Acoustic Wave Therapy is a non-invasive, painless treatment that stimulates your body’s natural healing processes. This technology was originally developed to help break up kidney stones without surgery, and patients noticed that their unrelated aches and pains also disappeared.
The sound waves reduce your body’s levels of Substance P, the neurotransmitter that mediates pain information. In addition, they help break down calcium deposits, widen arteries and restore circulation.
Reduces Substance P
Shock waves transfer mechanical energy to the body’s soft tissues, causing analgesia and mobility restoration.
The energy from acoustic waves also breaks up calcifications in the tendon. This allows your body to expel the debris on its own.
Substance P, a neurotransmitter, relays pain signals to the central nervous system. Acoustic wave therapy reduces the amount of substance P within the tissues. This interrupts pain messages, resulting in instant pain relief.
The treatment increases the activity and production of mast cells. These cells produce chemokines, cytokines, and other inflammatory factors that help heal the tissue. This stimulates new blood vessel growth, which improves blood supply and oxygenation in the area. It also supports the healing of bones and tendons. The microstructures that are created by the acoustic waves promote growth factors like eNOS and VEGF. They also accelerate tissue regeneration.
Increases Blood Flow
Acoustic wave therapy delivers powerful pulses of sound waves to the tissues of your body. These pulses penetrate deep into the tissue and help break up blockages and scar tissue that can cause pain and inflammation. This treatment also helps increase blood flow to the area, aiding the natural healing process.
This technology was originally used for lithotripsy, which breaks up kidney stones without surgery. After patients undergoing lithotripsy treatment noticed that their aches and pains were reduced, researchers began studying the effects of acoustic shockwaves on other tissues in the body.
This non-invasive technique has been proven to be effective for a variety of conditions. Besides treating musculoskeletal pain, it has been shown to improve circulation, promote hair growth, and reduce stretch marks. This is because it causes cellular microtrauma and stimulates the formation of new blood vessels. It also helps break down and dissolve calcium fibroblasts that can shorten tendons and ligaments.
Stimulates Stem Cells
The sound waves emitted by the AWT device stimulate stem cells in the area of treatment. These stem cells help the body heal and turn off inflammation. In addition, AWT can promote the creation of new blood vessels. This helps with pain in the musculoskeletal system and increases the effectiveness of other regenerative treatments.
This non-invasive therapy is ideal for patients who want to avoid taking pharmaceuticals or have experienced adverse side effects from these medications. AWT can also help relieve pain from conditions such as plantar fasciitis with heel spurs, tennis elbow, jumper’s knee, and arthritis. It can even help treat erectile dysfunction (ED). AWT also targets and dissolves calcium fibroblasts that build up in connective tissue as a result of micro-tears or trauma to the muscle. This condition can shorten tendons and ligaments, which can cause joint problems. AWT can dissolve the fibroblasts and increase the length of the muscles and tendons, improving the quality of movement.
Relieves Pain
In contrast to other treatment methods focusing on mitigating symptoms, acoustic sound wave therapy repairs damaged tissue at the cellular level. This non-invasive treatment helps alleviate pain, improve blood flow and stimulate nerve regeneration in the affected area. It can help heal plantar fasciitis, alleviate shoulder and neck pain, treat calcifications and reduce chronic back pain.
The shock waves carried by the acoustic wave machine penetrate deep into the tissues and bones of the body. They cause micro trauma to scar tissue, break up calcifications, and release trigger points. The acoustic waves also accelerate the body’s innate ability to heal by stimulating metabolism and enhancing blood circulation.
Optimum Mens Health is proud to offer Acoustic Wave Therapy in addition to our comprehensive range of men’s health services.
