Shockwave Therapy

Shockwave therapy is a type of regenerative medicine (also known as an orthobiologic therapy).  Shockwave therapy is administered to a tendon or muscle through the skin with a small, handheld device that’s similar to an ultrasound handle. 

If you have ever struggled with a sports injury or dealt with an ache that just would not heal, your body might have benefited from extra help during the healing process. Shockwave therapy can offer such help, jump-starting the body’s ability to regenerate new tissue. It also decreases your pain by directly stimulating your nerves at the site of the injury. Though the name of the treatment makes it sound painful, it’s only mildly uncomfortable for most people.

It is often prescribed as a treatment for patients who have sports injuries like a golfer's elbow, tennis elbow, or pulled hamstring. It’s also administered to patients who experience pain in their soft tissues, such as that caused by plantar fasciitis — a painful condition that affects the heels of the feet. Some degenerative tendinopathies have an associated buildup of calcium in the tendon. Focused shock waves can break those deposits up.