Shockwave Therapy
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What Is It?
Shockwaves are acoustic waves with an extremely high energy peak, like those that occur in the atmosphere after an explosive event such as a lightning strike or a sonic boom. A shockwave differs from ultrasound in its extremely large pressure amplitude. Additionally, ultrasound usually consists of a periodic oscillation, whereas a shockwave is a single pulse.
Who Is Shockwave For?
Shockwave therapy can be used for both chronic and acute soft tissue disorders in the field of sports medicine. Latest results prove shockwave is efficient in muscle strain healing; SWT dramatically reduces the healing and recovery interval and allows a faster comeback to full sports endurance.
Shockwave therapy can help alleviate pain associated with:
Acute muscle strain healing
Muscle regeneration support
Acute muscle spasm
Jumper’s knee
Tennis elbow
Shoulder tendonitis
Groin pain
Achilles tendon pain
How Shockwave Therapy Has Progressed
The term “shockwave therapy” refers to the mechanical pressure pulses that expand as a wave within the human body. In 1980, the shockwave method was used for the first time to disintegrate kidney stones in a patient (Journal of Urology, 1982). During the past two decades, this method has become the standard treatment of choice for renal and urethral calculi.
Shockwaves therapeutic effect
Extracorporeal acoustic wave therapy (in contrast to lithotripsy) is not used to disintegrate tissues, but rather to cause microscopic interstitial and extracellular biological effects which include tissue regeneration. In modern pain therapy, acoustic wave energy is conducted from the point of origin, which is the acoustic wave generator (via a coupling gel), to the body regions experiencing pain. There, its healing capacity is applied.
Clinical indications
Over time, acoustic wave has proven to be an effective and non-invasive method for the treatment of localized musculoskeletal pathology including: epicondylitis, heel spur and plantar fasciitis, rotator cuff disorders, trigger points, a variety of chronic tendinopathies, and many other indications.
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is most frequently used in physiotherapy, orthopaedics, and sports medicine.