Shockwave · Salt Lake City
Shockwave Therapy
Acoustic pressure waves that restart the healing process in chronic tendons and stubborn soft tissue: without injections, medication, or downtime.
Chronic tendon problems have a frustrating trick: the tissue stops trying to heal. The acute inflammation ends, the body moves on, and you're left with a degenerated, cranky tendon that aches for months or years: plantar fasciitis, achilles tendinopathy, tennis elbow, jumper's knee.
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) exists for exactly this situation. The device delivers focused acoustic pressure waves into the affected tissue, triggering a controlled micro-stimulus that reboots the healing response: new blood vessel growth, increased cell activity, and breakdown of disorganized scar tissue.
It's one of the best-researched tools in modern musculoskeletal care for chronic tendinopathy, and at Elevated Sport and Spine it's paired with the loading program that the research says makes results last.
What this helps with
- Plantar fasciitis and chronic heel pain
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Tennis elbow and golfer's elbow
- Patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee)
- Calcific shoulder tendinopathy and rotator cuff pain
- Chronic muscle tightness and scar tissue that resists other treatment
How we approach it
Confirm it's the right tool
Shockwave shines for chronic, degenerative tissue, not every ache. We assess first; if your problem will respond faster to needling, adjustment, or loading, that's what you'll get.
Deliver the stimulus
Focused acoustic waves applied directly to the affected tissue for a few intense minutes. It's uncomfortable in a satisfying way, most patients say it "hurts right where it should."
Load the rebuild
Shockwave wakes the tissue up; progressive loading tells it what to become. Every shockwave plan includes a structured strength progression so the healing organizes into tendon that holds up.
What to expect
A typical course is 3–6 sessions, one per week, inside your normal one-hour visit alongside movement work. Many patients notice a change after the second or third session. There's no downtime: you can train the same day, and we'll tell you exactly how much.
Shockwave questions
It's intense but tolerable, a rapid tapping deep in the sore tissue. Intensity is adjustable, and sessions only take a few minutes per area. Most patients find it oddly satisfying because it targets the exact spot that's been aching.
Problems this fixes
Shockwave across the Salt Lake Valley
Ready to start shockwave care?
Start with a free discovery call: tell us what's going on, and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit and what the fix looks like.