Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) offers a non‑invasive way to restart healing in injured ligaments, painful joints, and subborn tendinopathies. ESWT delivers controlled acoustic pulses to the injured area, boosting local blood flow and cellular activity, breaking up pathologic tissue, and reducing pain and inflammation. This evidence-based treatment can provide durable relief and accelerate a return to peak performance for both acute and chronic conditions.
Diagnostic Process: Align exam findings with imaging to ensure an accurate diagnosis and characterization of your pain source.
Treatment: Ultrasound gel is applied to the skin, and a handheld devices is used to deliver acoustic pulses through the skin directly to the site of injury.
Effect: High-intensity acoustic pulses exert mechanical stress on tissues, triggering a biological healing cascade. This response mitigates pain and inflammation, breaks down scar tissue, and stimulates neovascularization, ultimately accelerating tissue repair through cellular proliferation and remodeling.
Plantar fasciitis/heel pain, Achilles tendinopathy (midportion or insertional), peroneal or posterior tibial tendinopathy, Morton’s neuroma.
Osteoarthritis and meniscus tears, ligamentous injuries to the MCL and LCL, and various tendinopathies—most notably of the patellar, quadriceps, hamstrings, pes ansaerine and IT band.
Sacroiliac joint dysfunction, anterosuperior hip labral tears, and painful tendon injuries affecting the gluteal, hamstring, hip flexor, and adductor tendons.
Rotator cuff and biceps tendinopathies, subacromial bursitis, posterior labral tears, AC joint osteoarthritis and periscapular muscle pain.
Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis), distal triceps tendinopathy, mild UCL sprains, and pain from elbow joint osteoarthritis.
Joint osteoarthritis, various forms of tendinopathy and tendinitis (notably de Quervain’s tenosynovitis), trigger finger, and Dupuytren’s contracture.
An effectively treatment for myofascial pain, muscle strains, and persistent trigger points by deactivating deep-seated pain centers. This non-invasive solution disrupts tension patterns and boosts blood flow to accelerate natural tissue healing, and facilitating a return to peak activity without the need for downtime.
Certain stress injuries or delayed unions can be considered on a case‑by‑case basis.
Treatment Sessions
Typically recommend 4–6 sessions, scheduled 1-2 weeks apart. Each visit lasts about 10–20 minutes.
Sensation
A rapid tapping, or deep ache. We adjust the energy levels and frequency to match your specific tissue needs and personal comfort, ensuring an effective treatment that remains within your tolerance.
Post-Treatment Recovery
Temporary soreness, redness, or bruising may occur for 24–48 hours. Avoid high‑load activity on the treated area for a day or two, then resume a guided loading/rehab program.
Post-Exercise Recovery
By stimulating blood flow and accelerating cellular repair, SWT helps you bounce back faster from intense training sessions, reduces delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), and ensures you’re ready for your next peak performance without the downtime.
Results
Many patients feel immediate improvement, though lasting relief usually begins after 3-4 sessions. To optimize tissue healing, clinical evidence supports 4–6 treatments.
Safety
ESWT is a safe, non-invasive treatment that requires no needles or local anesthesia, offering patients minimal downtime.
We’ll review your history, imaging, goals, and prior treatments to determine whether ESWT is the most appropriate procedure for your condition.
What to know more about our evidence based approach? Explore the links below for more information.
A Systematic Review of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Various Sports-Related Injuries.
A clinical study evaluating the efficacy of shockwave therapy (SWT) for chronic hamstring tendinopathy in professional athletes.
A systematic review of shockwave therapy for greater trochanteric pain syndrome (hip stabilizer tendinopathy).
A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis.
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