Shockwave therapy
A therapy that helps in the treatment of chronic pain connected with the musculoskeletal system, also successfully used in aesthetic medicine.
What is shockwave therapy?
The shockwave device enables to generate pulses that let tissue to be penetrated by the shock wave with healing properties. Using a properly selected wave transmitter, the physiotherapist can perform trigger point therapy (10-mm transmitter), larger joints (15-mm transmitter), stimulate muscles (20-mm transmitter), or perform treatments to reduce cellulite (35-mm transmitter).
The shockwave propagates in the tissues radially, enabling treatment of both surface-located diseases and pathological processes located in deeper tissues (15-mm titanium transmitter).
During the treatment, the device’s gun-shaped applicator transmits an average of 4,000 shokes, depending on the type of injury.
How does shockwave therapy help patients?
The use of the shockwave allows stimulation of selected areas of the body, as well as in the case of devices generating a compressor pressure above 3.5 bar, treatment of disease entities in which a chronic calcification process occurs.
An example of a degenerative change in which the shockwave treatment brings excellent results is the so-called “calcaneal spur”. The shockwave therapy allows for the treatment of chronic pain and discomfort connected with degeneration and inflammation of the tendons, muscles, bones, joint capsules and ligaments. Its special properties are used to treat athletes’ injuries. The shockwave, by hiperstimulation of nerve endings and cell membranes, blocks pain signals, which allows to completely eliminate pain.
The positive effects of therapy allow to stop taking painkillers, and often avoid having to undergo surgery.