Shockwave therapy is a non-invasive way to treat soft tissue injuries. By using acoustic sound waves to target the affected area, shockwave therapy can help increase metabolism and circulation, stimulating the body’s cells responsible for healing injured tissue and bone. Shockwave therapy is often effective in expediting the body’s healing process and reducing pain and inflammation.

Shockwave therapy can help by jump-starting the body's ability to regenerate new tissue. It also decreases your pain by directly stimulating your nerves at the site of the injury. It can relieve pain and promote healing of injured tendons, ligaments, and other soft tissues. It accomplishes this by releasing growth factors in the injured tissue.

Most patients benefit greatly from doing a weekly therapy session for 6 to 12 weeks, however all pains and injuries are different and require different treatment plans. There’s no one size fits all when it comes to healing.

Shockwave therapy and TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) both use energy to relieve pain, but they do so through different mechanisms and with different goals.

Shockwave therapy uses high-energy sound waves to stimulate tissue repair and reduce pain, while TENS uses low-voltage electrical impulses to stimulate nerves and block pain signals.

Shockwave therapy aims for long-term pain relief by addressing the underlying cause of the pain, while TENS provides temporary pain relief that fades once the device is turned off. 

All of our practitioners are trained to use shockwave therapy. You can find the treatments under Chiropractic, Physiotherapy or Chiropody discipline, and the treatments would be billed under the respective practitioners.