Pain managment and shockwave specialist
Shockwave Therapy
Musclemechanix Osteopathic Medicine
Is Pain Stopping You From Doing the Things You Love?
When pain keeps coming back, it can start to affect more than just your body.
Perhaps you have stopped running because of heel pain. Maybe your shoulder hurts
every time you reach overhead, or an old sports injury simply refuses to settle.
Radial Shockwave Therapy is a non-invasive treatment designed to target painful
areas and support the body’s natural recovery process.
Danny the Osteopath will assess your pain, understand how it is affecting your
everyday life and create a treatment plan tailored to getting you moving comfortably
again.
What Can Radial Shockwave Therapy Help With?
Radial Shockwave Therapy may be suitable for a range of persistent muscle and
tendon problems, including:
Heel pain and plantar fasciitis
Achilles tendon pain
Tennis elbow
Golfer’s elbow
Shoulder pain
Patellar tendon pain
Muscle tension and trigger points
Sports and overuse injuries
Persistent tendon pain
How Does Shockwave Therapy Work?
A handheld applicator delivers controlled pressure waves into the targeted area.
These mechanical pulses stimulate the affected tissue and may help to reduce pain,
improve mobility and support the body’s natural recovery processes.
Treatment is targeted specifically to the area causing you problems and can form
part of a wider treatment and rehabilitation plan with Danny.
Medical Benerfits
New Blood Vessel Formation
Dissolution of Calcified Fibroblasts
Reducts Chronic Inflammation
The production of a sufficient amount of collagen is a necessary precondition for the repair processes of the damaged myoskeletal and ligamentous structures. Shockwave therapy accelerates procollagen synthesis. The therapy forces the newly created collagen fibers into a longitudinal structure which makes the newly formed tendon fibers more dense and stiff and creates a firmer structure.
Reducts Chronic Inflammation
Dissolution of Calcified Fibroblasts
Reducts Chronic Inflammation
Chronic inflammation occurs when the inflammatory response is not completely halted. It can damage healthy tissue and results in chronic pain. Mast cells are one of the key components of the inflammatory process. Their activity may be increased by using pervasive acoustic waves.
Mast cell activation is followed by the production of chemok
Chronic inflammation occurs when the inflammatory response is not completely halted. It can damage healthy tissue and results in chronic pain. Mast cells are one of the key components of the inflammatory process. Their activity may be increased by using pervasive acoustic waves.
Mast cell activation is followed by the production of chemokines and cytokines. These pro-inflammatory compounds first enhance the inflammatory process and in the next step help restore normal healing and regenerative processes.
Stimulation of Collagen Production
Dissolution of Calcified Fibroblasts
Dissolution of Calcified Fibroblasts
The production of a sufficient amount of collagen is a necessary precondition for the repair processes of the damaged myoskeletal and ligamentous structures. Shockwave therapy accelerates procollagen synthesis. The therapy forces the newly created collagen fibers into a longitudinal structure which makes the newly formed tendon fibers more dense and stiff and creates a firmer structure.
Dissolution of Calcified Fibroblasts
Dissolution of Calcified Fibroblasts
Dissolution of Calcified Fibroblasts
Calcium build-up is most often a result of micro-tears or other trauma to a tendon. Acoustic waves break up the existing calcifications. Shockwave therapy starts the biochemical decalcification of the calcium build-up of a toothpaste-like consistency and treats the tendon. The granular particles of calcium are then removed by the lymphatic system.
Dispersion of Pain Mediator “Substance P”
Dispersion of Pain Mediator “Substance P”
Dispersion of Pain Mediator “Substance P”
Substance P is a neurotransmitter that mediates pain information through C-fibers. This neuropeptide is generally associated with intense, persistent and chronic pain. It relays pain messages to the central nervous system. Lowering the concentration of Substance P reduces the stimulation of afferent nociceptive fibers and thus reduces th
Substance P is a neurotransmitter that mediates pain information through C-fibers. This neuropeptide is generally associated with intense, persistent and chronic pain. It relays pain messages to the central nervous system. Lowering the concentration of Substance P reduces the stimulation of afferent nociceptive fibers and thus reduces the pain. Decreasing Substance P, histamines and other nociceptive metabolites also helps inhibit development of inflammatory oedema. Acoustic waves generated by Shockwave therapy lower the Substance P concentration and trigger pain relief.
Release of Trigger Points
Dispersion of Pain Mediator “Substance P”
Dispersion of Pain Mediator “Substance P”
Trigger points are the principal cause of pain in the back, neck, shoulder and limbs. They are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers and have extremely contracted sarcomeres. The dysfunctional sarcomeres contract so tightly that they begin to cut off their own blood supply. This causes the waste products to buil
Trigger points are the principal cause of pain in the back, neck, shoulder and limbs. They are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers and have extremely contracted sarcomeres. The dysfunctional sarcomeres contract so tightly that they begin to cut off their own blood supply. This causes the waste products to build up. Waste product build-up irritates the sensory nerve endings which then causes even more contraction. This vicious cycle is referred to as “metabolic crisis”. The assumed mechanism of action is that the delivered acoustic energy unblocks the calcium pump and thus reverses the metabolic crisis in the myofilaments and releases the trigger points.