Shockwave

Short answer: A new study published in October 2026 by researchers at Harvard Medical School’s Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital found that 87% of athletes with bone stress injuries (stress fractures and stress reactions) returned to pain-free running after a short series of focused shockwave therapy combined with EMTT (extracorporeal magnetotransduction therapy), alongside a full plan to…

Short answer: Yes. For most stubborn tendon and heel problems, shockwave therapy and exercise work better together than either one alone. Shockwave restarts healing in tissue that’s been stuck for months, and the right stretching and strengthening teach that healing tissue to handle load again. In a randomized trial of people with chronic Achilles pain,…

Short answer: Many runners can keep running with mild plantar fasciitis if they cut back on mileage and the heel pain stays low and doesn’t get worse the next morning, but sharp pain that makes you limp is a sign to stop and get it treated. When heel pain keeps coming back for months, shockwave…

Short answer: Most nagging pickleball pain, like pickleball elbow, heel pain, Achilles pain, and shoulder tendon pain, comes from overuse of a tendon or the plantar fascia, and shockwave therapy is a proven, non-surgical way to help those tissues heal. Research shows shockwave can reduce pain and restore grip strength in tennis (pickleball) elbow and…

Short answer: Yes, shockwave therapy can help frozen shoulder. Research shows it can ease shoulder pain, improve how well you can use your arm, and help you get back range of motion, especially when it’s combined with the right stretching and exercise. At Adisi Health Center in Hinsdale, Dr. Steve Petzel treats frozen shoulder with…

Pain in Your Sit Bone When You Sit or Run? Shockwave Therapy for High Hamstring Tendinopathy in Hinsdale Short answer: A deep ache right at your “sit bone,” the bony spot at the bottom of your buttock, that gets worse when you sit, drive, run, or climb hills is often high hamstring tendinopathy (also called…

Short answer: Most people with plantar fasciitis notice a real change in heel pain by their 3rd or 4th shockwave session, and get their best results after finishing a 6-session protocol spaced about a week apart. The good news is that healing usually keeps going after the last session: in one study that followed patients…

Short answer: Pain at the back of your heel or just above it, especially when you first get out of bed or start a run, is most often Achilles tendinitis (doctors now call it Achilles tendinopathy). Shockwave therapy is a well-studied, non-surgical treatment for it: in a randomized trial, low-energy shockwave worked as well as…

Short answer: Pain on the outside of your hip that gets worse when you lie on that side is most often caused by irritated gluteal tendons, a condition doctors call greater trochanteric pain syndrome and many people know as “hip bursitis.” Shockwave therapy is a well-studied, non-surgical treatment for it: in one randomized trial, focused…

Short answer: Yes, standing all day can bring on plantar fasciitis, and shockwave therapy is one of the best-studied non-surgical ways to fix it. In one study, people who spent most of their workday on their feet had about 3.6 times the odds of plantar fasciitis, and in a 250-patient placebo-controlled trial, focused shockwave cut…