Dr. Helge Schmitz
Consultant Orthopedist & Orthopedic Surgeon
About extracorporeal shockwave therapy
There are two types of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT): focused shockwave therapy (FSWT) and radial shockwave therapy (RSWT). We most often use a combination of focused and radial shockwaves, which have proven to be the most effective and have shown outstanding results.
- Focused shockwave therapy
Focused shockwave therapy is used for treatments that require targeting tissue at a deeper level, such as tissue close to bone, calcifications, or delayed unions and non-unions. This treatment can effectively address a variety of musculoskeletal conditions. It is gaining popularity due to increased treatment options, depth, precision, and patient comfort in more acute cases. Focused shockwave therapy is a non-invasive treatment that can reduce pain and inflammation and promote tissue regeneration.
- Radial shockwave therapy
Radial shockwave therapy treats larger superficial areas (3-4 cm depth). This non-invasive treatment leads to a cascade of beneficial effects, such as increased blood flow and metabolic activity to the area, reversal of chronic inflammation, stimulation of collagen, and dissolution of calcium build-up.
- Trigger points
- Myogelosis
- Chronic back pain
- Subacromial pain syndrome
- Calcifying tendinitis
- Enthesopathies:
- Plantar fasciopathy
- Epicondylitis
- Greater trochanteric pain syndrome
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Jumper´s knee (patellar apex syndrome)
- Tendinopathies
- Non-junction of fracture healing (pseudarthrosis)
- Bone marrow edema
- Osgood-Schlatter
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
- Osteoarthritis
- Spasticity
- Shin splint syndrome
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