Guided Dolorclast Therapy
What it is/ What it’s used for:
Musculoskeletal injuries can become chronic with the underlying condition worsening as the months pass by. If you have been feeling pain for more than 3 months, a combination of the DolorClast® High Power Laser and the DolorClast® Radial Shock Waves together with rehabilitation exercises are recommended to obtain long-term results.
Guided DolorClast® Therapy (GDT) is a new treatment concept based on combined therapies, dedicated to successfully, quickly and safely treat 90% of musculoskeletal disorders.
Guided DolorClast® Therapy is best used for the treatment of:
- Tennis and Golfer’s elbow
- Rotator cuff tendinopathy
- Upper back pain
- Adhesive capsulitis
- Lower back pain
- Patella tip syndrome
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Plantar fasciitis
How does Guided DolorClast® Therapy help in physical therapy?
The DolorClast® High Power Laser provides a quick and strong analgesic effect without the need for conventional painkillers by providing:
- An analgesic effect: kicking in 5 min after the end of laser treatment and lasting up to 72h.
- An anti-inflammatory effect: Decreasing acute inflammation and leading to a quick absorption of the oedema and a faster healing process of the damaged tissues.
The DolorClast® Radial Shockwaves when applied to injured tissues, stimulate the following metabolic reactions
- Reduction of pain felt by nerve fibres
- Increase of blood circulation in surrounding soft tissues
- Beginning of healing process triggered by stem cell activation
Using these 2 therapies together results in a decrease in acute inflammation which is as good as taking NSAIDS without the risks or side effects, combined with the benefits of Shock wave which include:
- an analgesic effect kicking in after the application of shock waves, coupled with a decrease of neurogenic inflammation.
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New blood vessels formation (angiogenesis) in tissues, while blood circulation is stimulated, fostering fast healing of treated
tissues.
- Increase of the formation of new cells for regeneration of the treated tissues without scar formation.
- Combining these therapies results in fast healing and return to motion.
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What does the Custom Guided DolorClast® Therapy (GDT) treatment process look like?
Once it is established that GDT is a good treatment option for you, a baseline examination will be performed to quantify pain and movement before the first treatment session. These measurements will then be compared with your post-treatment measurements once your treatments are complete.
You will receive 3 to 5 minutes of DolorClast® High Power Laser followed by a wait time of 5 min or 1 hour before starting your DolorClast® ShockWave therapy.
Even though Guided DolorClast® Therapy (GDT) works well as a stand alone treatment, We believe that combining DolorClast® High Power
Laser and Shock Wave treatments with rehabilitation exercises improves clinical outcomes. Combining the two speeds up and increases overall
functional recovery.
STANDARD TREATMENT
• Treat with DolorClast® shock waves.
LATEST STATE-OF-THE-ART TREATMENT (SHORT SESSION: LASER + ESWT)
• Treat with DolorClast® laser for 3 min (GDT protocol), wait 5 min.,
then treat with DolorClast® shock waves.
LATEST STATE-OF-THE-ART TREATMENT (LONG SESSION: LASER + REHABILITATION + ESWT)
• Treat with DolorClast® laser for 3 min., (GDT protocol), wait 1 hour during which patient
can perform rehabilitation exercises, then treat with DolorClast® shock waves.
USE OF THE DOLORCLAST® HIGH POWER LASER
IS CONTRAINDICATED FOR:
• Treatment of areas affected by neoplasia.
• Treatment of pregnant women.
• Treatment over an implanted electrical stimulator.
(e.g. pacemaker)
DOLORCLAST® SHOCK WAVES
USE OF THE DOLORCLAST® RADIAL SHOCK WAVES
AND PIEZOCLAST® IS CONTRAINDICATED FOR:
• Treatment over air-filled tissue (lung, gut),
• Treatment of pre-ruptured tendons,
• Treatment of pregnant women,
• Treatment of patients under the age of 18
(except for the treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease),
• Treatment of patients with blood-clotting disorders (including local thrombosis),
• Treatment of patients treated with oral anticoagulants,
• Treatment of tissues with local tumors or local bacterial and/or viral infections,
• Treatment of patients treated with cortisone.
(within the 6-week period following the last local cortisone injection)