Radial ShockWave Therapy
According to the International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment (ISMST) there are
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Approved standard indications
Chronic tendinopathies:
- Plantar fasciitis with or without heel spur
- Achilles tendon
- Radial epicondylopathy (tennis elbow)
- Rotator cuff with or without calcification
- Patella tendon
Impaired bone healing function:
- Delayed bone healing
- Stress fractures
- Early stage of avascular bone necrosis (native X-ray without pathology)
- Early stage osteochondritis dissecans (OD) post-skeletal maturity
Common empirically-tested clinical uses
Tendinopathy:
- Ulnar epicondylopathy
- Adductor syndrome
- Pes anserinus syndrome
- Peroneal tendon syndrome
Myofascial syndrome
- Muscular pathologies (fibromyalgia excluded)
- Injury without discontinuity
- Impaired wound healing
- Salivary stones
Exceptional indications/expert indications
- Spasticity
- Early stage osteochondritis dissecans (OD) pre-skeletal maturity
- Apophysitis (Osgood Schlatter disease)
- Peyronie’s disease (IPP)
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