Therapies are likely to fall out and in of trend in healthcare. Electrotherapy has actually been a sufferer of this. Therapeutic Ultrasound was as soon as a go-to choice for nearly any tender tissue harm regardless of its baffling array of settings and the very fact nobody may really really feel it doing something!
After many research with underwhelming outcomes, many models sit dusty and unused within the nook of the clinic. So when shockwave emerged on the scene it’s honest to say some therapists have been sceptical. We questioned is that this ultrasound mark 2?
Not like its predecessors, there have been some encouraging outcomes for shockwave, particularly in tendinopathy and plantar fasciopathy. A new examine in Achilles tendinopathy additionally had some shocking outcomes which I talk about for you in a brand new video beneath. Additionally on this video:
- Ought to we use shockwave in isolation or together with rehab?
- At what time level would possibly we contemplate shockwave?
- What different remedy choices do we have now?
- Is there a task for stretching?
Study evaluation and remedy of peroneal tendinopathy, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction and hip flexor ache in our free ‘Difficult Tendons’ video collection. Go to clinicaledge.co/tendons to entry it.
