Effective Shock Wave Therapy

Olympics Are Around The Corner, Be The Best You Can Be!

By mcguire, on May 30th, 2012

Currently Olympic athletes are doing what they can to get ready for this summer’s Olympics and you can too. Treat your plantar fasciitis or tennis elbow today!

Read this article about how Crista Cullen used ESWT to treat her heel pain to keep her dreams alive in this year Games.

Medics help keep Olympic dream alive

MD News Article About the Benefits ESWT

By mcguire, on May 31st, 2011

In the May/ June issue of MD News, Dr. Rocco Petrozzi, Assistant Professor and Chairman of Podiatric Medicine at the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine who practices at the Cleveland Foot & Ankle Institute talks about the benefits and procedure of ESWT for Plantar Fasciitis.

Shockwave Therapy: Modern Technology for Successful Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis

Interesting New Report on ESWT to Help ACL Injuries

By mcguire, on May 2nd, 2011

Study: Shockwave Therapy Beneficial After ACL Reconstruction

The application of extracorporeal shock wave therapy to the bone tunnel can significantly enhance the early tendon-bone healing and decreasing tibial tunnel enlargement after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Researchers examined 34 patients who either underwent single-bundle ACL reconstruction and ESWT to the midtibia tunnel or ACL surgery without ESWT. The shock wave therapy group showed significantly better Lysholm scores than the control group one and two years after surgery.

http://www.beckersorthopedicandspine.com/sports-medicine/3867-Study-%20Shockwave%20Therapy%20Beneficial%20After%20ACL%20Reconstruction

New cards promoting VIP Physical Therapy and ESWT treatments

By mcguire, on April 14th, 2011

Check out our new cards that we plan on putting at local fitness and golf clubs around Springfield and Western Mass promoting VIP Physical Therapy in Springfield. We hope this will bring awareness to people who have plantar fasciitis, tennis or golfer’s elbow or other forms of Tendonitis that there is a place locally in which you can relieve or possible cure these ailments. You can walk in and walk out! Please let us know what you think.

What would you pay to relieve or possibly CURE your Plantar Fasciitis? Elbow Pain? Or other forms of tendonitis?

By mcguire, on March 1st, 2011

Call Today – 413-732-6005

VIP Physical Therapy is accepting patients for the only Siemens Sonocur treatments available in the northeast.

For treatment of:

Tennis or Golfer’s Elbow
Heel Pain (Plantar Fasciitis)
Shoulder Tendonitis
Tendonitis of the Knee
Achilles Tendonitis

ESWT treatment is a FDA approved, non-surgical treatment that uses sound waves to encourage damaged cells to rebuild. A procedure is about 10 minutes and it is recommended that you have a procedure once a week for three consecutive weeks. There is a 90% success rate in pain reduction for those that receive this therapy. Since this procedure is done outside the body (similar to an ultrasound), it has a very low risk of side effects with a quick recovery time. To learn more please click here: SONOCUR Technology/ Patient Information

Call VIP Physical Therapy Today
413-732-6005

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis

By mcguire, on December 30th, 2010

Very technical study on ESWT in relation to it’s effectiveness with the shoulders and elbows for the complete article please click here: http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=78781

Dr. Marshall Lewis Partners with ESWT to Provide Sonocur Treatments

By mcguire, on October 18th, 2010

Dr. Marshall S. Lewis M.D. has partnered with Effective Shock Wave Therapy to provide Sonocur treatments for tennis elbow, heel pain (plantar fasciitis), shoulder tendonitis, and achilles tendinitis. The non-invasive, anesthesia-free treatment can be scheduled at the Tehachapi Surgery Center in Southern CA – 661-822-1260.

ESWT is currently looking for more partners though out California as well as the United States. If you are interested in becoming a partner please go to our – Become a Partner page.

Olympic Runner Carrie Tollefson Used Sonocur Treatment for Heel Pain

By mcguire, on September 23rd, 2010

Carrie Tollefson is an American middle distance runner who was on the US 2004 Summer Olympic team. She suffered from plantar fasciitis and used a Sonocur for her treatment back in 2003 before the Olympics. Here is an article from Running Times Magazine about her comback : http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=3764

In terms of treatment, Tollefson’s medical team left no known mode of plantar fasciitis therapy untried: iontophoresis, cortisone shots, acupuncture, active-release therapy, icing, and Sonorex shockwave treatments from Dr. Bill Roberts, which Tollefson credits more than anything else with her eventual recovery.

A good article about the Sonocur® and the ESWT treatment

By mcguire, on September 13th, 2010

In this article posted about a month ago gives a good overview of the Sonocur® system and the ESWT procedure for heel pain and tendonitis.
http://www.3ddepartment.com/2010/08/shock-wave-relief-through-sonorex-treatment/

If interested call VIP Physical Therapy in Springfield at 413-732-6005 to speak with a specialist.

VIP Physical Therapy in Springfield MA is Offering ESWT for Heel and Tendonitis Pain

By mcguire, on September 7th, 2010

Effective Shock Wave Therapy placed a Siemens Sonocur in Springfield, Mass. on August 16, 2010. VIP Physical Therapy, located at 155 Union Street in Springfield, Mass., saw its first patients for treatment of elbow tendonitis and plantar fasciitis. VIP staff is fully trained to perform the 10 minute procedure for heel pain and other pain caused by tendonitis. For more information call VIP Physical Therapy at (413) 732-6005.