Last Summer I woke up during a family vacation screaming with pain radiating down my shoulder into my arm. I thought someone was stabbing me. I wasn’t sure what was going on but I had a clue that something was going on in my neck. After an MRI, I was diagnosed with a herniated disc in my neck. I was prescribed very strong anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxers. These drugs had minimal effectiveness as I was waking up with that excruciating pain daily.
All day long I was rubbing my neck and had pain in my arms. The pain got so unbearable that I went back to the surgeon. I scheduled an epidural steroidal shot and it still did nothing. I woke up in pain the very next day just as bad. I then went to a sports medicine doctor that prescribed me oral steroidal anti-inflammatories, still no change. Throughout this time I was seeking chiropractic care that didn’t offer me the cure either. I felt like I was going to be in pain forever.
I am a personal trainer and an avid fitness enthusiast and I could not workout for 3 months due to the pain. I made an appointment with Dr. Garrett Smith to learn about the cold-laser therapy. After the first treatment I felt something different. I wasn’t sure what it was but I felt like I had circulation in my arms again. The next morning I woke up and my pain was minimal. I continued treatment daily for 2 weeks.
At the end of 2 weeks I had my first workout in months and was waking up pain free, I felt like I got my life back. 2 months after my first treatment I pulled a Personal Record in my deadlift with no pain. I would have never thought cold laser would have helped my pain and I wish the other doctors that were giving me all of those drugs would have offered me this from the beginning. Very grateful for Dr. Smith!
D. S.
“Truly, truly, truly- No one asked me to write this, but my love of others compels me to do so. Laser therapy administered by Dr. Rudnick (retired) and Dr. Smith is the single most aspect of my finally being absent of a toothache like pain in my formerly broken foot.
It has amazed me that such a simple treatment was the catalyst of my walking without fear again.
It further amazes me that Medicare was willing to pay for a $4000.00 bone stimulator (even though an MRI showed the bone was already healed). And yet, Medicare will not pay for laser therapy, a miniscule fraction of that cost.
It was worth the relatively small cost of those visits to Dr. Smith’s clinic for laser healing (I prefer to call it what it is) if only to have my spirits lifted after so much pain and inconvenience.
I’m so grateful that someone I love very much told me where to find this.
N. D.-R.”
“Dear Dr. Smith,
My last treatment was April 2nd and I just want you to know that I am mostly “pain free” and able to walk again. I still have issues with muscles that were not used for several years, but other than that I am moving and doing things that I could not do before treatment.
I have encountered several people that knew how much pain I was in before seeing you and they have all asked for your information, which I have provided. Many of my close friends cannot believe the change they have seen in the way I walk, etc. I say it’s a “Miracle”.
Also, my thanks to Anne-Marie and Kathy who were so kind and always put me at ease.
Everyday I give thanks for being put in you knowledgeable hands.
Sincerely,
J.A.”
“I am so grateful to have the healing power of laser therapy in my life. When my dog broke her tail, I was told that tails are very hard to heal and usually lead to amputations. I decided that surgery was not an option, but I didn’t know where to turn. Then I remembered how much laser therapy had helped my mother’s knee, and I thought “why not?”.
Bacca’s tail was healed after 5 half hour treatments, but I decided to do 8 just to be sure. Today you can’t tell her tail was ever broken.
Thank you for helping me to have a healthy and happy dog who gets to keep wagging her tail!
A.H.”
MIAMI HEAT
December 27, 2002
Dr. Fred Kahn
President & CEO
Meditech International
411 Horner Ave., Unit #1
Etobilcoke, Ontario Canada M8W 4W3
Dear Dr. Kahn,
It was most enjoyable seeing you again and having the opportunity to see your facilities and learn firsthand from some of your patients about their remarkable improvements through your laser therapy.
On our level your laser system has proven to e an extraordinarily valuable addition to our treatment program. I have several players now that only wish to have their injuries treated with the laser.
We have had great success treating “-itis” problems. Both patellar and plantar fascitis are responding to treatment very quickly and we couldn’t be more pleased.
My only regret is that it took me three years of talking and researching to be convinced to acquire a unit.
Sincerely,
Ron Culp
TORONTO RAPTORS BASKETBALL CLUB
20 BAY STREET SUITE 1702, TORONTO, ON M5J 2N8
TEL 416.214.2255 FAX 416.214.2299
February 12, 1998
Dr. Fred Kahn
Meditech Inc.
65 Harbour Square, Suite 1908
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2L4
Dear Dr. Kahn:
Subject: Meditech Bioflex Laser
I would like to let you know how the use of the laser unit has been helping the Toronto Raptors Basketball Club.
- Before using the laser, I had been using an ultrasound, galvanic stem, and an interferential unit with some expected results but not the significant change that we require when athletes make $30,000.00 every time they play.
- Since starting with the laser, I have had some outstanding results in being able to get our athletes back to the game and practice.
- There have been some exceptional changes in a particular injury that I would like to share with you. One of our athletes sustained a foot injury following a sprain that had kept him out of play for 3 weeks without any significant change. A specialist that concurred with our doctors said that sometimes these injuries take a significant time to resolve and sometimes require surgery saw him after the three weeks. I had been using every modality as well as manual therapy techniques without any changes. I used your laser after consulting with Dr. Baxter and yourself and within three days he was able to practice and play two days later. Without the laser, I expect it would have been a minimum of another two weeks before his return.
The Bioflex unit itself has been very easy to use and its adaptability has been its significant advantage over all other units that I have been exposed to.
I must admit my skepticism for the use of lasers since I had not had the results that you claimed with other units. I also did not like the time that it took to treat with other single probe and cluster probe units. Since starting with the Meditech-BioFlex unit it has become our prime modality and continues to impress me.
The software with the equipment is very easy to work with and I simply can not tell you how happy I am with the adaptability of the unit’s critical output.
I have no hesitation to give this unit my full endorsement and have spoken to several of my colleagues in the NBA and the Toronto Blue Jays about my results and my suggestion that they purchase a unit.
Sincerely,
Chuck Mooney
Toronto Raptors Basketball Club, Inc.
Head Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach