We are all too aware how frustrating it is if you have been experiencing a long term Chronic Injury that takes you away from the activity you love. If you are in this situation this is the answer you are looking for, Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)Beginning of Shockwave Therapy?
The scientific basis of ESWT stems from the technology using acoustic shockwaves to break up kidney stones without the need for invasive surgery. Patients were finding that other unrelated aches and pains were also disappearing after kidney stone treatment. Despite shockwave therapy being used for around a quarter of a century, it is only fairly recently that scientists started to consider shockwaves as a viable treatment to heal other tissue injuries. Specialist machines have now been developed for practitioners to use on other parts of the body; specialized to specifically help to treat musculoskeletal conditions.
These are non-invasive procedure for the treatment of acute and chronic pain of the musculoskeletal system. Shockwave is an intense but very short acoustic energy wave, which travels faster than the speed of sound. Shockwaves are developed outside the body (extracorporeal) and the clinician delivers a repeated compressed air impulse to the target tissue at the point where the pain originates. This treatment initiates a pro-inflammatory reaction within the body, breaking down injured tissue and calcifications. The body responds to treatments by increasing the blood circulation and metabolism, accelerating the healing process. These are non-invasive, non-surgical, drug-free technique, whose safety is proven following extensive clinical use throughout the world. The shockwaves are focused onto the area and travel through tissues without damage. Many patients have undergone this type of therapy with a high proportion experiencing major improvements.
Acute & Chronic pain especially tendon problems are common and there are some specific conditions that Focused Shockwave can help, even where other conventional treatments have failed:
@ Physio uses ‘True shockwave’. Other centers around Delhi NCR do not use true shockwave but instead use radial shockwave, which are usually a pressure wave with a wider field of treatment. This therapy can be better described as Pressure Wave Therapy and does not focus pressure waves to create a shockwave. These waves are slower, less intense and therefore less able to be targeted on a specific tissue. Only with true shockwave can you get a more focused and controlled treatment.
The Richard Wolf Piezo Shockwave Machine, Made in Germany, is widely known for an effective device to provide a better targeted treatment. Patients receiving treatment from this true shockwave device require less treatment sessions than with radial shockwave and after two or three sessions, over 80% of patients report to be pain free or feel a significant pain reduction.
Focused shockwave can be seen as a mechanical stressor that is able to induce biochemical changes in living tissue and which can ultimately influence gene expression in cells at the molecular level, consequently, when used selectively, they can produce a specific tissue reaction. This process is referred to as mechanotransduction. Mechanical stimuli affect almost all cellular functions of living tissue such as growth, cell differentiation, cell migration, protein synthesis, physiological apoptosis and tissue necrosis. Mechanical forces have a direct influence on the form, and thereby on the function of tissue. Furthermore new studies show that ESWT is able to stimulate endogenous lubricin production in tendons and septa.
ESWT is one of the very few medical technologies that is effective at treating chronic injuries. It is suggested that ESWT can jump start the healing process in chronic, Non- Healing injuries and reintroduce the acute phase of healing.
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