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Utah Shock Wave Therapy Protocol uses innovative acoustic wave energy to treat the Hip & Upper Leg. The pressure waves create increased blood flow and stimulate more blood vessels to help with healing. The outcome? Decrease in muscle pain & aches, activate connective tissue in joints for better motion and improve blood flow.
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Piriformis Syndrome ( Sciatica )
Sharp shooting pain is felt in the buttocks and down the leg. Numbness or tingling maybe associated with pain down the leg. Sitting for long periods of time or rotation of the hip can cause shooting pain down the leg .
"....significant reduction in (Piriformis) pain in each treated group after treatment and at follow-up. However, patients in Groups B and C ( received Shock Wave; group A Control group no shock wave) showed more improvements......ESWT to the piriformis muscle achieved definite clinical improvement and normalization of electrophysiological test results."
Effects of Ultrasound-Guided Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on the Rehabilitation of Patients with Piriformis Syndrome. Mao-Hsiung Huang, Tien-Wen Chen, Chia-Hsin Chen, Chia-Ling Lee Deoartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
"....significant reduction in (Piriformis) pain in each treated group after treatment and at follow-up. However, patients in Groups B and C ( received Shock Wave; group A Control group no shock wave) showed more improvements......ESWT to the piriformis muscle achieved definite clinical improvement and normalization of electrophysiological test results."
Effects of Ultrasound-Guided Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on the Rehabilitation of Patients with Piriformis Syndrome. Mao-Hsiung Huang, Tien-Wen Chen, Chia-Hsin Chen, Chia-Ling Lee Deoartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (Hip Pain)
Patients experience pain from lying on hip in bed or pain from lower back, thigh or knee. Tenderness and swelling is noted on the side "hip bone". Altered walking and discomfort is often related to degree of activity.
"...Success rates were 83.3% (immediate) and 55.6% (long-term), respectively.....Low-energy ESWT can be an effective treatment for pain relief in chronic GTPS with MRI-documented gluteal tendinopathy.
PLoS One. 2018; 13(7): e0197460.
"One month from baseline, results after corticosteroid injection 75% were significantly better than those after home training 7% or shock wave therapy 13%. Regarding treatment success at 4 months, radial shock wave therapy led to significantly better results 68% than did home training 41% and corticosteroid injection 51%."
Am J Sports Med. 2009 Oct;37(10):1981-90. doi: 10.1177/0363546509334374. Epub 2009 May 13.
"...Success rates were 83.3% (immediate) and 55.6% (long-term), respectively.....Low-energy ESWT can be an effective treatment for pain relief in chronic GTPS with MRI-documented gluteal tendinopathy.
PLoS One. 2018; 13(7): e0197460.
"One month from baseline, results after corticosteroid injection 75% were significantly better than those after home training 7% or shock wave therapy 13%. Regarding treatment success at 4 months, radial shock wave therapy led to significantly better results 68% than did home training 41% and corticosteroid injection 51%."
Am J Sports Med. 2009 Oct;37(10):1981-90. doi: 10.1177/0363546509334374. Epub 2009 May 13.
Groin Pain
Pain is on the inside of the leg and can go down into the back or lower leg/knee. These are the familiar pains from common daily tasks such as: crossing one leg over the other while sitting, siting long hours, balancing a child on hip in order to perform work. or over compensating with uninjured leg because of a leg injury.
"ESWT ...... proved to be effective to treat long-term muscle injury, with good performance and the ability to return to sport practice for all patients". Acta Ortop Bras. 2015 Sep-Oct; 23(5): 247–250.
" Non-surgical therapy is successful in treating pubic overload and osteitis pubis ( groin Tendonitis) in athletes. Shock wave therapy as a local treatment significantly reduced pain, thus enabling return-to-football.....
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Jun;25(6):1958-1966.
"ESWT ...... proved to be effective to treat long-term muscle injury, with good performance and the ability to return to sport practice for all patients". Acta Ortop Bras. 2015 Sep-Oct; 23(5): 247–250.
" Non-surgical therapy is successful in treating pubic overload and osteitis pubis ( groin Tendonitis) in athletes. Shock wave therapy as a local treatment significantly reduced pain, thus enabling return-to-football.....
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Jun;25(6):1958-1966.
