Arthritis, Knee & Neck Pain – Canada

Imagine a therapy that eliminates pain from injuries, arthritis, knee and neck pain and many other conditions, that is non-invasive and drug-free. Well, imagine no more! Such a thing exists…it is called the Bioflex Laser System. Laser Therapy, also known as LILT (Low Intensity Laser Therapy) is a Class 3 laser which does not generate heat (not to be confused with Class 4 hot lasers that surgeons use) that helps heal diseased or traumatized tissue, reduces inflammation and eliminates pain. To learn more about how laser therapy works, visit the website listed below. Let me share with you how I came to use LILT in my practice.

As a Reflexology Therapist, you are probably wondering how in the world did I get involved with laser therapy. Well, I work at a massage therapy clinic where the owner invested in a Bioflex Laser system; I witnessed her clients come into the clinic with pain and leave without pain. However, it wasn’t until I incurred my own injuries that I fully realized the amazing healing abilities of LILT.

While setting up a massage table, I injured my groin muscle (namely the adductor and pectineus muscles). Just assuming that Father Time would heal my injury, I left it for a month at which time I re-injured those muscles. Finally, after a couple of months of pain, I decided to try laser therapy. Several sessions later, the area was completely healed! Why did I wait two months?! Apparently, I didn’t get the message too quickly as you’ll see when you read about my next injury.

While in the process of getting down to kneel on the floor, a ligament in my knee rolled out of place; instead of stopping what I was doing, I continued to get down on the floor thinking it would just roll into place once I was on my knees again, instead I felt a terrible snap and a lot of pain. After that, my knee would lock when going down and up the stairs, and I couldn’t put any weight on it to transfer to the next stair. After two months of pain, I decided to try laser therapy again, and my knee is now back to normal! Well, now, I’m an absolute believer! And when I believe in something, I’m a little bit like the Town Crier!

In my reflexology practice, many of my clients would tell me about their aches and pains. In my personal life, I noticed how many friends and family had aches and pains. That is when I decided to invest in my own Bioflex Laser System which I did in July 2013. Since returning from the Laser Certification Training, I have been very busy doing laser therapy sessions; adding the laser therapy has boosted my reflexology practice and the clientele has definitely grown. Below are only three of many client success stories.

My first client was my “skeptical” husband, Don, who has suffered for four decades with football (North American-style) and baseball knees. He has endured many surgeries on both knees and had the left knee completely replaced nine years ago. The right knee, always swollen and inflamed, had a lot of scar tissue inside the knee and locked on him when descending stairs. After laser therapy, he is a believer! He was so amazed that all the swelling disappeared and his knee now actually has definition. The pain is gone, and he can now walk down the stairs normally!

Patti, a 50-year old woman who makes and sells her own line of jewellery, was diagnosed with tendonitis of the thumb and pain in the thenar eminence. This condition was excruciatingly painful and severely decreased her ability to do many things as her hands were in constant pain and she had no gripping power at all. For a year, she tried many different treatments and medications. Nothing helped, until she tried laser therapy. She, like my husband, was amazed that the swelling disappeared, and her thumbs, which looked like big, fat sausages for a year, now have definition. Her hands are now pain-free and functioning normally!

Cathy is a 63 year-old woman with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), with the right leg going lame (which she thought was due to the MS) causing her to walk differently and so she developed Plantar Fasciitis (PF), a very painful foot condition which can be caused by anything from the waist on down. I specialize in PF which is why she came to see me. While she was lying supine on the massage table for the first half of the PF protocol, I noticed that she was very uncomfortable and in quite a bit of pain. When asked, she explained that she has Degenerative Disk Disease (DDD) in the thoracic and lumbar areas of her back and stenosis which is a narrowing of the opening of the spinal canal which houses the spinal cord. These two conditions cause her a lot of pain (9.0 on the 0-10.0 pain scale), throbbing and aching. Lying supine aggravated her condition and made the pain worse. Well, I definitely did not want my client leaving the clinic in more pain than when she arrived! So when she was lying prone for the second half of the PF protocol, I explained how laser worked and that it was really effective for eliminating pain. She definitely wanted to give laser a try, so I customized a shorter session to fit into the remaining time of her appointment. When she returned for her next PF session two weeks later, she said she would rather have a full laser treatment for her back. She continues to have laser therapy twice a month. Her back is now pain-free and her leg has returned to normal functional levels (so it was not the MS causing the lameness in her leg, it was the DDD and stenosis) and she no longer has PF because she is walking normally! She is continuing laser treatments twice a month as this keeps her pain-free, greatly improving her quality of life and activities.

If you have pain from a condition or a new injury, DO NOT procrastinate (like I did!). Go for laser therapy right away…the sooner the better. To find out more about Bioflex Laser Therapy or to find a clinic near you (available in over 15 countries), please visit www.bioflexlaser.com.

Donna Jones, RCRT
Registered Canadian Reflexology Therapist
Certified Laser Therapist