Curious About Class 4 Laser Therapy?
Speed up your healing and get out of pain faster!
Class 4 laser therapy, or High-Intensity Laser Therapy (HILT) is an advanced pain relief and healing treatment that uses high-powered laser technology to reduce inflammation, relieve pain, and promote tissue repair. Class 4 laser therapy works by using light energy to jumpstart your body’s natural healing through a process called photobiomodulation. When certain wavelengths of laser are applied to the skin, its light penetrates deep into the tissues, reaching the injured or painful area.
This cutting-edge therapy is commonly used in sports medicine, physical therapy, and chiropractic care to treat conditions such as muscle and neck and low back pain, arthritis, nerve pain, joint pain, tendonitis, bursitis, plantar fasciitis, surgical incisions, and other soft tissue injuries. Class 4 laser therapy is safe, quick, and non-invasive, providing a gentle warming sensation during treatment. Most patients experience noticeable improvement within a few sessions, making it an ideal, drug-free, and surgery-free solution for pain management and recovery. Whether you're recovering from an injury or managing chronic pain, Class 4 laser therapy can help you achieve faster healing and get back to living an active, pain-free life.
How Does Class 4 Laser Therapy Work?
To explain how Class 4 laser therapy works, we need to understand some biology basics. Get ready for a crash course!
Your body runs on energy—kind of like a car needs gas. Inside your cells are little engines (called mitochondria) that make that energy using sugar and oxygen.
But when you're hurt, sick, or just getting older, those engines don’t work as well. A chemical shows up that blocks oxygen from doing its job. That means less energy, more pain, and slower healing.
Class 4 laser therapy uses light to fix that. The light goes deep into your body and helps clear out the stuff that’s blocking the oxygen. Once the oxygen gets back in, your cells can make energy again. That means less pain, less swelling, and faster healing—without needing pills or surgery.
It’s safe, it works, and it helps your body do what it was made to do: heal itself.
What Conditions Can Class 4 Laser Therapy Help?
Class 4 Laser Therapy is a powerful treatment tool used to reduce pain, accelerate tissue healing, and control inflammation across a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions. It can be an effective part of your recovery whether you’re dealing with a recent injury, a chronic issue, or healing after surgery.
Conditions commonly treated with Class 4 Laser Therapy include:
- Low back pain
- Neck pain
- Sciatica
- Shoulder impingement syndrome
- Rotator cuff tendinopathy
- Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
- Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis)
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Hip bursitis
- Plantar fasciitis
- Achilles tendinitis
- Patellar tendinopathy
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Post-surgical recovery (such as after ORIF surgery or joint replacement)
- Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar disc herniations
If you’d like to learn more about how we treat these conditions, visit our Conditions We Treat page for detailed information.
Take the Next Step!
If you're looking for a proven, effective treatment to enhance recovery and reduce pain, consider Class 4 laser therapy at Kinetic Spine & Rehab, conveniently located in Rockville. Contact us today to learn how this advanced technology can help you feel better, move better, and live better.