Phototherapy in Ankle Injuries
Session Title
The College Experience / Health and Wellness 2
College
College of Education
Department
Education Core
Abstract
Phototherapy is often an underrepresented and under researched area of study in the healthcare field. This therapy is a special type of light treatment that is not sunlight to help improve the healing process of the body and skin. People commonly suffer from ankle injuries, podiatry complications, and jaundice of the skin. Light sources such as lasers, LED, and broadband light help reduce inflammation and pain in injuries, these sources have been shown to improve angiogenesis, increases blood supply, increase numbers of cells and their functions. Therapist can benefit from using phototherapy to help reduces in the time of injuries in the inflammatory stage and help reduces discomfort and pain for their clients. Treatments for injuries should include the normal PRICE methods but paired with phototherapy like LED lights, red UV light and green UV light can increase the quality of care and help return patients to performing ADL. The presentation will discuss how specifically ankle injuries are affected by light therapy sources.
Start Date
15-4-2022 12:00 PM
Phototherapy in Ankle Injuries
Phototherapy is often an underrepresented and under researched area of study in the healthcare field. This therapy is a special type of light treatment that is not sunlight to help improve the healing process of the body and skin. People commonly suffer from ankle injuries, podiatry complications, and jaundice of the skin. Light sources such as lasers, LED, and broadband light help reduce inflammation and pain in injuries, these sources have been shown to improve angiogenesis, increases blood supply, increase numbers of cells and their functions. Therapist can benefit from using phototherapy to help reduces in the time of injuries in the inflammatory stage and help reduces discomfort and pain for their clients. Treatments for injuries should include the normal PRICE methods but paired with phototherapy like LED lights, red UV light and green UV light can increase the quality of care and help return patients to performing ADL. The presentation will discuss how specifically ankle injuries are affected by light therapy sources.
