Summary of Dr Parmar’s attendance and presentation at WALT 2018 – World Association for photobiomoduLation Therapy, October 3-6, 2018 Venue: Nice, France. Dr Shikha Parmar, our director, was selected to present at the 12th International Congress for WALT—the world’s foremost convention for Photobiomodulation (Low Level Light Therapy). Dr Parmar chaired and presented the 90-minute long workshop
Recently leaders in our field were invited to address the US Congress on how PBM therapy assists in chronic pain conditions and can offer a solution to the growing opioid their (and our) country faces. Delighted to share this news: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, TREATMENTS CAN END OPIOID USE “On Oct. 11, Congress held its first ever
The bad news for back pain sufferers is that analgesics (pain-killers) just don’t work. This is the latest finding from an Australian team who looked at the effectiveness of currently prescribed medicines for treating this common problem. Their study, which examined 35 trials involving more than 6000 people, found that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such
A leading Sydney surgeon has confessed to performing surgery that doesn’t work due to patient pressure and widespread adoption of procedures that have become accepted without enough scrutiny. Orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris who works at Liverpool, St George and Sutherland Hospitals and the University of NSW, said he had performed “surgery that doesn’t work” but
At Laser Pain Therapy, we have helped patients with knee OA enjoy resolution of, or significant reduction in pain, and restoration of function following a course of LLLT which is prolonged and lasting. Main Points: Trial after trial and “best evidence” has found knee arthroscopy to be ineffective for osteoarthritis and degenerative meniscal tears, and some
