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Buying an Equine Laser: Five Tips for Success

Laser therapy is becoming more widely accepted in the veterinary community for use in treating injured animals e.g. horses and greyhounds.  The rapid healing properties of these lasers ensure that animals recover quickly and are back on track, performing at their best. 

Areas treated by laser therapy include: muscles, tendons, ligaments, laminitis, bruises, swelling etc.

1.  Power of the laser

Check that the laser has enough power to penetrate deep into the muscle tissue.  Some lasers may only be 1mW; others can be as high as 500mW or more.  

2.  Wavelengths

The wavelength of the laser can be 650nm (visible red) or infrared (invisible) e.g. 785nm 808nm, 830nm and 904nm.  There is considerable research literature written about the benefits of using infrared lasers due to their deep treatment properties.

3.  Ease of Use

Some laser therapy units are hand-held with rechargeable batteries.  This makes the product versatile as one can use it in the office or out in the field.  Others are large, bulky desktop systems that require a trolley to move from one area to the other.  This limits their use to indoors only.

4.  Features

Having a laser that operates in continuous wave mode and pulsing frequencies is an advantage.  Pulsing wave frequencies can be used to treat specific conditions.  Some lasers come with a single head, others with a cluster head containing 3 or more lasers.

5.  Warranty

All quality laser therapy products should come with a warranty.

For further details of veterinary lasers, visit www.laser3000.net where one can read about lasers with various output powers, wavelengths and head configurations.

About the author



Milan Coric is a Sales Executive who has marketed veterinary laser therapy units for 8 years. On the website www.laser3000.net one can read about the benefits of using laser therapy to treat animals.

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