Shock waves find an interesting area of application in the treatment of "trigger points" (painful points), muscle contractures, tendinopathies, etc. Shock waves can exert a stimulus towards tissue regeneration and repair, broadening therapeutic applications to Regenerative Medicine as well. Wounds and sores that are difficult to resolve, losses of substance of post-traumatic origin (even in the days immediately following the trauma), as well as painful scars of various origins can be successfully treated. The effect is immediate and just a few sessions are enough. Also very useful in Aesthetic Medicine, Cellulite, Stretch Marks, Skin Laxity, Scars, Localized Adiposity and Expression Wrinkles.
In Physiotherapy shock waves are used in the following fields:
Orthopedics
Rehabilitation
Sports Medicine
The pathologies on which to apply them:
Elbow: Epicondylitis, Epitrocleitis
Shoulder: Insertional tendinopathies, Impingement
Knee: Patellar and Pawpaw tendinopathies
Pubis: Adductor Tendinopathy (Pubalgia)
Ankle: Achilles tendinopathies, Calcaneal apophysis
Trochanteric bursitis
Bursitis Metatarsal Heads
Chondrocalcinosis Hip and Elbow
Calcific enthesopathy of the shoulder
Chronic Epicondylitis and Epitrochleitis (Calcified and non-calcified)
Plantar fasciitis (with or without heel spur)