Shock Wave therapy

According to scientific researches 80% of grown-ups living in big cities suffer from musculoskeletal system disorders. And very often when they are trying to find any productive way of treatment they face an unexpected answer that there isn't any.

Our Clinic provides a relatively new treatment modality for chronic, painful conditions of the musculoskeletal system, called extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT).

After a specialist's consultation in GMS Clinic this procedure is performed by the latest device used for extracorporeal shock wave therapy – Richard WoltRezoson 100+.

What сonditions can be treated by shock wave therapy?

minor and major joints disorders, also «tennis and golfer's elbow»;
heel spur and plantar fasciitis;
ligaments disorders (tenopathy etc);
muscular pains when osteochondrosis of spine, coccygodynia;
muscular painful (trigger) zones;
delayed union of long cortical bones.

How does it work?

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a non-invasive procedure in which strong sound waves are directed at the area of pain. The shockwaves are intended to stimulate the speed up of the body's own healing processes. ESWT has been considered valuable in breaking down pathological deposits of calcification in soft tissues, stimulating fibroblasts and enhancing the healing processes of bone fractures.

Benefits of ESWT:

almost no side effects, requires no anaesthesia;
a fast outpatient treatment;
a painless alternative to surgery.

Contraindications:

oncology;
patients taking medications that may interfere with blood clotting;
infectious diseases;
pregnancy;
pancreatic diabetes;
patients with pacemakers.

Effectiveness of ESWT:

reducing of edemas;
increase of blood flow;
increase of metabolic reaction rate;
tissue regeneration;
reduction of tendon and muscle pain;
relaxation in muscle spasm.