Photobiomodulation is one of the most widely used treatments in sports medicine to provide pain relief and injury rehabilitation. More than 200 randomized clinical trials have been published on low-level laser therapy, half of which address pain.
This therapy reduces pain and inflammation, accelerates the healing of muscle and joint tissue 25 to 35 percent faster than without treatment, and reconnects the neurological pathways of the nerves to the brainstem, reducing pain.
The laser helps the body reduce pain and inflammation via a process known as photobiomodulation.
If applied to the upper cervical area, it has the potential to help patients dealing with Cervicogenic headache (CGHA) by impacting inflammation, improving cervical muscle endurance, and reducing pain as it relates to peripheral nociception.
Dr. Amer uses this treatment, as well as a manual manipulation of your jaw joint, the “TMJ”, to relieve the spasmodic muscles around the skull that are the main cause of the migraine headache.