Shockwave therapy is a well-investigated and commonly used treatment modality in remedying a variety of musculoskeletal disorders and it’s backed up by research. 

How does it work?
Radial Shockwave Therapy (RSWT) sends a high energy shockwave through the skin into the affected injury to accelerate healing, improve blood flow and reduce pain.  The metabolic changes in the tissue help promote healing of the injured tissue.  When used in conjunction with stretching exercises, orthotics therapy and footwear changes, foot and ankle soft tissue injury gets better sooner. The treatment only takes a few minutes and is very well tolerated. Patients will mostly experience mild to moderate discomfort for a few minutes of the treatment, however pain relief from the process soon follows in the minutes after the treatment.

We will use this unit is used to treat the commonest reason for lower limb pain. That includes:

– Plantar Fasciitis- heel pain with/without heel spurs)
– Achilles Tendinopathy
– Stress fractures
– Shin Splints
– Plantar plate injuries
– Morton’s Neuroma
– Knee injuries (Osteoarthritis and patella tendinopathy)

What is the success rate of this kind of treatment?

A successful treatment is considered as a patient having at least 75% reduction in pain within 3 months. Worldwide, success rates are around 80 to 90%.

Benefits

• NON-INVASIVE
• COST EFFECTIVE
• IT’S SAFE
• IMMEDIATE REDUCTION OF PAIN
• ACCELERATES HEALING PROCESS
• NO DOWNTIME- NO NEED TO TO CHANGE YOUR LIFESTYLE
• DRUG-FREE

You should also know:

• IT’S NOT FOR EVERYONE
• MAY NOT BE COVERED BY YOUR PRIVATE HEALTH PROVIDER
• FEE IS EXCLUDED FROM THE CONSULTATION $
• MINIMUM 3X CONSECUTIVE TREATMENTS REQUIRED- FROM 72 HOURS to WEEKLY TREATMENTS FOR 3-6 WEEKS.
• CHRONIC LONG LASTING CONDITION MAY REQUIRE A LONGER TREATMENT COURSE

Our Podiatrists are highly skilled in the advanced use of  RSWT and can determine if it’s use is suitable for your foot or ankle condition. The beauty of treating soft tissue injuries using shockwave therapy is there are no negative side effects, no injections and less use of strong medications.

Call 1300 776 055 to make a time to have your injury assessed for its suitability for shockwave therapy.