If you are being treated on an easily accessible body part, wear loose-fitting clothing that can easily expose the area that will receive treatment. If you are receiving laser therapy on your back, shoulder, hips, etc.. a gown will be provided.

Each laser appointment is scheduled for 30 minutes. During that session, you will receive 10-30 minutes of laser therapy, depending on which areas of the body we are treating. If you are needing two body parts lasered, such as both knees, both elbows, etc., these can be treated in the same session. You will see the option to choose TWO body parts in the booking section.

Some people feel a reduction in pain right after the first treatment, but noticeable lasting pain relief usually begins around session 3 or 4. 8-10 sessions are recommended for long-term tissue healing.

The more mitochondria the cells have, the more effective and quicker the laser therapy begins to help. Tendons and ligaments have fewer mitochondria than muscle tissue and, therefore, can take longer to heal.

It’s always important to note that these are just estimates. Depending on many factors, such as the age of the injury, the overall health of the cells in your body, your diet, etc., these can affect the time needed to feel results.

When you initially begin laser therapy, the recommended protocol is 3 times in your first week of treatments. This gives your body the best chance of triggering a strong healing response. If you wait too long between treatments, we lose some of the gains we made.

After your initial week twice a week after the first week is recommended for the most effective healing response, especially in the beginning.

Post-surgery, chronic conditions or immediately following a new injury I recommend twice a week for the first 3-4 weeks and once a week after that for as many weeks as it is still helping to reduce the pain, reduce inflammation and increase circulation.

For ongoing maintenance once a week for as long as you say it’s helping is my recommendation!

Unfortunately, not at this time. You may use your HSA card when booking. It’s up to your HSA administrator if they will allow this to be covered.

Yes! Please see the booking page

Cold Lasers are any laser that does not burn tissue. Class 4 lasers, LLLT and HILT are all cold lasers. Hot lasers can cauterize tissue during surgery, burn off moles, or cosmetic lasers that remove the surface layer of your skin. A laser that can burn tissue is classified as a Hot Laser.

Class 4 Lasers (High Intensity Laser Therapy) are cold lasers that can penetrate light into the tissue at the deepest level with burning tissue. There are no Class 5 Lasers. Class 4 Lasers are generally between 15-40 Watts in power and have a wavelength between 810-980 nanometers. This has been proven to be the wavelength that triggers the body to accelerate healing the most effectively. These are HILT lasers which means High-Intensity-Laser-Therpy.

LLLT stands for Low-Level Light Therapy. This refers to lasers that have a maximum light output of 632 to 904 nm. These lasers are effective for many issues but not as effective as High Intensity Laser Therapy.

Photobiomodulation happens in the body when the cells receive light from a laser. Photo = light, Bio = body, Modulation = modifying.

Deep Tissue Laser Therapy describes all of the above terms in one phrase and is easy to remember and the most descriptive. At Ignite Laser Therapy, we use a Class 4 HILT Laser.

Yes! Hundreds. I have posted some on my Scientific Studies page. I will be adding more as I have time!