ESWT Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT)
ESWT is a development from Lithotripsy and has been used successfully by orthopedic specialists for over 25 years, first on humans, then Equines and Small Animals. This procedure represents an innovative alternative treatment option to restore painless mobility, especially in cases where conventional methods and surgery have proven to be unsuccessful. ESWT is especially effective in humans and animals that are resistant or allergic to specific medications and animals who are suffering general loss of mobility due to post-operative conditions,rehabilitation or other reasons. ESWT represents an opportunity to offer a non-invasive and drug-free treatment to your patients. While there is technology and diagnostic equipment to better identify musculoskeletal and orthopedic disorders, few can offer a beneficial therapeutic solution after a diagnosis is reached. While pharmaceuticals offer some relief, these may entail severe and adverse side effects. In most cases, these options do not offer the positive clinical outcomes of ESWT.Quick, safe, successful treatment! Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for the treatment of soft tissue pain; Short therapy sessions provide successful relief of chronic pain and improvement of chronic disorders to restore painless mobility. Acoustic pulses (shock waves) are introduced into the body by means of a freely moved non-invasive applicator that can cover the entire pain region. How Does It Work? Shockwaves temporarily incapacitate pain receptor membranes. Consequently, the painreceptors are no longer able to send out any pain signals. The chemical environment of the cells is changed by free radicals which produce pain inhibiting substances. Based on existing hypothesis towards associative pain memory, afferent pain signals are transmitted through the central nervous system by multiple synaptic junctions which eventually cause efferent fibers to control muscle tone. The reflex mechanism works just like a regulatory circuit. During shockwave therapy, strong pain signals are conducted electrically, stimulating chemical processes at the synaptic contact sites. The complex spatial and time-related stimulus pattern is stored at the synapses as a memory engram in the form of long-term modifications. The pathological association between pain and muscle tone and vascular tone is broken as a result of shock wave therapy and the strong stimuli it produces, thus enabling natural movement patterns to be remembered and recalled. In this manner, a non-pathological condition of the muscle tone can be restored. Treatment results so far have demonstrated that shock wave therapy provides improved bloodcirculation in the treated pain regions and that long-term stimulation of metabolism is achieved in areas which, by nature, are poorly supplied with blood. Since repeated treatment sessions have shown to increase the beneficial effects of shock wave therapy, there is every reason to assume that shock waves also produce secondary effects as described in the hypothesis towards associative pain memory. Many Medical Facilities invest in technology and diagnostic equipment to better identify musculoskeletal and orthopedic disorders. However, very few can offer a beneficial therapeutic solution after they give their patients a diagnosis. Most will simply offer pharmaceuticals that may entail severe and adverse side effects. Neither of these options, however, can offer the positive clinical outcomes of ESWT. ESWT will enable you to give your patients:

1. A solution for acute and chronic pathologies
2. A painless alternative to surgery
3. A treatment that does not require medication
4. A treatment that poses no risk of allergic reaction
5. A fast, ambulant Treatment resulting in virtually no side effects
6. A rapid reduction in pain
7. A complete course of treatment in only 3-5 sessions

For most patients, ESWT provides fast, reliable and effective treatment, particularly, for those suffering from chronic pain.