Cairns Shockwave Therapy, Supports Treatment

Studies and literature surrounding shockwave therapy and its benefits, continue to prove its effectiveness as a part of treatment for a range of conditions. This includes but is not limited to:

• Chronic Tendinopathies, including: Calcific tendinopathy; Lateral epicondylalgia (tennis elbow); Greater trochanteric pain syndrome; Patellar tendinopathy; Achilles tendinopathy; Plantar fasciitis; De Quervain’s tenosynovitis.
• Bone Pathologies, including: Delayed bone healing; Stress fracture; Medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints); Avascular bone necrosis without articular derangement; Osgood Schlatter disease.
• Skin Pathologies, including: Delayed or non-healing wounds and skin ulcers.
• Muscle Pathologies, including: Myofascial Pain Syndrome; Grade 1 muscle strain.
• Peripheral nerve entrapments, including: Morton’s Neuroma.

Does Shockwave Therapy Hurt?

During our Cairns shockwave therapy, you may experience a small amount of discomfort, not pain. Shockwave therapy creates an analgesic effect, so should provide you with immediate, acute pain relief.

There are sometimes some minor side effects, such as mild swelling, bruising, or aches, which may be experienced for a few days after the procedure. Major side effects are extremely rare.

In addition to increasing blood flow to your injured area, our Cairns shockwave therapy treatments also stimulate collagen production, so you will benefit from increased movement after 1 or 2 sessions.

Each session lasts around 10 minutes and most patients report a drastic pain reduction, after the first treatment. Generally, you need between 3 to 6 shockwave sessions, about a week apart, for effective long-term pain reduction.

At Wellness Embodied, we don’t believe in one size fits all with our treatment. As such, one of our physiotherapists will do a thorough assessment for your condition, before deciding if our Cairns shockwave therapy can provide you with relief and healing outcomes.