What Is Shockwave Therapy Used For?

Shockwave therapy treats chronic soft tissue injuries like plantar fasciitis, tendonitis, and scar tissue buildup. It delivers acoustic pressure waves that stimulate your body's natural healing process at the cellular level.

It's one of the most sought-after treatments at Full Swing Healthcare. Non-invasive, drug-free, and remarkably effective for injuries that have resisted everything else. A lot of patients come in having already tried rest, cortisone injections, and physical therapy. Shockwave is often what finally moves the needle.

How It Actually Works

A handheld applicator delivers high-energy acoustic waves directly into the injured tissue. Those pressure waves create a controlled microtrauma that kicks your body's healing cascade back into gear. Blood flow increases. New tissue growth starts. Calcifications break down. Damaged cells get cleared out.

For chronic injuries, this is the key. The healing process stalled out months ago. Shockwave restarts it at the cellular level.

Conditions It Treats

• Plantar fasciitis: chronic heel pain that hasn't responded to stretching, orthotics, or rest

• Tennis elbow and golfer's elbow: extremely common in Jacksonville's active golf community

• Achilles tendonitis: both mid-portion and insertional varieties

• Rotator cuff tendonitis: shoulder pain and impingement from repetitive overhead activity

• Patellar tendonitis: knee pain common in runners and jumping athletes

• IT band syndrome: chronic lateral knee and hip pain in distance runners

• Calcific tendinosis: calcium deposits in tendons, often in the shoulder

• Chronic muscle pain and trigger points: stubborn knots that won't respond to massage or stretching

• Hip pain: including greater trochanteric bursitis and gluteal tendinopathy

Who It Works Best For

Patients who've been dealing with a soft tissue injury for more than three months and haven't gotten lasting relief from conservative treatment. If your doctor has mentioned surgery as a next step, shockwave therapy is very often the treatment that changes that conversation.

Full Swing Healthcare sees a 75 to 85 percent complete resolution rate with shockwave. Another 20 to 25 percent report major improvement. Most patients avoid surgery entirely.

What a Treatment Plan Looks Like

Sessions run 20 to 30 minutes. Most plans involve 4 to 12 sessions depending on whether your condition is acute or chronic. Your $49 initial visit includes a full assessment plus your first shockwave treatment so you can see how your body responds before committing to anything more.

Book your appointment or call (904) 539-3352. We're located at 13770 Beach Blvd #4, Jacksonville, FL 32224