The evolving list of diagnoses for which ESWT shows potential includes:
- Shoulder tendinopathy
- Lateral epicondylosis*/epicondylitis
- Greater trochanteric pain syndrome
- Hamstring tendinopathy
- Patellar tendinopathy
- Medial tibial stress syndrome
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Plantar fasciitis*
- Knee osteoarthritis
Shockwave therapy in managing musculoskeletal and neurological diagnoses
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is the transcutaneous application of high-energy acoustic waves to break down tissue or to promote healing and repair. Focused ESWT involves the application of acoustic waves transmitted in a narrow or focused pattern. First used in the early 1980s to eliminate kidney stones but the decades that followed the advent of lithotripsy, researchers began to examine other potential clinical applications for focused ESWT and another form of shock wave therapy known as radial ESWT.