in my experience Four DVMs have amazing success with therapy lasers
Wonderful tools when used wisely I’ve been using a Class IV K-Laser Tx
for 4+ years and love it. I offer treatments singly or in pack-
ages. For a package of six I usually schedule on MWF for two consecutive weeks. For a package of 10 I may do q2d x 6 or 8 then q7d for the balance, depending on the patient’s response and what I am treating. If I’m treating multiple areas, such as
with multiple joints, I will charge 10% more for each additional area, i.e., if I need to do hips and elbows I will enter in a code for the 6 treatments and as the amount enter 1.3. Clients pay for the package up front.
When they come in, I enter the protocol for the each treatment as NC. It is true that you can undertreat and
not get the proper response but it is also true that you can overtreat and have an adverse response. Excessive wattage, joule penetration and time of exposure can cause thermal injury and therefore have a negative impact on healing. Case in point was when the laser was
used by one of the salespeople doing a demonstration on a staff member, she ended up with blisters where the treat- ment was applied. The use of these instruments needs to
applied appropriately for the area, depth of penetration, and expected result for what you are treating. There are different settings to be
used for superficial versus deep and for edema versus other traumas, for acute injury versus chronic. Used appropriately these lasers
are wonderful but certainly no magic panacea.
Trends magazine, November/December 2010
I have had numerous cases where surgery was avoided as a result of response to laser therapy.
Each treatment will build on the
previous treatment, hence a series of treatments is usually recommended to accomplish a good positive result. I have had numerous cases where
surgery was avoided as a result of response to laser therapy but have also followed up on many surgeries with laser to hasten and improve the heal- ing process. As in any therapeutic regimen, each
patient must be treated individually for his/her current problem, as there is no one size fits all.
Charles Hickey, Jr., DVM
Short Pump Animal Hospital Glen Allen, Va.
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