Shockwave Therapy Treatment for Injuries & Pain
Non-invasive shockwave treatment for chronic tendon and soft-tissue pain, with no downtime. Serving Port St. Lucie and Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
How does shockwave therapy work?
Chronic tendon problems have a habit of stalling. The tissue stops treating the injury as something to repair, and rest does nothing because there is no longer an active healing process to rest into. Shockwave restarts it. Focused acoustic pressure waves are delivered through the skin into the tendon, and the controlled stress prompts the body to resume repair — more blood flow, more collagen laid down, more metabolic activity in tissue that had gone quiet.
In practice that means less pain, calcium deposits and scar tissue broken down, and a tendon that tolerates load again. It is a mainstay for athletes, and just as useful for someone whose heel has hurt every morning for a year.
Treatment happens in the clinic. No needle, no incision, no anaesthetic. Sessions are short, you walk out afterwards, and the tissue carries on repairing for weeks after the course finishes.
What does shockwave treat?
Plantar Fasciitis / Heel Pain
The classic first-step-in-the-morning heel pain.
Achilles Tendinopathy
A thickened, stubborn Achilles that has not settled with rest.
Gluteal and Hip Tendon Pain
Pain at the side of the hip, often worse lying on it.
Chronic Muscle Trigger Points
Knots that keep reforming no matter how much they are worked on.
Medial Epicondylitis (Golfer’s Elbow)
Pain on the inside of the elbow — golfer’s elbow.
Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
Pain on the outside of the elbow that flares whenever you grip.
Patellar Tendon Pain (Jumper’s Knee)
Jumper’s knee — pain below the kneecap that worsens with jumping and landing.
Shin or Calf Overuse Injuries
Shin and calf pain from repetitive loading.
Why it is worth trying
- No needle, no incision, no anaesthetic
- Works on the long-standing tendon and muscle pain that has not shifted
- Restarts a repair process that had stalled
- More blood flow and repair activity exactly where it is aimed
- Breaks up calcium deposits and scar tissue where they have formed
- Tendons that tolerate load again instead of flaring
- Sessions are minutes long and you carry on with your day
- Movement and usable strength improve alongside the pain
- Frequently works after rest, therapy and medication have not
- A realistic route back to training and ordinary movement
Come in, get a straight answer about what is wrong, and leave knowing what happens next.
FAQ
Common Patient Questions
There is a firm tapping sensation and it can be intense over a sore tendon, but it is brief and nobody needs anaesthetic for it.
Usually three to six, a week apart — adjusted to the condition and how you respond.
Often within a few weeks, and it keeps improving after the course ends as the tissue carries on repairing.
Usually yes, with the load adjusted. We would rather modify your training than stop it.
That is the usual reason to reach for it — when rest, therapy and medication have run their course without lasting relief.
It varies with the condition, how bad it is and how you respond. Most courses run over several weeks.
Because shockwave is prescribed here as part of an orthopedic plan by the surgeon who assessed you — not sold as a standalone package.
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Shockwave therapy in Port St. Lucie & Palm Beach Gardens
This is offered at both locations — our orthopedic office in Port St. Lucie (1100 SW St. Lucie West Blvd., Ste. 105) and our orthopedic office in Palm Beach Gardens (11380 Prosperity Farms Rd, Ste 204). Patients travel in from Stuart, Jensen Beach, Fort Pierce, Jupiter, North Palm Beach and West Palm Beach — see every area we serve, or call 561-202-8886.