Review of PBM Contraindications, Part 1
Laser therapy, also known as photobiomodulation (PBM), is a non-invasive modality that delivers red and infrared laser light to biological tissue with the goals of stimulating cellular processes and enhancing the activation of biochemical mechanisms. Let's examine the contraindications for laser therapy.
A contraindication is a condition that makes a procedure inadvisable; and may be absolute or relative. An absolute contraindication is a situation that makes a particular treatment absolutely inadvisable, such as shining a therapy laser directly into the eye. A relative contraindication is a condition that makes a particular treatment possibly inadvisable, such as a recent steroid injection.
