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Cold laser therapy beams light energy at your skin to reduce pain and inflammation deep within an area of your body, like your knee. It’s used to treat knee pain from osteoarthritis (OA), as well as low back pain, fibromyalgia, tendonitis, nerve pain, and sports injuries.

Cold laser therapy was first developed in the 1960s. It’s also called low-level laser therapy (LLLT), soft laser therapy, or photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT).

Pros of Cold Laser Therapy for Knee Pain

Cold laser therapy has been shown to relieve mild to moderate OA knee pain, as well as improve sensitivity to pressure and joint flexibility.

Cold laser therapy may also:

• Open up blood vessels to ease swelling
• Help your immune system create more chemicals that heal tissue
• Build more connective tissue in your knee
• Trigger endorphins, natural hormones that ease pain

Nondrug alternative– Cold laser therapy is a drug-free alternative to opioids for knee pain. Opioids can be highly addictive when used for chronic pain, and they can cause side effects like constipation, nausea, or drowsiness.

Noninvasive- Cold laser therapy doesn’t cut into your skin to treat knee pain, so it isn’t invasive like surgery.

For cold laser therapy to be work, your doctor or technician must adjust the light dose, intensity, frequency, position, and length of treatment. If any of these is off, it may not work at all.

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