As the name suggests, shockwave therapy is an innovative new treatment that makes use of shockwaves to:

• Stimulate your body's healing capabilities

• Break up tissue coagulation

• Enhance collagen synthesis

• Release growth factors

• Improve blood circulation

• Accelerate healing of tendons, bones, ligaments, and muscles
   

Thanks to this therapy, patients do not need to go through surgery or steroid injections that have adverse side effects. This therapy helps treat injuries such as:

• Achilles tendinopathy or heel pain

• A broken bone that has not healed

• Tendinopathy in the hips and knees

• Strained calves and hamstrings

• Frozen shoulder

• Golfer's elbow or tennis elbow
   

These injuries will limit not only your sports activities but also your daily activities. This therapy works because acoustic energy waves are applied to cause an upsurge in metabolic activities in the tissues affected. Athletes with soft tissue injuries can benefit from shock wave therapy. How does shock wave therapy treat some of the sports and overuse injuries?

Elbow Tendinitis

This is the inflammation of the tendon in the area it attaches to the bones. Golfers' and tennis elbow are the most common tendinitis in the bones. Medial epicondylitis, also known as golfer's elbow, is a painful tendon found inside the elbow.
 

Lateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow, is the pain and inflammation of the tendon located on the outside of the elbow and forearm. Shockwave restores vascularization of these areas, reduces pain, and promotes healing.

Trigger Points

The trigger points are the painful and tight spots in the muscles. The trigger spot points cause intense aching when the muscles tighten and are caused by overuse. How does shockwave improve these? Shockwaves will get the muscles to release and restore blood flow to the muscles.

Chronic Tendinopathies

The repeated straining of these tendons leads to the formation of small tears. This is a type of chronic overuse injury. The types of this condition that respond well to shockwaves include Achilles tendinopathy, gluteal tendinopathy, rotator cuff tendinopathy, and patellar tendinopathy. Two to six therapy sessions can resolve this condition.

Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome

This hip condition causes an individual to experience lateral hip pain. The lateral hip tends to hurt mostly at night. This condition results from the swelling of the soft tissues found on the hip's outside section. 
 

Shockwaves help restore the blood flow inside the hips. Shockwaves also enhance the body's healing capabilities to rid the pain caused by inflammation.

Plantar Fasciitis

This is a condition where the fascial connection tissue band under the sole of the feet gets irritated or swells. This pain is noticeable in the morning when you take the first few steps. Wearing shoes and stretching can relieve the pain only for a while. Shockwave therapy resolves this condition in three to five sessions.

Heel Spur

This is a tiny bony growth caused by calcium deposits on the foot. This condition causes inflammation and pain in the heel. Shockwaves can successfully reduce the pain caused by this change.

For more information on how shockwave therapy heals sports and overuse injuries, visit Goldberg Wellness & Acupuncture Center at our office in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Call (561) 624-5070 to book an appointment today.