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SHOCKWAVE (Electrotherapy)

Shockwave therapy is a new technique used for many chronic and acute processes in the body and is very efficient for treating the pain. We use it with the tennis elbow, jumper's knee, tendon calcification around the shoulder, Achilles' tendon pain, etc. Generally speaking, this treatment was proven to be very effective with conditions that take a long time to get better via standard methods of physical therapy. Using SWT in physical therapy is mostly connected to treating chronic muscle and tendon conditions, cervical pain, back pain, and trigger point treatment. When compared to traditional manual therapy, SWT is extremely effective. It reduces the number of therapeutical treatments and leads to long-term better results. Usual indications are:

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