User Testimonial

From: Frederick Andrade, Coach, U. of Toronto
December 2001
User Testimonial

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To whom it may concern:

My name is Frederick Andrade. I am President and Head Coach of BODY/MIND/SPEED!, a high performance track club. I also operate a personal training business in Toronto, consulting to executives and high performance athletes in many of the power and speed disciplines.
I am writing to attest to the benefits that my clients, my athletes and myself have experienced through the use of low intensity laser treatment, incorporated with our respective rehabilitation programs.
My first personal experience with the treatment was with a severe case of patellar femoral tendonitis commonly known as “jumpers knee”. This is a condition that I am prone to as a result of the volume of sprint training that I must do on hard surfaces, combined with mechanical deficiencies from a chronic ankle injury. Past episodes of the condition had resulted in me having to cease all activities for up to three weeks.
Combining the laser therapy with the usual protocols for treatment, allows me to work through conditions much more rapidly. I have since used the BioFlex laser therapy treatment to control inflammation of the knee effectively as well as hasten the healing process of minor tears that can occur in the course of training.
The training group that I coach contains three top ranked Canadian National team athletes and two world top ten ranked athletes. I have incorporated laser therapy in the rehabilitation of major to minor muscle tears and inflammatory conditions and observed considerably shortened recovery times as seen in the past of similar conditions.
I have also referred several of my clients for laser therapy and observed positive results and a shortening of recovery periods that are commonly experienced.
In all I am highly supportive of the use of low intensity laser therapy as I feel that it can be instrumental in the recovery process of soft tissue injuries and inflammatory conditions.

Yours Sincerely

Frederick Andrade
President, Head Coach
BODY.MIND.SPEED!