Shockwave therapy sends focused acoustic pulses into an injured tendon or chronic problem area. Those pulses create a controlled stress that wakes up a stalled healing response, pulling new blood flow and repair cells into tissue that your body had stopped working on.
It is built for the injuries that rest, ice, and stretching never finished off, chronic Achilles and plantar pain, tennis elbow, stubborn tendonitis, and the nagging spots that flare every time you ramp back up.
Why chronic tendons need a different approach
A tendon that has hurt for months is usually not inflamed anymore, it is degenerated. The repair process stalled out, so resting it does not help, the tissue just sits there in a half-healed state. That is why a year of "taking it easy" so often changes nothing.
Shockwave deliberately restarts that repair. By creating a small, controlled injury signal, it tells the body to send healing resources back to the area. We then load the tendon correctly with rehab so it rebuilds strong.
What to expect
- Sessions are short, usually around 10 to 15 minutes of treatment time
- No injections, no medication, no downtime, you walk in and out
- A typical plan is a series of sessions spaced about a week apart
- Best results come from pairing it with progressive loading, not rest