Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Shockwave therapy is high energy, focused sound waves generated outside the body that can be focused at a specific site within the body. The high pressure acoustic waves travel from a point through the skin and soft tissue. When the waves meet tissue interfaced of different densities (such as where soft tissue, tendons, ligaments, cartilage and bone meet) the energy contained in the shockwave is released and interacts with the tissue where it produces both mechanical and cellular effects. Conditions such as osteoarthritis, hip dysplasia, chronic back pain, osteochondrosis lesions, sesmoiditis, tendon and ligament injuries, tendonitis, nonunion or delayed-healing fractures, lick granulomas and cruciate ligament injuries can benefit from treatment.