Laser Therapy?
Hello, my name is Linda and I'm new to this forum, so please excuse me if I don't work it right.
I have mild MS and am on a fairly mild 5000IU of Vitamin D daily. Also trying to do yoga, but it gets harder to balance each time I try.
Then someone suggested to do laser therapy (course he has a vested interest to having me come in week after week as he collects a tidy $95 per session). Has anyone had any experience? They basically put the pad on the back of my neck, and on the base of my spine, and let it hum for 40 minutes, then they use a pointer on my neck. Is it just in the mind, or has anyone heard this works? It's kinda expensive, so don't want to keep it going if it is baloney.
Hi @lindaetob and welcome. I haven't heard of laser therapy. Can I assume this is Cold Laser Therapy? If so, it's a form of Pain Management Therapy. I'm not sure how this would work with MS, where most pain is neuropathic. I found this website, https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/pain-management/cold-laser-therapy-advantages-and-disadvantages , which suggests one of the main disadvantages is the frequency and cost of treatment.
There are many alternative treatments out there that don't work on MS. Are you on any traditional treatment, if you aren't you probably need to talk to your neuro about starting one. If you are a change might be in order. I started one as soon as I was diagnosed, I wanted to slow down this disease as much a possible. It has been ten years and I haven't had any relapses or further damage. Potter