Most common indications

Ligament pain around minor and major joints throughout the body is typically treated through surgery, orthopaedic and physical therapy with various rates of efficacy, general or local medicaments and/or corticoid injections with local anaesthesia. Low physical therapy efficacy rates typically lead to surgery – often with uncertain results.

When compared with these predominant treatment methods, shockwave therapy shows clear advantages. The efficacy of this “new” method is around 95%, which is a wholly unprecedented figure in medicine. This rate has been demonstrated by studies and practical experience in Germany and Switzerland and confirmed by our own practice.

Since this new method is developing very rapidly, what held a few years ago is no longer valid or has changed. The number of diagnoses and diseases that can be treated with shockwave therapy is increasing very quickly. For most diseases the treatment is causal (i.e. it eliminates the cause) but it is symptomatic for some diseases such as advanced arthritis (pain relief). In the Czech Republic and in Germany, this therapy can be used for back pain, rheumatic diseases, knee, shoulder and joint arthrosis and other musculoskeletal diseases, including post-injury conditions and post-operative conditions. The most common indications are listed in the Indications section.