Shockwave therapy first emerged as a novel technology to accelerate healing and rebuilding in athletes and others who suffered an acute injury. Shockwave therapy literally jolts the body’s healing powers to break up old, dysfunctional tissue and encourage the growth of healthy new tissue.
Rather than using heat, like lasers, or light, like intense-pulsed light (IPL) treatments, shockwave therapy utilizes force to accelerate healing. The shockwaves are high-intensity mechanical waves that only last for a microsecond. The shocks are followed by an equally small time of rest.
At Aesthetics, by Dr. Lee, led by Luis Lee, MD, we recommend shockwave treatments for a number of applications, both medical and aesthetic. We deliver these noninvasive, powerful treatments at our office in Granite Bay, California.
Is shockwave therapy in your future? Here are a few reasons you might want it to be.
In the 1960s, doctors first used shockwave therapy to break up painful kidney stones so they’d be easier to pass. Three decades later, they turned their attention to soft-tissue injuries, such as those found in athletes who need to heal quickly so they can return to play.
Since then, shockwave therapy has also been used to treat chronic pain conditions, such as arthritis. Shockwave therapy can:
Another benefit of shockwave therapy is that it’s noninvasive. You don’t need an incision or an injection to trigger your body’s natural healing abilities.
If you struggle with erectile dysfunction (ED) or other male reproductive issues, you may benefit from shockwave therapy. In addition to helping you overcome ED, shockwave therapy can correct Peyronie’s disease by breaking up scar tissue and promoting new tissue growth.
In just one 15-minute session, we use shockwave therapy to promote the growth of new and stronger blood vessels in the penis. The shockwaves also break apart plaques in existing blood vessels that could be restricting blood flow.
Healthy blood flow and strong, elastic penile blood vessels are essential for achieving and maintaining an erection. If other issues contribute to your ED, such as anxiety or low testosterone, you may need other treatments, including talk therapy, hormone replacement therapy, or medications.
As you may have guessed, doctors and aestheticians have now turned their healing power to aesthetic issues as well as medical ones.
By breaking up dysfunctional tissue, stimulating new blood-vessel growth, and promoting the creation of new, collagen-rich skin cells, shockwave therapy gives you benefits such as:
You may start to see improvements shortly after your treatment, and there’s no recovery period afterward. You may need up to six weekly treatments to get the benefits you desire.
Cellulite is a disorder of the skin in which abnormal tethers develop between the skin layer and muscle layer. These tethers pull the skin tightly down over the fat layer, causing the dimpling or tufting effect that characterizes cellulite.
Aestheticians can use shockwave therapy to break up the abnormal tethers, which release your skin to the surface so it lies flat against the fat layer. By promoting the growth of healthier skin, shockwave therapy also guards against new tethers developing in the future.
Are you ready to be shocked by your shockwave results? Call our office today at 916-888-8988 or use our online appointment request form for shockwave therapy today.
We serve the California communities of Granite Bay, Roseville, Rocklin, Citrus Heights, Folsom, Lincoln, and the greater Sacramento area.
