How Low Level Laser Treatment for Vertigo Can Help You Find Relief

Low Laser therapy can be used in a variety of ways, even laser treatment for vertigo symptoms. It is growing in traditional medical practice and used as complementary or alternative therapy for many ailments, but what is it exactly?

What is Low Laser Therapy?

Laser therapy is a form of medicine that applies low-level lasers to the surface of the skin with the goal to relieve pain or stimulate and enhance cell function. During the procedure, you can feel the laser device touching your skin, however it is painless and noninvasive. It is not a surgery, and we do not recommend surgery for vertigo treatment.

Unlike surgery for vertigo, cold laser therapy doesn’t have the risks involved with invasive surgeries, which include:

• Permanent hearing loss
• Facial paralysis
• Infections
• Headaches
• Numbness
• Leakage of spinal fluid

Possible Risks of Low Laser Therapy

As stated, low level surgery is very safe to use. There are only a few factors that could cause cold laser not to be the right fit for you:

• Pregnancy – The effects of low laser therapy on a fetus are unknown, so best to avoid
• Abnormal skin growth – if you have cell tissue masses or tumors, cold laser is not recommended.

Several practitioners could employ the use of cold laser therapy for a variety of reasons. Doctors may recommend it for treatment in minor injuries or strains. Some common uses of laser therapy include:

• Neck, knee or lower back pain
• Muscle strain
• Reducing swelling
• Tendonitis
• Fibromyalgia pain
• Frozen shoulder
• Arthritis
• Tendonitis
• Psoriasis
• Burns
• Vitiligo

Using Laser Treatment for Vertigo

Oftentimes when discussing vertigo, it has to do with our sense of balance and the vestibular system. The vestibular system is a complex sensory system that regulates our balance and spatial orientation, this helps you to stand, walk, and move around your environment without falling or feeling disoriented. Proper functioning of this system is important for our daily lives, so when something disturbs the vestibular system, we can experience dizziness and balance issues. Using low level laser therapy can help stimulate the areas connected to the vestibular nerve and aid in reducing or removing vertigo symptoms all together.

Opting to use laser treatment for vertigo instead of an invasive surgery is highly recommended. So how is this done? During treatment, low-intensity lasers are administered on the affected area, for vertigo sufferers this will be the neck and the head. Focusing on this area with cold laser therapy helps relax and balance the vestibular centers of the spine and reduce inflammation. This is to allow for your cervical spine to return to proper working order and eliminate vertigo symptoms, as many vertigo sufferers have damage to their cervical spine.

Other Treatments for Vertigo

Cold laser therapy is essential to ensuring the cervical spine is in proper working order, and to eliminate any blockages. It is something we here at Align Wellness Center use in every case, but there are also other options available to treating your vertigo. 

To start with, you need to make sure your vertigo is properly diagnosed. There are a handful of vertigo tests available that can help you find a treatment plan that can lead to relief from vertigo. These tests can get you on the right track, but for those suffering from vertigo spins right now and are looking for immediate relief, there are several maneuvers that can help get you out of the vertigo spins immediately. We also encourage you to download our free 5-step vertigo guide that will also give you some great ways to relieve vertigo symptoms.

At Align Wellness Center, we have helped thousands of patients that have suffered with vertigo and wonder if laser treatment for vertigo could help them. Those patients are finally starting to see relief from vertigo and are feeling better overall for it. Vertigo can improve drastically through corrective chiropractic care.

If you or someone you know is having vertigo symptoms, they need to be looked at by a corrective chiropractor and ensure the cervical spine is in alignment as well as other areas of the body. If you’re looking for a chiropractor that will take a natural and holistic approach to helping you with your issues with vertigo and sleep apnea, give us a call, even if you’re out of our area, we can look to connect you with a chiropractor near you.

We offer an in-depth exam to determine exactly what we can do to help with as much detail for you as possible. It is called the 3-Dimensional BioStructural Analysis, and the process involves the following:  

• Timeline history
• Digital posture exam
• 3-Dimensional posture exam
• Chiropractic, Neurological, and Physical Exam
• Spinal radiographs (if needed)
• Digital biomechanical analysis of your spine
• Insurance verification (by our insurance team)
• Separate time to go over the results of your test within a day or two, where we will go over:
  • What is going on
  • If we can help
  • What the best next step is for you
  • Any investment in your health that is necessary

If you’re interested, you can schedule an appointment for a 3-Dimensional BioStructural Analysis here. If you’d like tips on how you can stay healthy and well without drugs and surgery, go ahead and check out other articles on this site. If you continue to struggle with vertigo give us a call at Align Wellness Center (847) 860-6599 or schedule an appointment online. Contact us today or stop by the office. We’re located at 900 Skokie Blvd., Suite 113, Northbrook, IL, 60062.