Shock wave therapy at the Orthopaedic Center Munich East

Extra-corporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT)

Shock wave therapy, also called extra-corporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), is a non-invasive procedure based on the application of high-frequency focused sound waves. The sound waves are fundamentally without influence on soft tissue, but they produce variably adjustable sound waves on special tissue structures such as deposits and solids, which achieve focused loosening and structural changes in the desired manner. Since the 1970s, it has been used to break up kidney stones (potassium or uric acid salts). Since 1988, this procedure has found its way into orthopedics and is highly appreciated due to the low side-effect results.

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Table of Contents:

What is shock wave therapy?

Orthopedic treatment with shock wave therapy
Which complaints and clinical pictures benefit from shock wave therapy?

Appointment for shock wave therapy in OZMO

What is shock wave therapy?

In shock wave therapy, high-energy, mechanical-acoustic pressure waves are specifically focused or radially delivered via a medical device to treat the body. Water and fluids, soft tissues and tissues will be penetrated without reacting to the shock wave with damage. However, if the shock wave hits a solid, for example deposits as lime or other salts, the waves discharge. They bump the solid material and shatter them. The surrounding tissue is put into action: it is supplied with more blood and the organism is stimulated, which means that inflammations subside more quickly and the healing process is advanced.

At the Orthopaedic Center Munich East (OZMO), we use shock waves for various orthopaedic diseases and complaints in order to make optimal use of the beneficial properties of shock waves. Especially our experienced specialist for orthopedics and trauma surgery Prof. Dr. med. habil. As a sports orthopedist and specialist in diseases and injuries of the shoulder and knees, Peter Diehl has a great deal of experience with targeted treatment using shock wave therapy.

The correct use of shock wave therapy can not only help alleviate discomfort in a wide range of diseases, but also prevent or delay previously necessary surgery. This shows shock wave therapy to be an innovative and modern treatment for your health, which enriches the service portfolio at the Orthopädie Zentrum München Ost (OZMO). Treatment with shock wave therapy, if suitable for your health improvement, is performed directly on our premises at the Orthopedic Specialty Center. Thus, you save long distances and waiting times at other doctors, because at OZMO you will find a competent team of contact persons under one roof, from diagnostics to treatment.

Orthopedic treatment with shock wave therapy

Despite the proven therapy successes, also in the context of the care of our competitive athletes, the approximately 20-minute outpatient treatment is usually not covered by health insurance. Instead, it must be borne by the patient (IGeL = Individual Health Services). The treatment usually consists of three consecutive applications. In exceptional cases, private health insurance companies and subsidies may cover costs for a narrow range of complaints, such as Achilles tendon complaints, heel spurs, shoulder disorders and elbow complaints.

Chronic inflammation of tendon tissue, a common consequence of overuse, is associated with degenerative changes in tendon tissue. Especially here it is shown that the inflamed tissue reacts very positively to the shock wave. Prof Dr Diehl has conducted clinical and experimental studies in this field and published internationally. In the area of calcific shoulder and heel spur, the success rate of this method, which is almost free of side effects, is about 80%.

Shock wave therapy is considered to be particularly gentle, well tolerated and virtually free of side effects. However, depending on the personal situation and individual pain perception, pain may be felt during the treatment. The experienced practitioner will take your personal pain sensation into account accordingly in the treatment.

After the treatment, reddening and discreet swelling are also possible in individual cases, or discomfort reminiscent of sore muscles. However, these signs quickly subside and indicate the first positive reactions in the organism, which are to be achieved with shock wave therapy. An initial worsening of the symptoms is also possible from time to time. It usually reduces after a few hours or days, while the body’s own self-healing powers, activated by shock wave therapy, are stimulated to remove disturbing factors that have been released by shock wave therapy.

Which complaints and clinical pictures benefit from shock wave therapy?

With the various forms of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (radial, focused), convincing successes can be achieved today in the treatment of many clinical pictures of the musculoskeletal system. Radial shock wave therapy, as a circularly propagating and thus milder shock wave, is considered helpful in the treatment of tension and for fascia therapy. Focused shock wave therapy is performed in a targeted and clearly concentrated manner to help break up deposits (e.g. kidney stones, calcified shoulder) and is also used for tendon disorders.

Shock wave therapy uses state-of-the-art medical technology to direct energy into pathologically altered tendon tissue, which is particularly useful for conditions such as

Tennis Elbow
Calcareous shoulder
Heel spur
Achilles tendon irritation
delays healing bone fractures

leads to significant improvement of complaints and regeneration of chronically inflamed tendon tissue.

Before treatment of calcium shoulder

After shock wave therapy

Shock wave therapy for pseudoarthrosis (non-healing or delayed healing bone fractures)

Left picture: Incompletely healed tibia fracture eleven months after surgical treatment.

Right picture: Significantly accelerated healing after three rounds of shock wave therapy.

Professional article by PD Dr. Peter Diehl: “ESWT for chronic painful heel syndrome”.
Professional article in “Der Orthopäde” 08/2011: “Die Kalkschulter – Tendinosis calcarea” – Authors: Dres. P.Diehl, L.Gerdesmeyer, H.Gollwitzer, W.Sauer, T.Tischler

Appointment for shock wave therapy in OZMO

Do you suffer from complaints that can be treated with shock wave therapy? Do you have questions about shock wave therapy and think this treatment could be helpful for your conditions? If so, please feel free to make an appointment at the Orthopädie Zentrum München Ost (OZMO) so that you can see our specialists in orthopedics and trauma surgery for diagnostics and treatment planning. If ESWT is successful for you, you can be treated promptly in our specialist center for orthopedics. Alternatively, our specialists such as Prof. Dr. Diehl will suggest more suitable therapies, which in most cases are also offered at our center.

Our experienced team will gladly accept your request for an appointment and, after the necessary examinations, will also arrange treatment appointments for shock wave therapy and other treatments directly on site at the OZMO.

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