Shockwave Therapy - Extra Corporeal Shockwave Treatment - ECST

It is particularly useful in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal conditions in patients who do not wish to have, or are not suitable for injection therapy.
The treatment involves sending shockwaves through your skin to influence the affected tissue beneath.
Shockwave (ECST) provides the following benefits:
- Mechanical stimulation
- Increased local blood flow
- Increase in cellular activity
- Transient analgesic effect on afferent nerves
- Break down calcific deposits (primarily, but not exclusively in tendon)
The main body of evidence supporting this treatment covers:
- Plantar fasciitis
- Heel spurs
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Patellar tendonipathy
- Tennis and Golfers elbow (medial and lateral epicondylalgia)
- Biceps tendinopathy
- Supraspinatus tendinopathy
- Trochanteric bursitis
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