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Focused Shockwave Therapy: What is the Cost and How Many Sessions Are Needed?

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Learn the Differences Between Radial and Focused Shockwave Therapy

Shockwave therapy is one of the most safe and powerful healing options that Full Circle has to offer! It has truly provided miraculous results in almost all musculoskeletal injuries, chronic pain, and neuropathy. And it is safe in all ages of patients from toddlers to elderly. It’s a non-invasive treatment gaining much popularity around the world for pain relief and more complete healing. It comes in two forms: radial and focused shockwave therapy.

These techniques differ in their application, depth, and the types of conditions they address. In this blog post, we’ll explore these two approaches and how they will benefit you, with insights from Courtney.

It is important to understand shockwave is very different than TENS unit, needling, cold laser, red light, PEMF, and more. Contrary to these therapies, focused shockwave is a pro-inflammatory treatment route aimed to heal completely and long term.

Why Radial Shockwave Therapy Is Not Enough

Radial shockwave devices are quite common and widely used for addressing more superficial conditions such as muscle trigger points. This method delivers energy radially, meaning it disperses outward from the application site.

Radial shockwave also physically “pounds you” which patients do not prefer…because it hurts! And it is typically less effective for tendon and fascia issues such as rotator cuff degeneration/tears, knee pain, shoulder pain, tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis, and Achilles tendonitis. For more deep, targeted healing, focused shockwave is many notches above radial shockwave. That is why Full Circle provides PeizoWave2, one of the best focused shockwave devices available in the world. And it doesn’t “pound you” making it an overall pleasant treatment session.

Focused Shockwave with PiezoWave2. This Is What You Want!

Full Circle brings the highest quality devices to their clients to achieve the most safe and successful treatments. They serve many semi-professional, professional, and competitive recreational athletes as well as clients that just love to exercise for fun and good health. Focused shockwave therapy is the type of shockwave that will give you the most bang for your buck!

Focused shockwave delivers concentrated energy to a precise point, reaching deeper layers of tissue. This makes it ideal for conditions involving deep-seated pain or injuries, such as stress fractures, deep muscle injuries, rotator cuff tears, bicep tendon tears, achilles tendon issues, meniscus tears, calcific tendinitis, Sever’s, and more. It really treats almost any musculoskeletal injury.

One of its key benefits is the ability to stimulate cell regeneration and bone healing. The shockwave (which is actually a misnomer because in reality, it is sound wave) stimulates blood flow, growth factors, and other immune cells to promote healing and injured or inflamed tissue.

Full Circle treats patients in Phoenix, Arizona and from all over the world with focused shockwave therapy. The precision and depth of this treatment provide excellent results for chronic and acute injuries alike.

Choosing the Right Therapy for Your Needs

The choice is clear, focused shockwave with devices like PiezoWave2 are much more effective than radial shockwave, TENS, PEMF, and some other treatments. It also avoids tissue trauma like with cupping, scraping, and needling. All of these treatments have specific roles and can be helpful for different conditions.

Scheduling a comprehensive evaluation with a medical professional with 25+ years of experience and expertise like Courtney Kelm, can help you determine the best approach to healing your pain or injury without steroids and surgery.

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