K-Laser Cube Plus 30 Medical Therapy

K-Laser Cube Plus 30 Medical Therapy

Why Some Systems Don’t Offer Hands-Free Therapy

Before we start to review all the options for hands free systems, let’s review when unattended therapy is NOT appropriate.

1. Hands-free systems are not used for veterinary or equine therapy. There are unattended LED systems that are built into a wrap for these applications but the dosages a small fraction of the dosage you can get with a laser.
2. Any system that focuses the energy down into a point probe is not application for hands free operation. This is because the treatment time for trigger points and acupoints is less than 1 minute per point (typically 20 to 30 seconds) so it would be pointless to try and walk away from a fast moving laser puncture session.
3. Hands-free therapy is also not applicable for some class-4 systems including the Pilot and LiteForce™ systems. This is mainly because the treatment area is too small compared to the power output of the system. These must be kept moving in many cases to avoid tissue heating. Leaving a patient alone with one of these lasers is just too risky. Also, these systems can delivery power so quickly that they can deliver the same dosage that you would target in a typical unattended therapy session in just a couple minutes or they can deliver much higher dosages in the same amount of time.

Comparing Direct Versus Hands-Free Therapy

With most attended therapy protocols, the laser is constantly moved over the treatment area because the treatment area is larger than the laser emitter area. In general, there is not much difference between applying 10 joules per point manually over 10 one inch treatment points or 100 to all 10 treatment points at the same time but there are 2 differences.

1. In attended therapy, the emitter can be pushed into the skin to displace some blood allowing for a slightly higher energy efficiency in pushing the energy directly to deep damaged cells.
2. There can be some loss in air due to absorption of energy into the dirt floating around the room.

Both of these reductions are relatively small so we increase the treatment time by small percentage to offset the losses.

Unattended Therapy is best for treating conditions with larger treatment areas or that require high dosages. Hand free therapy is commonly used for treating the following condition with a broad coverage medium power laser:

• Back and Neck Pain including Herniated Disk
• Knee, ankle and shoulder pain
• Hip Sprains and Injuries
• Tennis Elbow
• Foot pain including Calcaneal Spurs and Achilles Tendonitis
• Wrist injuries including radial-carpal sprains
• Neuropathy
• Broad Arthritis

The following is a list of some of the lasers on the market that are appropriate for unattended operation.