Shockwave Therapy for Pain Relief and Recovery
Activate your body’s natural healing processes with non-invasive, evidence-based shockwave therapy—designed to reduce pain, accelerate recovery, and restore function.
What Is Shockwave Therapy?
Musculoskeletal shockwave therapy is a non-invasive treatment that uses high-energy sound pressure waves to:
- Reduce pain
- Resolve inflammation
- Stimulate tissue repair
- Improve function in tendons, bones, and joints
Shockwave therapy works by modulating inflammation, desensitising pain-sensitive nerve endings, and stimulating the body’s natural repair mechanisms within musculoskeletal tissue.
How Shockwave Therapy Helps
Tendon Conditions
Helps resolve low-grade tendon inflammation while promoting tissue regeneration and restoring tendon function.
Bone Healing
Stimulates bone growth and repair, reduces bone marrow oedema, and may help break down calcium deposits.
Joint Inflammation and Arthritis
Modulates inflammation, stimulates tissue repair, and may support cartilage metabolism.
Understanding Inflammation
Acute inflammation is a normal and necessary part of healing. It helps remove damaged tissue and initiates repair.
Chronic or persistent inflammation, however, can disrupt the healing process—leading to ongoing pain, tissue stress, and reduced function.
Shockwave therapy helps resolve persistent inflammation by activating the immune response and promoting tissue regeneration.
Conditions Commonly Treated
Shockwave therapy is frequently used for:
- Plantar fasciitis
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Tennis or golfer’s elbow
- Shoulder tendon pain and frozen shoulder
- AC joint degeneration
- Patellar and hip tendinopathy
- Bone healing support
- Low back facet joint pain
- Joint osteoarthritis
Treatment Sessions
- Quick, non-invasive, and very safe
- Typically completed in minutes
- Usually performed weekly or fortnightly
- Offers benefits without the risks associated with medication, injections, or surgery
What to Expect During Treatment
A gel and handpiece are applied to the skin over the treatment area. Sensation ranges from mildly uncomfortable to uncomfortable, depending on the area treated.
Your physiotherapist will adjust the treatment to keep it as tolerable as possible. Any discomfort usually settles within a minute after treatment.
Results and Recovery
- Most patients notice improvement after 1–6 sessions
- An average of 3 treatments is common
- Individual responses vary depending on the condition and personal factors
When combined with a multimodal physiotherapy programme—including exercise, education, and lifestyle modification—80–85% of patients experience significant improvement.
Side Effects
Shockwave therapy has minimal side effects. Some people may experience temporary redness, mild bruising, or soreness after treatment, though this is uncommon and short-lived.