We are now offering EPAT Shockwave Therapy!
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EPAT Therapy, also known as Shockwave Technology, is a very innovative approach to treating chronic muscle and tendon problems. A large radial pressure wave is used to jumpstart the healing process of chronic or acute tendon, or bursa problems by destroying the scar tissue and helping it heal itself. It stimulates this neurochemical reaction that helps reset your pain patterns, like an analgesic so to speak, and the cells become more permeable. That means that it allows new growth factors and collagen to enter the cells, and it helps essentially, build back brand new, elastic tissue. So there are no needles, and there is no anesthesia.
This is a shift from the typical medical model of using cortisone to inject injured tendons. The tendons don’t heal well with cortisone because they often fill in with scar tissue as a result when you’re moving around, they rip and tear, and then it just creates more scar tissue. So when you inject cortisone in that area, the tissues weaken until they finally rip. Shockwave is the next step in emerging research in regenerative medicine. One of the best things about the treatment is that there is no lost time from movement or exercise. Patients can look at Shockwave as a very cost effective, non-surgical way to heal tendons and muscle tears. Shockwave can be use for bursitis, tennis elbow, frozen shoulder, plantar fasciitis, hamstring pulls or tears, biceps tendonitis, trigger points, psoas tendonitis, muscle guarding, |