Running Injuries- How Shockwave Treatment Could Help Your Recovery
Shockwave therapy, also called extracorporeal shockwave therap (ESWT), is now used in many aspects of medicine but has been particularly successful in the treatment of chronic soft tissue injuries like those that occur regularly in runners.
Because of the repetitive nature of running and the long distances often involved, runners experience a high rate of chronic overuse injuries with as many as 4 in 5 runners experiencing an injury each year.
The most common injuries include plantar fasciitis, Achilles and hamstring tendon injuries, medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints) and tendon pain in the hip. Luckily these are just the kind of injuries that shockwave is very effective at treating.
HOW DOES SHOCKWAVE HELP WITH RUNNING INJURIES? Repetitive overloading of a tendon can cause the accumulation of microtraumas and the degeneration of the tendon. Tendinopathies at different sites of the body are a common diagnosis in people actively involved in sport as well as the general population.
In each of the cases shockwave aims to help sports people get back to playing their sports more quickly. The aim of the shockwave treatment is to speed up the recovery time of these tendon problems. promoting blood flow to the area which stimulates healing and repair, reduces inflammation, pain and tenderness. Both acute inflammation of the tendon and chronic overuse of a tendon can be successfully treated with shockwave therapy.
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