HOW ESWT WORKS:

Compressed air accelerates a projectile up to 80 to 90 kph within a guiding tube that strikes a metal applicator placed on the patient’s skin. The kinetic energy is converted into a radial shock wave. The projectile generates stress waves in the applicator that transmit pressure waves into tissue to a depth of 4 to 5 cm.

Research has shown this modality to be effective in reducing pain and promoting tissue repair in bone, tendon, ligament, and fascia among individuals with musculoskeletal conditions, and in decreasing spasticity in patients with certain neurological disorders.

We offer this therapy added on to your massage as an upgrade. In acute circumstances, we offer a range of treatment plans based on the severity of the injury.

The evolving list of diagnoses for which ESWT shows potential includes:

• Post-surgical healing*

• All Tendinopathy / Tendinitis

• Lateral and medial epicondylosis/epicondylitis

• Hip flexor injury

• Bursitis (all areas)

• Greater trochanteric pain syndrome

• Hamstring tendinopathy/ injury

• Medial tibial stress syndrome

• Achilles injury

• Plantar fasciitis (with or without heel spur)

• Non-union fractures

• Trigger points (muscle knots)

• Avascular necrosis

• Tibial Stress Syndrome (shin splints)

• Rotator cuff injury/pain

• Frozen shoulder/impingement

• Sciatica

• ACL/PCL/MCL (issues or injury)

• Knee osteoarthrisits

• Fracture nonunion

• Carpal tunnel and other nerve compressive disorders

• Dupuytren’s disease

• Iliotibial band syndrome

• Slipped disc

• Cervical spondylosis

• Metatarsal issues

• SI joint pain

• Knee pain (all types)

• Neck and shoulder pain

• Adhesive capsulitis

• Spasticity of spinal and supraspinal origin (stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy)

*Can be used within 24 hours of surgery