Silvia Ramon
Hospital Quiron Barcelona, Spain
Title: Evidence of shockwave treatment in sports medicine
Biography
Biography: Silvia Ramon
Abstract
Extracorporeal shockwave treatment (ESWT) has been successfully used for over almost 30 years to manage a variety of orthopedic conditions. ESWT have emerged as an efficaceous, safe and non-invasive therapeutic option for tendon and other pathologies of the musculoskeletal system. It has become a very popular treatment in sports medicine. Currently, shockwave´s approved musculoskeletal standard indications by the ISMST (International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment) are chronic tendinopathies (calcifying tendinopathy of the shoulder; tennis elbow; greater trochanter pain syndrome; patellar and Achilles tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis), bone pathologies (delayed bone healing, non-unions, stress fracture) and skin ulcers. It has been shown that ESWT can be as effective as other treatment options including traditional physiotherapy, steroids and surgery in calcifying tendinopathy of the shoulder, elbow tennis, plantar fasciitis and non-unions. ESWT are used as a therapeutic tool to speed up tissue regeneration, thus the functional recovery of our patients. Physicians and health allied professionals should be aware about its increasing scientific evidence in musculoskeletal pathologies and new indications as well so they can choose the best treatment option to further improve standards of care, thereby enabling a better quality of life for our patients.