Pain,
Set & Match
October
2015 By Dr. Michael T. McNamara, MD
A
pioneer in the speciality of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
SPORTS
INJURIES AND MEDICAL LIGHT THERAPY
During
my 30 years in medicine, Ive treated sports stars such as
basketball Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, Major
tennis and golf champions such as Novak Djokovic and Pádraig
Harrington, along with World Cup winning footballers like Thierry
Henry and Fabian Bartez.
In
that time, Ive used a number of preventive and rehabilitative
sports injuries devices and techniques to get keep my amateur and
professional athletes in the game longer and get them back on their
feet quicker.
As
rewarding as sports can be, injuries can all too often keep professional
athletes from winning tournaments and endorsements, and in the case
of amateur players, representing their countries, counties and communities
with distinction.
So
what do I use today to help prevent sports injuries for my amateur
and professional athletes and treat injuries when they arise? In
a word, BIOPTRON.
Swiss-made
BIOPTRON is a non-invasive, non-drug light therapy treatment that
stimulates the bodys own healing mechanisms via molecular
signaling, circulatory modulation, tissue regeneration and the all
important inflammation reduction.
A
number of commentators report that light therapy has its roots in
the former Soviet Union and East European countries, where it was
used to improve performance and injury recovery in both military
and athletes.
Today,
the application of specific light wavelengths and energies to body
tissues in amateur or professional sports people elicits a complex
chain of positive biochemical responses.
I have treated a wide variety of acute and chronic musculoskeletal
injuries and pain with light therapy, (also know as photo-biostimulation).
Specifically, polarized light has a hugely positive impact on tendon
healing and inflammation and I have accelerated the healing process
for the following injuries with BIOPTRON:
- Tennis
elbow;
- Golfers
elbow;
- Shoulder
rotator cuff strain;
- Tendonitis;
- Calf
and Hamstring injuries;
- Groin
Strain;
- Back
pain;
- Swelling;
- Spasms
and knots;
- Neck
pain;
- Pre
& Post training stiffness
-
Plantar fasciitis;
- Many
more
The clear benefits of light therapy are that they reduce the discomfort
of pain and inflammation while promoting blood flow and the bodys
own tissue repair mechanisms. The net result in clinical studies
of the penetrating polarized light from BIOPTRON suggests increased
strength of tissue repair and minimal scarring.
In both soft tissue and connective tissue injuries, BIOPTRON can
increase the final tensile strength of the healed tissue. By increasing
the amount of collagen production/synthesis and by increasing
the intra and inter-molecular hydrogen bonding in the collagen
molecules, the medical light therapy contributes to improved tensile
strength. The preceding effects combine to achieve an accelerated
healing rate. The time from onset of injury to mature healed wound
is reduced.
Broadly speaking, the benefits of BIOPTRON for sports medicine
can be listed as follows:
- Reduces
inflammation;
- Increases
circulation;
- Boosts
endorphin production;
- Blocks
pain transmitting chemicals;
- Accelerates
healing;
- Eases
pain;
- Non-invasive;
- Pain-free;
- Simple
to operate;
- Safe.
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