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Shockwave Therapy, or Radial Shockwave Therapy, provides treatments to patients suffering from a range of chronic conditions such as Plantar Fasciitis and Achilles Tendinopathy that are notoriously difficult to resolve. In Good Hands, Chiropractic’s Shockwave Therapy is the ideal alternative to invasive surgery.
Shockwave Therapy uses
Shockwave Therapy uses high energy acoustic pulses to treat a range of joint, tendon and muscle conditions at the exact site of pain. Shockwave Therapy promotes regeneration and assists with the healing processes in bones, tendons and other soft tissue. It has been shown to assist with a range of conditions that are often hard to treat with other methods. Conditions that can benefit from Shockwave Therapy include:
- Elbow Pain: Such as Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), golfer’s elbow, tendonitis and repetitive strains
- Shoulder Pain: “frozen shoulder”, tendonitis such as supraspinatus or biceps tendonitis, Calcific tendonitis of the shoulder.
- Knee Pain: Osteoarthritis, torn meniscus, patellar tendinopathy, shin splints
- Ankle and Foot Pain: Plantar fasciitis, Morton’s neuroma, chronic instability of the ankle /foot, Achilles tendinopathy
- Hip pain: trochanteric bursitis, Gluteal tendinopathy
- Myofascial pain—Trigger points
- Chronic ligament tear/ sprains
- Tendonitis of the hand / thumb
- Proximal hamstring tendinopathy
- Other forms of insertional tendinopathy