. This was demonstrated by motility exercises. The improvement was confirmed by further MRI scans, which showed clearly the normal condition of the previously herniated L5/S1 disc.

Please be advised that individual results for any given person using laser therapy cannot be guaranteed, nor can they be predicted with absolute accuracy. Results do vary.