Quickly learn how Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) via the Piezowave 2 can break up scar tissue and get your old injuries to heal by stimulating collage production.

Shockwave therapy will turn back time in your tendons, ligaments and joints while increasing range of motion in "stuck" joints of chronically painful areas orthopedic dysfunction.

WHAT IS EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY?
Sound, in the form of shock waves, can pulverize a kidney stone, shatter glass, view into the body and so much more. Now, the power of sound has reached new heights with extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT).

Maybe you’ve used your joints, tendons and ligaments doing hard mountain biking, running half marathons or just living a sedentary lifestyle. The result could be acute or chronic conditions or overuse injuries. Life can be hard on your body but the application of shockwave therapy is safe and effective. Get rid of the pain and repair the damaged tissue that has resulted from many conditions.

With shockwave therapy, high energy acoustic (sound) shockwaves or high energy shock waves are sent into the treated tissue. Normal tissue ripples like the waves made in water when you throw a stone into a pond. Scar tissue and calcified fibroblasts are brittle and they break in the wake of the waves and high energy micro bubbles that are released in the tissue. This allows for angiogenesis, or blood to come back into the area, and tissue regeneration to take place. Life is literally coming back into the area treated. To even begin to break up scar tissue, before, I used to bruise people with deep pressure massage. The Piezowave 2 is a better more comfortable option that goes deep into the cells of the tissue without the effects of afterpain or bruises.

I’ve operated a chiropractic clinic for over 20 years in San Jose and Los Gatos and when giving chiropractic spinal adjustments people have often locked right back up again. With this non invasive shockwave treatment, joints stay more mobile and lubricated than with just a chiropractic treatment. Even if you are scheduled for a surgery, using shockwave therapy first and beginning to follow our rehab protocols is key. You may just prevent a surgery or give your surgery a high success rate.

SHOCKWAVE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO:
Reduce pain [23]
Aid in healing [26]
Reestablish blood flow [27]
A valid treatment for muscle stiffness and pain [24]
Increase tissue metabolism (“Low energy” tissue becomes normalized)[25]
Stimulate collagen production
Diagnose and treat myofascial trigger points [29]
Help dissolve calcific fibroblasts & scaring in treated tissue [28]
Reduction of Substance P (a pain generating neurotransmitter) [23]
Help heal nonunion bone fractures with shockwaves
Reduce bone spurs

CONDITIONS SUCCESSFULLY HELPED WITH ESWT?
Achilles Tendinopathies
Hip Pain (Bursitis)
Plantar Fasciitis
Bunions
ITB Syndrome
Post Surgical Scar Tissue
Calcific Tendinitis Shoulder
Jumper’s Knee
Sacroiliac Joint Pain
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Lumbar Facet Syndrome
Tennis Elbow
Frozen Shoulder / Rotator Cuff Tendonitis / Shoulder Tendonitis
Morton’s Neuroma
Texting Thumbs
Golfer’s Elbow
Neck Pain
TMJ Dysfunction

Dr Fields is a practicing chiropractor in San Jose and Los Gatos, California and can be reached for inperson or telehealth appointments by going to www.fieldsfamilychiro.com and clicking "book online".