Shockwave therapy stimulates skeletal muscle tissue regeneration and accelerates the repair processes. It is used to provide fast pain relief and increased mobility.
The machines pass short, intense energy sound waves, travelling faster than the speed of sound, into affected tissues. This causes microtrauma, increases blood flow and stimulates an acute inflammatory response, which aids the healing process.
Shockwave therapy has both NICE guidance and FDA approval for a large number of indications. All our physios are trained to use it, so treatment is largely risk and side-effect-free, making it a safe treatment choice for musculoskeletal conditions and chronic pain.
Benefits of shockwave therapy:
- Fast recovery
- Fewer potential complications
- No anaesthesia
- Non-invasive
- No medication
- Fast treatment: 20 minutes per session
- Significant clinical benefit: often seen 6 to 8 weeks after treatment
Common uses:
- Jumper’s knee
- Painful shoulder
- Tennis elbow
- Golfers elbow
- Heel spur
- Plantar fasciitis
- Insertional pain
- Chronic tendinopathy/chronic pain
- Medial tibial stress syndrome
- Calcifications
- Hip pain
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Myofascial Pain Syndromes
- Musculoskeletal conditions
- Calcific tendonitis
- Hamstring tendinopathy
Patients require a minimum of six sessions on average.