What is Hill Therapy?

Hill therapy is a well-known high-intensity laser treatment method. Unlike low-intensity laser, hill therapy reaches the deep tissue with high power and correct wavelength, ensuring the healing of the damaged area.

Hill therapy reaches deeply into the tissues of the body area where it is applied, increases blood circulation in the tissue, and thus helps repair the tissue by providing nutrition. In addition, the hill therapy method has an analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect by removing the substances that cause pain from the damaged area. Hill therapy, which enables the healing of worn tissue; It repairs damaged tissue by activating cells. Hill therapy is much more powerful than low-intensity (cold) laser therapy, and the biggest difference is that it also treats the surrounding tissues to reveal a longer-lasting healing effect.

Hill therapy helps in the regeneration of nerve cells and softens scar tissue. Hill therapy acts deeply on the internal organs to change the memory of chronic pain in the body, thus suppressing the feeling of pain.

No pain is felt during Hill therapy application and it does not leave any stains on the skin. During the procedure, the patient and the person performing the hill therapy procedure must wear protective laser glasses.

Depending on whether the symptoms arising from tissue damage are acute (sudden and short-term) or chronic (long-term and non-healing), the duration of application and dosage of hill therapy are determined in line with the recommendation of the specialist physician. The average application time of Hill therapy is 10-12 minutes and its effect begins to be seen from the first session. While 1-5 sessions of hill therapy may be sufficient in acute cases, in chronic cases the sessions may last up to 6 to 12 sessions.

To whom is Hill Therapy Applied?

Hill therapy is applied in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, tendinitis and bursitis, sports injuries, burn healing, post-fracture bone formation, calcifications, carpal tunnel syndrome, and lumbar and cervical hernias.

Hill therapy should not be applied to pregnant women, areas close to cancerous lesions, varicose veins and inflamed areas. It should be applied very carefully or not at all to those diagnosed with epilepsy and those with a pacemaker. For this reason, it is important that the hill therapy procedure is performed by an expert.