Laser Therapy for Pets in St. Louis and the Metro East

Ease Your Pet’s Pain Without Medication or Side Effects

When your dog or cat is in pain, rest and meds are often the go-to treatment for many hard-to-treat conditions. While they can improve a pet’s quality of life, most medications manage the aches and inflammation rather than treat the root cause behind them. Your pet may feel better day to day, but without more invasive care, healing can slow to a crawl. Until now.

With Hawthorne Animal Hospital’s Companion Laser Therapy, pets in pain can enjoy immediate drug-free relief and experience a speedier recovery. Our gentle, therapeutic infrared light targets damaged cells deep in the body’s tissues and stimulates their regeneration, kickstarting the body’s natural healing process. It also blocks pain signals triggered by nerve cells and improves circulation, delivering nutrient- and oxygen-rich blood the injured area.

Most pets exhibit immediate relief after just one laser treatment with significant improvement over multiple sessions.

The Conditions Companion Laser Therapy Treats

Because laser therapy treats both surface and deep tissue injuries, it is an effective treatment for a wide variety of post-surgical, acute, and chronic medical conditions, including:

Wounds
Arthritis
Skin conditions
Pain and inflammation
Post-operative recovery
Rehabilitation
Geriatric care
Lick granulomas
Otitis
Dental conditions
Fractures
Abdominal disorders

While our primary goal is to eliminate the cancer completely, unfortunately that’s not the outcome for all patients. In that case, treatment will be altered to keeping the cancer in remission as long as possible and to provide your pet with the best quality of life for as long as possible.

Benefits of Laser Treatment for Pain Management

Stress-Free Therapy

Laser therapy sessions are well-tolerated by most pets, require no sedation or shaving, and take just 5 to 10 minutes to complete. Our team will ease your pet into a comfortable position and outfit them with laser-safe googles to protect their eyes. The Companion Laser Therapy emits a gentle, warm pulse that feels less like a medical procedure and more like a soothing spa treatment.

Less Pain With Fewer Prescriptions

At Hawthorne, our veterinarians prefer to start with drug- and side-effect-free treatments to manage pain before looking at more invasive or medication-centered options. The Companion Laser Therapy is an effective solution for eight of the top 10 reasons dogs and cats visit our hospital.

Better Results Without the Side Effects

Results of laser treatment vary by a pet’s age and condition, but overall, patients experience faster healing, improved mobility, and greater energy when compared to traditional pain management solutions.

Schedule Your Pet’s Laser Therapy Consultation

As one of the few veterinarians in the St. Louis region offering Companion Laser Therapy, Hawthrone Animal Hospital in Glen Carbon is committed to helping your pet live their best, pain-free life! Contact our care team today at 618.288.3971 to learn if laser treatments are right for your dog or cat.

Hawthorne Animal Hospital, a small animal hospital and veterinary clinic, serves St. Louis Metro East area, including the communities of Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Maryville, Troy, Alton, Granite City, Collinsville, Highland, Wood River, Roxana, Bethalto, Godfrey, Worden, and Hamel.