SHOCKWAVE THERAPY
Here at Lakeside Sports Chiropractic and Physical Therapy, Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a non-invasive treatment that involves the delivery of shock waves to injured soft tissue to reduce pain and promote healing. According to Jonathan T. Finnoff, D.O., medical director for Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine at Mayo Clinic Square in Minneapolis, ESWT is a viable option to consider for many patients who present with chronic tendinopathy that hasn’t responded to more conservative treatments. Often difficult to treat, chronic tendinopathy is characterized by localized pain and pathological changes to a tendon. The condition affects athletes and nonathletes alike.
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What Conditions Can Be Treated With an Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Machine?
Regardless of the cause, dull or aching pain, pain that travels up and down the leg, into the lower back, or pain in the wrists and elbows can significantly diminish a person’s quality of life.
Some people may experience intermittent pain, such as discomfort that comes and goes, while others deal with constant pain. Acute pain is often severe and comes on quickly from an injury, whereas chronic pain is more constant and longer-lasting.
Shockwave therapy Cornelius NC machines can be used to treat many different types of soft tissue injuries all over the body, including those that are caused by acute or chronic pain. Contact us today!
What Are the Benefits of Shockwave Treatment?
- There are many benefits of ESWT Treatment for pain. Because Shockwave Therapy is nonsurgical and noninvasive, patients undergoing treatments do not have to suffer the groggy side effects of anesthesia or worry about infection or scarring.
- The treatments are also cost effective because there’s no lengthy recovery time or hospital stays.
- Depending on the treatable conditions, studies show that ESWT Shockwave treatments deliver a 91 percent success rate, and more than 80 percent of patients report satisfaction with a faster and easier healing process.
- Faster, easier healing
- Non-invasive
- No anesthesia required
- No risk of infection
- No downtime
- No scarring
- Cost effective
