If you are one of many patients who has tried everything from multiple steroid injections to medications, splints, braces, strapping, taping and/or special shoe inserts; and nothing works to ease the pain, we might have a solution!

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, also known as ESWT is a noninvasive pain relief option for those suffering from heel pain that is particularly associated with plantar fasciitis. ESWT was developed originally to dissolve kidney stones. This quick, effective procedure harnesses intense but very short energy waves, or sound waves, to heal many chronic painful orthopedic conditions. Sending shockwaves into foot stimulates the speed of body’s own healing processes. ESWT is also capable of over-stimulating nerves, reducing sensitivity and pain in the foot.

Conditions we treat with ESWT are: