Shockwave Therapy

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (or ESWT for short) is a safe and effective treatment for chronic muscle and tendon pain. As a relatively new treatment modality, ESWT has already been proven and backed up by a number of successful clinical studies. A shockwave is an intense, short energy wave that travels faster than the speed of sound while extracorporeal refers to the transmission of shockwave from outside the body. Shockwave therapy was originally used as a treatment for kidney stones in the 1980’s. Physiological effects of this treatment demonstrated positive effects on the healing of tissue and as a result, the technology has been utilised in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries ever since!