(801) 486-1818Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is a noninvasive treatment that involves the delivery of shockwaves to the painful region with the objective of reducing pain and promoting healing of the affected soft tissue. These shockwaves’ primary effect is a direct mechanical force that occurs at a cellular level as the wave’s energy passes through tissue. These waves cause a controlled impact on the tissue being treated.
The result is a biological reaction within that tissue’s cells, which causes an increase in blood circulation through the injured site. This triggers the body to accelerate its natural healing processes. Extracorporeal Shockwave treatments increase the metabolic activity around the site of pain or discomfort. It stimulates the re-absorption of irritative calcium deposits in tendons, accelerates the body’s natural healing process, and reduces pain.
What Are The Benefits?
- Increased metabolism
- Expression of substance P (a growth and pain mediator hormone)
- Improvement of cellular tensile stability
- Altered cell membrane permeability
- Increased cell activity by gene expression
- Overall improvement of cellular structure
- Re-absorption of calcium in tendons
Here’s a brief overview on ESWT or Shockwave Therapy. There a multiple types of machines, but the clinical application is generally the same on all of them. Please let us know if you have any questions on your condition.