Diagnosed with Arthritis Knee Pain? Then Cold Laser Therapy May Be the Answer to Your Knee Pain…
A research study performed on patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the knee reported that 82% of patients suffering with knee pain and decreased joint mobility noted a significant removal of knee pain and recovery of joint mobility after receiving cold laser treatments. The research study concluded Cold Laser Therapy is concluded to be a safe, effective, and noninvasive alternative to conventional surgical and medical treatment modalities for patients diagnosed with Osteoarthritis of the knee.
If you have osteoarthritis knee pain and suffer with decreased joint mobility then Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program may be able to help you. Join the hundreds of former knee pain sufferers we have helped and call our office today at 214-596-1051.
If you live in the Dallas or Fort Worth Metroplex and would like more information about my Cold Laser Knee Program fill out the form on the right side of this screen to get your FREE report mailed to you today!
Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001”
Positive Outcomes for Infrared diode laser in low reactive-level laser therapy (cold laser) for knee osteoarthritis. M.A. Trelles, J.Rigau, P. Sala, G. Calderhead, T. Ohshiro. Laser Therapy, (1991): 3(4): 149-153.
Cold Laser Therapy, a Non-Drug Alternative for the Management of Chronic Pain
Unfortunately, addiction to pain killers has become a common problem throughout the United States. It’s almost impossible to have a day go by where the news isn’t reporting of another celebrity in rehab for drug addiction. Usually, a person will innocently start taking prescribed pain –killers as a way to help relieve chronic pain, and then overtime they become addicted and it spins out of control. Fortunately, Cold laser therapy has long ago been proven to be a drug free, safe treatment to help relieve chronic pain. Recently researchers in Australia have discovered that cold laser therapy has a direct effect on nerve cells by blocking the signals that transmit pain. They found that Cold lasers create a laser induced neural blockade by affecting the flow of cellular materials down the long axon of the nerve cells. As a result, the patient experiences laser induced pain-relief. Once again, the research proves that the application of cold laser therapy provides a drug-free, safe, and effective alternative for the management of chronic pain.
Dr. Alexandra Schnee primarily treats patients suffering with chronic knee pain due to knee surgery, arthritis, bursitis, ‘bone on bone’, tendonitis, meniscus/cartilage tears, and Baker’s Cyst’s. However, at the DFW Spine & Joint Center we have programs available that can help most conditions that cause chronic pain. For instance, we treat musculoskeletal conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, sciatica, disc and nerve problems, hip, ankle, foot, hand and wrist pain, etc… Dr. Robert Hanson, an associate at the DFW Spine & Joint Center, also offers a very successful non-surgical program that treats herniated, bulging, degenerated discs, stenosis, and pinched nerves with Cold Laser/Spinal Decompression Therapy.
If you live in the Dallas/ Fort-Worth Metroplex and would like more information about how to get rid of your chronic knee pain and Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program please call our office at 214-596-1051.Or fill out the form on the right hand side of this page and a FREE 16 page report about “cold laser therapy and knee pain” will be mailed to you within 72 hours.
Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001.”
Chow RT, David MA, Armati PJ. 830nm laser irradiation induces varicosity formation, reduces mitochondrial membrane potential and blocks fast axonal flow in small and medium diameter rat dorsal root ganglion neurons: implications for the analgesic effects of 830nm laser: J Peripheral Nerve Syst. 2007 Mar; 12(1):28-39.
Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Actually Contributes to ‘Bone on Bone’
A newer study published in Arthritis and Rheumatism suggests arthroscopic procedures might actually contribute to cartilage degeneration. This includes patients that undergo arthroscopic surgery for meniscus tears and arthritis. If the meniscus is shaved or removed it doesn’t grow back. As a result, arthritis will likely occur in the knee joint. In addition, when arthroscopic surgery is performed on an arthritic knee to ‘clean it out’ cartilage is removed. The outcome leaves the patient with less cartilage that won’t grow back, and more arthritic changes eventually occur in the knee.
Whether a patient undergoes an arthroscopic procedure for arthritis or for a meniscus tear it leaves a patient vulnerable to arthritic changes in the knee which unfortunately may lead to knee replacements later in life.
“I had Arthroscopic surgery on both knees (for cartilage tears) which caused Arthritis behind my knee caps. (After the surgery) I experienced pain daily and constantly in both knees. I (also) had tenderness and swelling on the inside of my knee caps. I couldn’t stand for more than a few minutes before the pain became severe.
After completing treatments with Dr. Schnee I don’t waddle when I walk and I have less limping. The swelling and pain has gone down tremendously and I can now stand for more than 5 minutes without needing a chair!!”- Sandra M., Irving, TX
Located in Irving, Texas, the DFW Spine & Joint Center includes a team of professionals that are dedicated to improving your quality of life. Professional and amateur athletes, dancers, musicians, retirees and people who are just suffering with pain go to the DFW Spine & Joint Center for care. Using the facility to improve their condition, thousands of successful cases have been treated since 2001.
Dr. Alexandra Schnee primarily treats patients suffering with knee pain due to unsuccessful knee surgery, arthritis, bursitis, ‘bone on bone’, tendonitis, meniscus/cartilage tears, and Baker’s Cyst’s. However, at the DFW Spine & Joint Center we have programs available that can help most musculoskeletal conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, sciatica, disc and nerve problems, hip, ankle, foot, hand and wrist pain, etc… For instance Dr. Robert Hanson, an associate at the DFW Spine & Joint Center, offers a very successful non-surgical program that treats herniated, bulging, degenerated discs, stenosis, and pinched nerves with Cold Laser/Spinal Decompression Therapy.
If you live in the Dallas/ Fort-Worth Metroplex and would like more information about Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program or any of our other programs please call our office at 214-596-1051, or fill out the form on the right hand side of this page and a FREE 16 page report about the treatments will be mailed to you within 72 hours.
Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001.”
References: Hotzel, Tom. Knee Replacement from the Patient’s Point of View. Velocity Press. Pg.2.
Albert Einstein and the History of Cold Laser Therapy
Cold Laser Therapy or Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) has been used in clinical practice all around the world for over four decades. In 1916 Albert Einstein conceived the theory of Light Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation or LASER. In 1967 Professor Andre Mester began using low power lasers in medicine. Today, Dr. Mester is recognized as the grandfather of laser therapy. Presently there is an entire branch of science devoted to photobiology, which is the study of how light affects living things.
Since 1967 there have been over 2,500 clinical studies published worldwide. Many of these studies are double-blinded, placebo-controlled and have demonstrated cold laser therapy to be a proven method for pain relief. Cold laser therapy can stimulate all cell types including those that help make muscle, ligament, cartilage, nerves, etc. so a number of conditions can be treated including but not limited to: Arthritis pain, back, neck pain, knee pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, bursitis, trigger points, nerve and disc pain, and post operative pain.
Dr. Alexandra Schnee primarily treats patients suffering with knee pain due to knee surgery, arthritis, bursitis, ‘bone on bone’, tendonitis, meniscus/cartilage tears, and Baker’s Cyst’s. However, at the DFW Spine & Joint Center we have programs available that can help most musculoskeletal conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, sciatica, disc and nerve problems, hip, ankle, foot, hand and wrist pain, etc… For instance Dr. Robert Hanson, an associate at the DFW Spine & Joint Center, offers a very successful non-surgical program that treats herniated, bulging, degenerated discs, stenosis, and pinched nerves with Cold Laser/Spinal Decompression Therapy.
If you live in the Dallas/ Fort-Worth Metroplex and would like more information about Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program please call our office at 214-596-1051, or fill out the form on the right hand side of this page and a FREE 16 page report about the treatments will be mailed to you within 72 hours.
Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001.”
Low-Level Laser Therapy a Trend in Treatment for Knee Pain
Low-level laser therapy (cold laser therapy) was featured in the March 2009 edition of Parade Magazine. The article was entitled Keep Your Knees Healthy by Michael O’Shea.
In this article the author gave useful tips to help keeping your knees healthy so that “you don’t become one of the 20% of Americans over 60 with significant knee pain.”
A few of the tips discussed were keeping a healthy weight, exercising, consulting with a doctor, and different trends in knee treatment. One of the trends he mentions in the article to help treat knee pain, and get pain free sooner is low-level laser therapy!
Low-Level Laser Therapy continues to gain recognition as a safe, non-invasive, painless treatment to help end knee pain without the typical downsides of surgery, shots or medications.
If you live in the Dallas/ Fort-Worth Metroplex and would like more information about Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program please call our office at 214-596-1051, or fill out the form on the right hand side of this page and a FREE 16 page report about Cold Laser Therapy and Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program will be mailed to you within 72 hours.
Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001.”
I’ve Already Had Knee Surgery Am I Still a Potential Candidate For Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program?
The good news is that knee surgery is NOT a contraindication for receiving cold laser treatments. As a matter of fact the two most common surgeries patients have had prior to getting treated in our office are arthroscopic knee surgery and/or a total knee replacement. After undergoing unsuccessful arthroscopic knee surgery or a total knee replacement the most common complaints from people is pain, swelling, stiffness and/ or decreased range of motion.
Cold laser therapy is a highly effective treatment for those who have undergone surgery and are still complaining of knee pain. Cold laser therapy is a conservative treatment that painlessly reduces/eliminates pain, swelling, and stiffness and increases range of motion in the joint. During treatments not only are multiple cold lasers utilized, but several other modalities, including therapeutic exercises, are performed to accelerate the healing process.
Depending on the tissue damage and the severity of the condition people usually need a series of knee treatments. Fortunately, unlike surgery, there is no downtime with treatments, and people can go back to their usual activities or work immediately after the therapy.
Located in Irving, Texas, the DFW Spine & Joint Center includes a team of professionals that are dedicated to improving your quality of life. World champions, sports legends, professional and amateur athletes, dancers, musicians, and people who are just suffering with pain go to the DFW Spine & Joint Center for care. Using the facility to improve their condition, thousands of successful cases have been treated since 2001.
Dr. Alexandra Schnee primarily treats patients suffering with knee pain due to unsuccessful knee surgery, arthritis, bursitis, ‘bone on bone’, tendonitis, meniscus/cartilage tears, and Baker’s Cyst’s. However, at the DFW Spine & Joint Center we have programs available that can help most musculoskeletal conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, sciatica, disc and nerve problems, hip, ankle, foot, hand and wrist pain, etc… For instance Dr. Robert Hanson, an associate at the DFW Spine & Joint Center, offers a very successful non-surgical program that treats herniated, bulging, degenerated discs, stenosis, and pinched nerves with Cold Laser/Spinal Decompression Therapy.
If you live in the Dallas/ Fort-Worth Metroplex and you would like more information about Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program please call our office at 214-596-1051, or fill out the form on the right hand side of this page and a FREE 16 page report about the treatments will be mailed to you within 72 hours.
Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001.”
Cold Lasers Are Far More Effective Than Light Emitting Diodes (LED) and Super Luminous Diodes (SLD) for Treating Deeper Joint, Soft Tissue Conditions
Phototherapy is the general term for light therapy. Light energy can be produced by a variety of devices such as Light Emitting Diodes, Super Luminous Diodes and Cold Lasers (low-level lasers). All three of these devices have therapeutic effects; however, the depth of penetration and tissue that is affected greatly varies between all three forms of therapy. Due to their unique properties and penetration depth Cold Lasers are far more powerful then LED’s or SLD’s, so they are more effective at treating deeper conditions.
LED’s (light emitting diodes) and SLD’s (super luminous diodes), produce broader beams of light that are referred to as non-coherent light sources. This type of light therapy is dimmer and is not as photoactive as cold lasers but can be very helpful for treating superficial wounds, ulcers and burns. LED’s will normally penetrate less than 1 cm. SLD’s are more powerful and can penetrate about 2.5 cm below the skins surface. LED’s and SLD’s are often sold to consumers on the internet or on infomercials they are not considered true cold lasers or low-level lasers.
In contrast, Cold Lasers (low-level lasers) produce coherent light waves. Coherence is at term that refers to light that is well ordered, and has synchronized light waves and has shown to be more active at deeper tissue levels. Coherence is a very unique property found only in lasers. This property is maintained when the light enters the tissue. Therefore, cold lasers are used to treat deeper joint and soft tissue conditions so discs, nerves, tendons, ligaments, muscle and other soft tissues are able to be treated. True Cold Lasers with a wavelength around 830*nm can penetrate 1-4 inches deep with a lateral spread of 1.5 inches. The wavelength of the laser is also important. For the deepest penetration 790nm-830nm has shown to be far more effective in treating tissue than any other wavelength. This is important because not all cold lasers are created equal. In our office we use FDA cleared, IIIB cold lasers such as the ML830™, Med X™, Apollo™ etc. when treating knee pain so that we can get to the source of the problem.
If you live in the Dallas or Fort Worth Metroplex and are tired of suffering from knee pain, and would like more information about my Cold Laser Knee Program fill out the form on the right side of this screen to get your FREE report mailed to you today!
This blog is meant to be interactive, and informative. I’ll be adding new information regularly on this blog, so stay tuned. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to share them below.
Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001.”
References: Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. Volume 23, Number 4, 2005; Pp. 431-434
Why Choose Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Pain Program?
Originally, I was one of the only doctors in the DFW area using Cold Lasers or Low-Level Lasers. Now, after several years and over 18,000 successful treatments later, there are a few more doctors that offer cold laser treatments. However, there are no other doctors who I know of that use cold lasers to solely treat knee pain sufferers.
I do not use a cookie cutter approach to patient care. In my office, patients with knee pain undergo a customized program depending on their knee condition to get the maximum benefits in the shortest amount of time. I can choose from five different lasers so that patients get the proper care for their condition, and most of the time I combine multiple lasers to achieve the best results. My office uses world renowned lasers such as MedX™, ML830™, Apollo™, Quantum™ etc. It is important to note that even though cold laser makes up a large part of our knee program there are other therapies that are used in conjunction with the laser, so that you get optimal, long lasting results.
Our goal is to help relieve pain, decrease swelling, increase range of motion and flexibility. Ultimately, we want to help patients avoid knee surgery, and for many knee pain sufferers we are able to help them achieve that goal. That is why our program is so successful, and every week we have patients who drive in or fly in from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and from other cities outside of Dallas/ Fort Worth and stay in a hotel just so they can get the relief they need to help them avoid surgery. Many of my patients travel far distances to complete treatments with us even though there are doctors that are closer to them. They choose to receive care in my office because of our great reputation and stellar results with treating patients suffering from knee pain.
Any doctor can own Cold Laser Therapy equipment, but this does not mean they are proficient at it. NOT every doctor understands laser or has devoted their time to laser therapy. There are offices that claim to do laser therapy, but do not use true cold lasers. In addition, there are offices that don’t allot the time needed to administer the cold laser properly, and they wave a laser over a patient for a few minutes and refer to that as a treatment.
At the DFW Spine & Joint Center our Cold Laser Knee Program is effective because we use true cold lasers, allot proper time, and cover all bases so that you have the highest probability of a complete and lasting recovery.
If you have knee pain, and live in the Dallas/ Fort Worth Metroplex or surrounding areas, and would like more information about our Cold Laser Therapy Knee Program please fill out the form on the right hand side of this screen. A FREE Knee Pain Report will be mailed to you within 72 hours. Or if you have questions please call our office at 214-596-1051.
This blog is meant to be interactive, and informative. I’ll be adding new information regularly on this blog, so stay tuned. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to share them below.
Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001”
Dr. Schnee Introduces Her Blog On Cold Laser Therapy In Irving, TX
Hi, my name is Dr. Alexandra Schnee, and since 2001 I have been in private practice and clinic director of the DFW Spine & Joint Center.
I often get asked why I chose to focus solely on knees and why I incorporated cold laser therapy into my practice. The answer is simple. Years ago I tore the meniscus in my knee practicing yoga. Arthroscopic surgery was recommended by the doctor who consulted with me. I knew that if I had surgery it would promote arthritis in my knee, and probably set me up for a future knee replacement because the cartilage or meniscus that was removed during surgery would never grow back. Surgery was not what I wanted! I knew that I needed to try a safe, nonsurgical option FIRST!
As a result, I studied and researched all of my options available to fix my knee pain. The most common suggestion was to take medication or have a cortisone shot. Fortunately, I knew that those were not solutions to the problem instead medications/shots would just mask the knee pain. Physical therapy was also suggested, but wasn’t an option for me because it would do nothing to heal or repair the problem.
I had first learned about cold laser therapy in college, so I decided to do more research about the topic. I found thousands of published studies and I discovered that the therapy was being performed in hospitals and clinics in Europe and Asia for decades. I was pleased to find out that general practitioners, orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, pain management doctors, and chiropractors had been using low-level lasers, aka cold lasers, for years. They successfully treated and managed patients suffering from a variety of joint and soft tissue problems. Doctors were using lasers to help heal and repair tissue, reduce/eliminate pain, and decrease swelling and inflammation.
At that point, I knew that I had found a treatment for my knee pain that made sense, was safe and had tons of research to support its efficacy. I decided that I had nothing to lose, and that cold laser treatments were the best option for my situation.
In my case not only was the cold laser treatment effective but I was able to avoid knee surgery, and I was able to get back to doing everything I loved. At that time, my experience also helped me realize that cold laser therapy was being underutilized in the United States to help treat musculoskeletal problems.
Fortunately, now all of that has changed, since 2001 cold lasers have been FDA cleared and are utilized all over the United States by doctors in rehabilitation centers, hospitals, and in clinics.
Cold laser therapy made such a profound impact in my life that after I graduated Valedictorian of my class with a Doctor of Chiropractic Degree, I received extensive training on the topic, and over the years I have successfully incorporated cold lasers with other therapies to create a specialized Cold Laser Knee Program for patients suffering with knee pain. In my office we use this cutting edge technology to treat patients suffering from knee pain due to meniscus/cartilage problems, arthritis, baker’s cyst, tendonitis, bursitis, ‘bone on bone’, sprains/strains… etc. Since 2001 I have successfully completed over 18,000 cold laser treatments, and I constantly train other doctors on how to properly use cold lasers. In 2007 I wrote an article about Knee Pain and Baby Boomers, and that same year I was invited to join the renowned Medical Advisory Board for Microlight lasers. In April 2009 I was chosen as Doctor of the Month after my article on Cold Laser Therapy was peer-reviewed and published on Spine-Health.com. I am Texas Board Certified and National Board Certified. I am also a member of the North American Association of Laser Therapy.
If you live in the Dallas or Fort Worth Metroplex and would like more information about my Cold Laser Knee Program fill out the form on the right side of this screen to get your FREE report mailed to you today!
This blog is meant to be interactive, and informative. I’ll be adding new information regularly on this blog, so stay tuned. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to share them below.
Article by Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001”
