The Elbow
Tennis Elbow/Glofer’s Elbow
Caused by overuse/repetitive strain of the forearm muscles and extensor muscles of the wrist, resulting in lateral elbow tendinopathy — a process of failed healing affecting the common extensor tendon(s) - causing pain on the outer aspect of the elbow.
Lateral Epicondylitis - Tennis Elbow:
Typical lateral epicondylitis — Tennis elbow pain:
Pain, tenderness on the outside of the elbow
Weakness in grip strength
Caused by sports AND occupational activities
Aggravated by gripping, lifting heavy objects
Tennis elbow is easily and successfully treated using SoftWave Tissue Regeneration Therapy.
SoftWave creates a healing cascade for the micro-tears, inflammation and pain in the injured ligaments and connective tissues of the forearm and elbow, all of which are the hallmark of lateral epicondylitis.
Decreased inflammation
Increased blood supply (new blood vessels)
Activation and migration of resident stem cells
“Based on the clinical evidence, extracorporeal shock wave therapy can effectively relieve the pain and functional impairment (loss of grip strength) caused by tennis elbow, with better overall safety the several other methods, especially corticosteroid injection.”
Yoa G, et al. BioMed Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Research International 2020 (ID: 20664781) 8 pp. [read article]
LONG TERM RESULTS: ‘61.4% were free of complaints, 29.5% were significantly better, 6.8% were slightly better, and 2.3% were unchanged. In the control group, the results were unchanged. There were no device-related problems and no systematic or local complications. Shock wave therapy is a safe and effective modality in the treatment of patients with lateral epicondylitis of the elbow. …the proportion of excellent and good grades … in the ESWT group increased more than that of local steroid injection group by the final 8th week.’
Wang CJ, et al. Shock Wave Therapy for patients with Lateral Epicondylitis of The Elbow: A One- to Two-Year Follow-up Study The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2002; 30(3):422-425. [read article]
Medical Epicondylitis — Golfer’s Elbow.
… the ‘the kissing cousin’ of Tennis Elbow
Although less common than Tennis Elbow (lateral epicondylitis), Golfer’s elbow is nonetheless painful and disabling with pain on the inside of the elbow.
Typical medical epicondylitis symptoms:
Chronic dull or sharp pain on the inside of the elbow
Pain can radiate along the forearm forom the elbow to the wrist
weakness in wrist/hand
Numbness, tingling in fingers (paresthesia)
Found is tennis players also
Take care of yourself. Using SoftWave TRT for healing/repairing your epicondylitis is simple, effective and long lasting. There is much research supporting the clinical benefits - and with no adverse effects.
SoftWave increases blood supply, decrease inflammation, restores tissue elasticity, and stimulates endogenous growth factor, resulting in the migration and activation of resident stem cells producing new tissue growth - a healed, pain-free and fully-functional elbow.
“This study showed that initial extracorporeal shock wave therapy was effective for the patients newly diagnosed as lateral or medical epicondylitis …”
Lee SS, et al. Effectiveness of initial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on the Newly Diagnosed Lateral or Medical Epicondylitis Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine 2012; 36(5): 681-687. [read article]
The in-office treatment is about 10 minutes
The results are long lasting
The treatment area is determined through history, examination, and diagnosis
Ultrasound gel is used to conduct the SoftWave pulses
The quantity and intensity can vary depending on the indication
Treatment usually consists of four to six sessions over 4 weeks
No adverse effects