What is shockwave therapy?
Shockwave therapy is a non-invasive treatment that stimulates the body's natural healing process. It can relieve
pain and promote healing of injured tendons, ligaments, and other soft tissues. It accomplishes this by releasing
growth factors in the injured tissue. Shockwave therapy is sometimes referred to as EPAT, or extracorporeal
pulse activation technology.
Shockwave therapy is a type of regenerative medicine (also known as an orthobiologic therapy). It is used to
treat tendinopathy as well as difficult-to-heal ligament injuries. Some degenerative tendinopathies have an
associated buildup of calcium in the tendon. Focused shock waves can break those deposits up.
The treatment can also promote healing after orthopedic surgery - for instance, if a hip impingement has
damaged tendons and ligaments around the hip. Surgery may correct the hip impingement, but after years
of overworking and degeneration because of the impingement, the surrounding tendons often remain
painful. Shockwave therapy can be used to address this secondary issue.
What is Focused Shockwave Therapy
Focused Shockwave Therapy involves passing short, intense sound waves into damaged tissues,
which increases blood flow, has a pain relieving effect and stimulates the repair and regeneration
process. The treatment puts the cells into repair mode and allows your body to restart its own
accelerated healing process.
Focused vs Radial Shockwave Therapy
Image of Shockwave equipment showing the different depth of treatment using focused shockwave
versus radial shockwave treatment
In rehabilitation therapy, shockwaves are channelled to the area to accelerate healing. Focused
Shock Wave Therapy can provide more depth penetration for deeper tissue than radial waves,
focusing on more localised areas. Focused waves are made through a cone of crystals, and these
cones focus the energy field when an electrical current is applied. The energy causes a pressure
wave that can move through the skin without losing power in a concentrated zone.
The applicator has minimal impact on the skin, limiting the damage to surface skin and underlying
soft tissues making it safer and more comfortable. While radial waves are applied all over a local area,
focused shockwave theory treats defined points within the body and can be adapted depending on the
required depth. This accuracy feature makes focused shockwave therapy much better for treating
issues affecting tissues deeper within the body such as hips and lower limb conditions.
Focused Shockwave Therapy: How It Works
This Focused Shockwave device, uses an electromagnetically generated shock wave
produced within a hand-held applicator (F-SW Handpiece). The shockwave is generated
by discharging a high voltage capacitor located in the control unit into a cylindrically shaped
coil system in the handpiece which is surrounded by a cylindrical metallic membrane. The
transient magnetic field produced by the coil induces eddy currents in the metal membrane,
causing it to repel from the coil, producing a pressure wave. The membrane is immersed in
water and the pressure wave produced by the membrane propagates through the water to a
concentric parabolic reflector, where it is reflected to a focal point outside of the handpiece in front of the reflector.
The Benefits:
With its progressive technological advancements, Extracorporeal Pulse Activation Technology
(EPAT/ESWT) delivers an evidence-based*, non-surgical solution for patients suffering from chronic heel pain.
It addresses the increasing demand for patient convenience, less down-time and risk, as well as better
clinical and economic outcomes, and improved practice efficiencies and cash-flow.
Health care professionals are using ESWT to successfully treat acute or chronic musculoskeletal pain and/or
Foot and ankle Lower extremity Upper extremity Back and chest Shoulder Neck Myofascial trigger points
Treatment Result
Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis) -up to 91%
Calcifying Tendonitis of the Shoulder -up to 91%
Plantar Fasciitis -up to 88%
Patellar Tendonitis/Tendonosis (Jumper's Knee) -up to 87%
Achilles Tendonitis/Tendonosis -up to 87%
Patients receiving shockwave therapy can expect:
A reduction of pain felt by nerve fibres;
An increase of blood circulation in surrounding soft tissues;
Stimulation of the healing process triggered by stem cell activation.
Specification
| Product name |
eswt shockwave therapy |
| frequency |
21hz |
| Power |
250w |
| shoots |
5,000,000 shots *2 |
| function |
reduce pain,promote healing |
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