Anodyne® Therapy
Anodyne® Therapy is utilized by Providence Care to help restore independence and alleviate pain of patients who struggle with poor circulation in their extremities.
It is a non-invasive, non-medicinal treatment that uses infared light to treat nerve damage by increasing blood flow within a patient's arm, legs, and feet. Treatment is administered in the patient's home by a Providence Care professional by placing small pads directly on the patients skin wherever nerve malfunction exists.
The pads use infared light to stimulate damaged nerves and increase blood flow to the affected area, releasing releasing nitric oxide—one of the body’s natural pain killers—with more ease. A patient rests comfortably in a chair for the 30- to 45-minute duration of these treatments.
Light stretching, simple balancing exercises, massage and other therapeutic methods of pain relief can sometimes be required after the pads are removed to augment an Anodyne® Therapy session.
A complete Anodyne® Therapy system involves 10 to 18 sessions of treatment—usually long enough for patients to see and feel positive results for up to six months. More sessions may be necessary for patients to feel relief, based on the degree of the nerve damage/impairment.