As a sports medicine practitioner, you’re dealing with muscle and bone injuries on a daily basis.
By adding technology to the mix, you can help your patients, dealing with common injuries or conditions, heal faster.
This is particularly true when it comes to plantar fasciitis.
Shockwave therapy for plantar fasciitis has a high success rate. It’s been proven 84% successful in double-blind, randomized, controlled studies.
Plantar Fasciitis – A Common Concern
It is quite common for the thick band of tissue, plantar fascia, that connects the heel bone to the toes, to become inflamed.
As this tissue helps absorb the stress at the bottom of the feet, if the pressure is too high or persists for a longer period of time, it can get damaged. Many patients complain of the pain being worst in the morning when getting out of bed, or anytime during the day after sitting.
According to an analysis from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), women were 2.5 times more likely to report plantar fasciitis than men.
When it comes to the characteristics of plantar fasciitis pain, the survey reported that 25% of the respondents reported having severe plantar fasciitis pain, 45% had moderate pain, and 28% experienced mild pain.
Shockwave Therapy Treatment – A Closer Look
Studies have shown that shockwave therapy is an effective, long-term treatment for plantar fasciitis.
A study was done to measure the effectiveness of shockwave therapy for the treatment of chronic recalcitrant plantar fasciitis.
It showed that shockwave therapy improved function and quality of life in patients with recalcitrant plantar fasciitis.
When measured against a placebo group, shockwave therapy proved significantly superior; with a reduction of the visual analog scale composite score of 72.1% compared with 44.7%, and an overall success rate of 61.0% compared with 42.2% in the placebo group at 12 weeks.
The difference was even more pronounced at 12 months and no relevant side effects were observed.
Similarly, another study was conducted to determine the long-term effectiveness of shockwave therapy for the treatment of plantar fasciitis. Ultrasonographic measurement was used as an objective outcome measurement.
The results showed that, for patients with a greater than 12-month history of heel pain, shockwave therapy effectively decreased plantar fascia thickness. The average thickness of the plantar fascia was 7.3 ± 2.0 mm before the treatment and 6.0 ± 1.3 mm after the treatment.
Shockwave Therapy For Your Sports Medicine Practice – Why Choose Shockwave Canada?
The Storz Medical machines, available at Shockwave Canada, are technologically advanced and can help you treat plantar fasciitis quickly and effectively.
The MASTERPULS® Ultra MP50, MP100, and MP200 machines, for instance, can help you provide targeted treatment.
Storz Medical has developed four PERI-ACTOR® transmitters, especially for fascia treatment and allows adapting the treatment to the individual fascia structure. The unique shapes of these transmitters make it possible to dissolve clots in the fasciae as well as prevent and eliminate pain.
Want to learn more about the MASTERPULS® series or would like to buy or lease a shockwave device to treat plantar fasciitis at your clinic? Get in touch today by calling 1 (888) 741-SHOC(7462) or visiting www.shockwavecanada.com.
