Reply #47: Categorization

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Ok, so low level laser therapy for shoulder pain is not alternative because it has been approved for adjunctive treatment by the FDA.

Fine, I don't care if you label it alternative or not.

I first had it done when it WAS alternative, before it was approved. Guess what? Sudden approval by the FDA did not suddenly make it any more effective than it was prior to approval.

Moreover, when you look at the practitioners of LLLT, at this point, they are in the categories of what you would probably label alternative practitioners--mostly chiropractors.

Now it is true that some few MDs have them and use them. But generally, if I want low level laser therapy treatment, chiropractors that have these devices are much more common than MDs. In my city, there are no MDs with low level laser therapy devices, and to my knowledge, no physical therapists either.

How you want to label this situation--I don't care. I don't care much about chiropractic adjustments, but I would certainly go to a chiropractor to get this approved unalternative treatment that MDs have not generally adopted.

I consider this situation good for the health care industry because I am able to choose practitioners. Oh I don't doubt that in a decade or so maybe doctors will be able to send their patients to physical therapists that have these devices. In my city, that has not happened.