How Shock Wave Therapy Works

Shock wave therapy delivers acoustic pressure pulses into injured tissue. Those pulses stimulate blood flow, break up scar tissue and calcifications, and trigger a fresh healing response in tendons and joints that have been stuck in chronic inflammation.

Conditions That Respond Well

• Plantar fasciitis
• Tennis elbow and golfer's elbow
• Achilles tendinitis
• Rotator cuff tendinopathy
• Patellar tendinitis (jumper's knee)
• Trigger points and chronic muscle pain

What to Expect

Most protocols involve a short series of weekly sessions (typically 3–6). Sessions take 10–15 minutes. Patients usually return to normal activity immediately afterward, with results building over the following weeks as tissue remodels.

A Smarter Alternative

Shock wave is a strong option when stretching, bracing, anti-inflammatories, or even cortisone injections haven't resolved the problem — and when patients want to avoid surgery.