{"id":2009,"date":"2023-07-24T10:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T08:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/using-light-therapy-to-help-provide-relief-from-chronic-pain-caused-by-past-surgery\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T09:25:06","slug":"using-light-therapy-to-help-provide-relief-from-chronic-pain-caused-by-past-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/using-light-therapy-to-help-provide-relief-from-chronic-pain-caused-by-past-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Using light therapy to help provide relief from chronic pain caused by past surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/09\/asian-senior-woman-patient-show-her-scars-surgical-total-knee-joint-replacement-800x533-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/09\/asian-senior-woman-patient-show-her-scars-surgical-total-knee-joint-replacement-800x533-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/09\/asian-senior-woman-patient-show-her-scars-surgical-total-knee-joint-replacement-800x533-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/09\/asian-senior-woman-patient-show-her-scars-surgical-total-knee-joint-replacement-800x533-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/09\/asian-senior-woman-patient-show-her-scars-surgical-total-knee-joint-replacement-800x533-1-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><strong>Acute pain<\/strong> following <strong>surgery<\/strong> is a predictable, physiological response to <strong>tissue damage<\/strong>. Patients are prepared for some degree of pain or discomfort but expect that it will pass. However, up to one third of patients undergoing common <strong>surgical procedures<\/strong> report <strong>persistent or intermittent pain<\/strong> of varying severity at one year postoperatively (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4590073\/#bibr1-204946371100500306\">1<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctors usually define <strong>chronic pain<\/strong> as pain that lasts for three to six months or more. Chronic pain is difficult and costly to treat, with wider costs associated with increased health service use as well as reduced quality of life and economic productivity. The burden of disease from chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) is potentially enormous if we consider the volume of surgical procedures performed annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Light therapy<\/strong> helps to provide relief for post-surgical chronic pain by providing <strong>increased blood flow <\/strong>into the area being treated to ensure that any <strong>waste<\/strong> is quickly <strong>removed <\/strong>from the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How will light therapy help provide relief from chronic pain?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photizo Pain Relief<\/strong> light therapy alleviates <strong>chronic pain <\/strong>and<strong> inflammation<\/strong> and will help to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines<\/strong> and <strong>increase anti-inflammatory cytokines<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reduce inflammation<\/strong> by modulating inflammatory cells<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reduce oxidative stress<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improve drainage of the lymphatic vessels <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Increase quality sleep<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/06\/page-3-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/06\/page-3-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/06\/page-3-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/06\/page-3-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/06\/page-3-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/06\/page-3-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/06\/page-3-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/06\/page-3.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acute pain following surgery is a predictable, physiological response to tissue damage. 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