Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

 

HIGH INTENSITY PRESSURE WAVES
Shock Waves are movements of extremely high pressure caused by, for example, an explosion, an earthquake or a plane breaking the sound barrier.
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is the application of Shock Waves in medicine.
It is clinically proven that pressure waves, when applied to injured tissues, stimulate metabolic reactions:
    • Reduction of pain felt by nerve fibers
    • Increase of blood circulation in surrounding soft tissues
    • Beginning of healing process triggered by stem cells activation

 

 

Indication

Shoulder Pain:
  1. Tendinopathy (Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, biceps, etc…)
  2. Bursitis (Subdeltoid bursae, coracoid bursae etc…)
  3. Capsulitis (Frozen shoulder)
Elbow pain:
  1. Tennis elbow
  2. Golfer elbow
Hip Pain:
  1. Tendinopathy (Gluteus muscles, Piriformis, hamstring etc…)
  2. Hip bursitis
  3. Hip osteoarthritis
Knee pain:
  1. Tendinopathy (Patella tendon, hamstring tendon, quadriceps etc…)
  2. Ligament (Medial collateral ligament (MCL), lateral collateral ligament (LCL), coronary ligament etc…)
  3. Meniscus
  4. Knee osteoarthritis
Heel pain:
  1. Plantar fasciopathy
  2. Tendinopathy (Archilles tendinopathy, peroneal brevis and longus tendon, tibial posterioralis, etc…)
  3. Ligament (Anterior Talo Fibular Ligament (ATFL), Calcaneafibular ligament etc)