Introduction to Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy: How It Works and What Conditions It Treats

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy, also known as ESWT, has a long history of effective use in the treatment of many medical conditions. Your sports medicine doctor can tell you more. Dr. Bradley Bley at Delaware Sports Medicine offers a full range of sports medicine services, including extracorporeal shock wave therapy. He has two convenient office locations in North Wilmington, and Townsend, DE.

What You Need To Know About Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy uses electromagnetic pulses which penetrate damaged tissue. ESWT can help break up hard deposits, scar tissue, and adhesions. ESWT treatment can also repair and restore stressed tendons, ligaments, and muscles. Treatment can help with a wide range of medical conditions, including:

• Heel pain
• Plantar fasciitis
• Bone spurs
• Achilles tendonitis
• Tennis elbow
• Golfer’s elbow
• Runner’s knee
• Shin splints

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is a popular treatment because it offers many important benefits. Consider that ESWT treatment is:

• Non-invasive, because ESWT uses no incisions or sutures
• Convenient, because ESWT requires little to no downtime
• Comfortable, because ESWT requires no anesthetic of any kind
• Quick, because ESWT treatment takes only 10 minutes or less
• Budget-friendly, because ESWT treatment is on an outpatient basis needing no hospital stay

During your ESWT procedure, you will notice a slight pressure in the treatment area, which lasts for about 5 to 7 minutes. Pain relief is almost immediate. You may need 2 to 3 treatments to achieve maximum benefits.

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is an excellent treatment option to help you get relief from pain due to a sports injury, aging, overuse, or an accident. ESWT treatment can also help you heal and recover from a surgical procedure.

Want To Know More About Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy?

To discover more about extracorporeal shockwave therapy, call Dr. Bradley Bley at Delaware Sports Medicine. You can reach him in both the North Wilmington and Townsend, DE, offices by calling (302) 792-7222, so call today.