Radial Shockwave Therapy is an evidence-based treatment that involves passsing low energy pressure waves into damaged tissues to increase blood flow and stimulate repair whilst reducing pain and allowing your body to restart its own natural healing process.
How successful is treatment?
After only 2-3 sessions, many patients report complete relief from pain or signficant reduction in pain. The therapy eliminates pain or restores mobility, thus improving your quality of life. In chronic conditions alone overall success rate ranges from 60-80% when other therapeutic treatments have been unsucessful.
How many sessions are needed?
The amount of treatment sessions will vary dependent on the type of condition being treated. As a rule 3-6 treatment sessions are advised. Sessions last about 20-30 minutes.
Is Shockwave Therapy Safe?
Shockwave Therapy is very safe, it has NICE guidance for many indications and is used within the NHS. Shockwave Therapy is performed by qualified and highly trained therapists.
Is Shockwave Therapy Painful?
You may experience some discomfort during treatment but the pain should be tolerable. Energy levels can be adjusted accordingly. Due to the analgesic effect of Shockwave Therapy many patients report immediate pain relief following treatment
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