Physical Therapy 301: Laser Therapy

This course is accredited in the following states:

Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming,

This course is accredited in the following Canadian Provinces:

British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Yukon,

This course is accredited Internationally (CCE & PACE APPROVED)

Course Outline:

1. Overview: concepts of light and electromagnetic spectrum 50 min./10m (break)

2. Classes of light therapy (I-IV)

3. Class IIIb laser (Low Level Laser Therapy – LLLT)

4. Class IV laser

5. Case studies

Course Objectives:

1. Review the concepts of light and where therapeutic light fits into the electromagnetic spectrum

2. Discuss the various classes of light.

3. Explain the definition of class IIIb laser and it’s pros and cons.

4. Discuss the definition of class IV laser and it’s pros and cons.

5. Review case studies using both class IIIb and IV lasers

Dr. Steven G. Yeomans began his practice in 1979 by joining his father as a third generation chiropractor in Ripon, WI. He completed a 5-year residency orthopedic program and became board certified in 1985. He accepted his first post-graduate teaching position with the National College of Chiropractic in 1989 and since, has acquired chiropractic post-graduate teaching positions with 7 other Chiropractic colleges. Since 1984, Dr. Yeomans has lectured abroad and throughout the U.S. and Canada on topics including Impairment and disability rating (currently 6th edition), Industrial consulting, carpal tunnel syndrome and cumulative trauma disorders, rehabilitation, whiplash, documentation, physical therapy, outcomes assessment and orthopedics. In the year 2000, the textbook, The Clinical Application of Outcomes Assessment was released by Appleton & Lange. He maintains his private practice in Ripon, WI with a partner and continues to actively write and lecture.