Pain relief

I injured my ankle in the first 20 minutes of the game. I felt slight pain while running especially straight after I sustained the injury.

Ankle injury:

• Grade 2 deltoid ligament tear
• Grade 1 anterior fibular ligament tear

Sustained 2012/02/13

Re-entry into contact sport 2012/02/25.

During half time our team physio re -strapped my ankle and I was able to finish the game. I started applying ice directly after the game to try and stop swelling but the next morning my ankle was severely swollen. Our team physio treated my ankle and I received platelet injections straight into my deltoid ligament.

That same afternoon I started to treat my ankle with the Photizo® Sport light therapy. It was very easy and portable so I could do it any time in the comfort of my own home. In conjunction with the hyperbaric chamber and icing, I aimed to use the Photizo Sport light therapy every two hours. The swelling went down within one day and I was able to start running at full speed on the 20 February 2012.

In total, I went for 10 hyperbaric chamber sessions and used the Photizo® Sport light therapy approximately 40 times before our game on the 25 February against the Toyota Cheetahs.

The Photizo is a wonderful product, it is extremely easy to use, is portable and works very well if combined with other forms of treatment. Thank you for getting me back on the playing field in no time!

I am a trained nurse and started using the Photizo® Light Therapy device in 2006.

Here are a few examples of great results with the Photizo:

• I used it in wound care and had wonderful results. Wounds heal much faster than without the light
• A vascular chronic wound improved within four treatments
  A woman that fell had extensive bruising on her face, and it cleared within a week of treatment
• A child with staphylococcus infection on her buttocks – antibiotic treatment as well as four treatments with light – infection completely gone
• An older woman with vertigo improved within a week of treatment and could drive her car again
• A woman in her late fifties had to have orthopaedic surgery on her hand. Light treatment was given before the operation and immediately after her discharge. She had to go back a week after the operation for X-rays to see if the operation was successful. Treatment was given daily in that week before she went to the doctor. The X-rays already showed bone formation, something that normally starts later on
• A teenager severely sprained her ankle in netball and Photizo treatment was given daily for a week and then three times a week for the next week. She recovered so well that she could participate in netball again before the end of the season, something that nobody had foreseen
• A girl who had an appendectomy got an infection in the abdominal wound, and healing was slow. Photizo Light treatment was given and 19 days later she was healed

I want the Photizo light wherever I go! It works for almost any injury you could think of – small household burns, cuts, insect bites and bruises. The sooner you give light when a problem starts, the sooner the recovery.

My name is Hannes Venter, and I am 45 years old. I am an enthusiastic road running athlete. During February 2008, I developed an injury, in my right foot, called plantar fasciitis. This injury caused me to experience severe pain and forced me to stop running, and I even battled to walk without pain, especially after a night’s rest. I was desperate, and quite discouraged. I had tried several cures such as anti-inflammatory tablets and other treatments. Nothing cleared the condition. Some people suggested surgery, and I contemplated giving up my favorite sport: running! A friend referred me to Dr. Maaki Ramagole, of the High Performance Centre at the University of Pretoria, for treatment. Dr Ramagole advised me of the brilliant results she had already obtained with the Photizo® Light Therapy device, and suggested this treatment. I was amazed. After 4 treatments I already experienced pain relief and after 9 treatments I returned to my training schedule, without any pain whatsoever! I’m thankful that my injury is something of the past, and that I did not need harmful drugs or even surgery! All credit to the Photizo® Light Therapy Device!

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I am a professional singer. For many years now I have struggled with hoarseness following performances.

I have been to several ear, nose and throat specialists, who have informed me that I overexert my vocal cords. My vocal cords are usually severely swollen following performances, and most doctors advise me to rest my voice between performances – this was all they could do for me.

This was gravely detrimental to my singing career, as I could perform no more than twice a week. It was only quite recently that I heard about the Photizo® light therapy device and I was desperate for something to make the swelling subside. The results were amazing. I use the Photizo unit before and after performances, and I have no difficulty in staging four appearances a week now.

Photizo has greatly helped with getting the swelling down and I recuperate much faster. I have also found Photizo to be very helpful in treating other minor injuries that I or my crew sustain. I can wholeheartedly recommend the Photizo device for use in treating whichever injuries you may have.

I have been a physiotherapist for the last 10 years. I have been using Photizo for the last five years in my practice and replaced all my lasers with Photizo.

We are three physiotherapists in our practice and we all prefer the Photizo, for the results achieved are just so much better.

I was amazed at its wound healing properties. We treat caesarean and laparotomy wounds in hospitals, and also treat cracked nipples for all the breastfeeding mommies. If we compare the healing process with the normal laser used in our practice for the first five years, to the healing process in the last five years with Photizo, we see a much quicker healing process.

Patients feel an immediate effect on pain and 24 hours later we can already see new tissue being formed. A normal laser also does this but the difference is that laser is very concentrated per dosage per area being treated. The time taken to give an effective dosage is much longer with a laser. The Photizo Light Therapy Device makes it easy to treat large areas for its probes are bigger and the dosage per treatment is spread over a wide area. There are also fewer contra-indications to the use of Photizo which makes it easy to treat more patients.

The elasticity of the connective tissue is really good and patients form much less scar tissue. With patients being treated for caesarean wounds, with their first babies, we used normal laser and the second time around we used Photizo. The results on reduced pain, reduced scar tissue forming and improved elasticity was really much better. The patients also noticed a difference.

We also use Photizo for sinus treatments. It clears the inflammation in the sinuses and helps with sinus headaches. It is very comfortable to treat baby’s sinuses, as they move a lot during treatment. The probe has a soft attachment which makes it easy to control the probe and baby without hurting the baby.

Light therapy isn’t a painful modality and again the area being treated and penetration into the treatment area is very good. We have also seen great results on sports injuries and neck and back conditions. I also use our Photizo to treat headaches and any joint injury or condition.

I would really recommend the use of Photizo Light Therapy. It just makes treatment so much more effective and our results is just so much better.

Here’s a short (but nice) story:-

I came across the Photizo when I was looking for a solution to my Border Collie’s arthritis problems and decided to try it.

It worked well on her front legs so I was pleased with it.

In the meantime, my daughter, Carla, (35) has problems with her teeth and always has a lot of trouble when she has to have one out. There is invariably an infection and a long healing time. She was scheduled to have a large lower tooth out and to have an implant when it had healed. I suggested that she should borrow the Photizo and, as soon after the extraction as possible, should use it on her jaw twice a day for a minute each time. There was nothing to lose by trying this so she used it as soon as she sat in her car afterward. She kept it for a week and returned to see the dentist for a checkup. The dentist was amazed how quickly the gum had healed and said that the bone was in such good condition that two smaller implants could be done instead of the one large one that had been planned.

My daughter was very pleased! So pleased that she decided to try the Photizo on her back where she had an injury from a very bumpy fairground ride a couple of years ago. She had a good result from this too so her housemate asked if it would help with her feet. She has plantar fasciitis and can’t walk far without experiencing a lot of pain. She found almost immediate relief from the pain and was able to help my daughter to walk the dogs without any trouble. (My daughter is a full-time self-employed dog walker and pet sitter and needs some help occasionally if she has dogs that don’t get on with each other very well.)

You can probably see why I had difficulty in getting the Photizo back from them!

I am 71 and have severe arthritis and sciatica as well as a trapped nerve in my neck. The sciatica was crippling for a few days so I decided to give the Photizo a try on it. Woo Hoo! It worked straight away and I was able to walk again within about half an hour of using it.

I have now been able to take the advice concerning Tiffy and it has worked well. I live near the beach (Redcar) and take Tiffy there for a walk. If she walks across the hard sand she leaves paw prints and two long scrapes because her back legs don’t coordinate properly and her foot drags. After three days of using the Photizo on her back and on the feet, I noticed that the scrape mark was intermittent. On day five it had almost completely gone. I’m hoping that it will soon be completely gone. Good result – so thank you for the advice.

Needless to say, I’m very pleased that I discovered your website and bought a Photizo.

I have a cracked Collarbone and the pain is unbearable. I have taken a lot of pain pills to kill the pain and have also used Voltaren to help with the pain. This would help for a day or so then the pain would reappear. My wife is a registered nurse and recommended that I try the Photizo Light on my shoulder. After the first session the pain was gone after so many weeks of pain. By the second time I used the Light, I could do weights again. I would recommend the Photizo Light for pain relieve.

I had surgery on my left shoulder in November last year and have had a number of physiotherapy sessions. I do daily exercises to strengthen the muscles. In spite of this, I was still experiencing some stiffness and limited range of movement in the joint. Since starting home treatment with the Photizo Pain unit two weeks ago, the stiffness has disappeared and I have seen a huge improvement in the mobility of my shoulder. I also used the unit on my sinuses as I was recovering from a sinus infection and it helped to ease the congestion and associated pain. A great investment!

As a practicing counselling psychologist, Dr. Matrié van Niekerk spends many hours sitting in a chair consulting with clients/patients and writing up reports and conducting research on the computer. She has suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for 15 years and sometimes experiences severe muscle spasms, specifically in her shoulders and back.

Her work, she says, aggravates the intensity of muscle spasm and causes acute pain. “I still fulfill my duties as necessary, but I am often aware of the inconvenience caused by the pain in my shoulders, joints, and back. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being ‘almost unbearable’, I would say my pain levels vary between 3 and 8.”

Her treatment regime typically included medication, exercise, and 2-4 km walks three times a week. This is a practice she continues to date as she firmly believes one has to follow a holistic approach in pain management, for example, medical assessment and treatment, and psychotherapy focusing on pain management on a psychological level. She introduced the Photizo Pain Relief unit into this treatment regime two years ago on an irregular basis. “But recently I realised that when I use it on regular basis, the pain intensity is much lower, even absent,” she says.

She says that when using the Photizo Pain Relief unit she experiences almost immediate relief from the pain and this can endure for up to two days after the treatment. “My pain levels after using the unit are a very low 1 or 2. My advice to anybody suffering from arthritic and especially muscular spasm-related pain is not to wait until the pain levels are high. It is better to act proactively. Use the Photizo Pain Relief unit on a daily basis, especially in bodily areas where there are often high levels of pain.

matrievn@absamail.co.za

082 498 3475