SoftWave Technical Service, LLC was founded as a research and development company and is a direct descendant of lithotripsy
Shockwave Therapy, or Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (EWST), is a non-invasive treatment that involves the delivery of shockwaves to an injured area to promote healing. This treatment produces highly effective shockwaves that initiate biological regeneration processes at the cellular level.
Treatment involving technology that applies short, frequent, and high intensity bursts of mechanical energy (in the form of a shockwave) into soft-tissue that is injured, scarred, or contains adhesions, is painful, or inflamed.
Generates a large positive pressure wave followed by a negative pressure wave.
Mechanical stimulus leads to biochemical reactions. Biomolecules are released and cell signaling is activated.
Angiogenesis, inflammatory modulation, stimulation of tissue regeneration.
Fluorescent-stained mitochondria before and after broad-focused shockwave
Angiogenesis changes before and after shockwave
These include:
Note: A TRUE shock wave is characterized by a single, mostly positive pressure pulse followed by a comparatively small tensile wave.
SoftWave Technical Service, LLC was founded as a research and development company and is a direct descendant of lithotripsy
First published reports using shockwave therapy on calcific tendinitis. Further investigations lead to successful treatment of epicondylitis and heel spur with reported success rates between 70% and 80%
First experiments investigating the influence of shock waves of bones
Haeusler and Kiefer report first in-vitro disintegration of a kidney stone with shock waves without direct contact to the stone – lithotripsy
German researching with shockwaves and biological tissue in animals
First systematic investigation for the use of shockwaves in medicine
Focused/Broad Focused
Focused
Focused
There is “High Intensity” and “Low Intensity” in shockwave therapy
