Shockwave therapy, a commonly used therapy in Holland, involves the use of sound waves that are used for creating vibrations and it causes controlled injury to the tissue. These tissues are the plantar fascia as well as the surrounding structures at the heels which are treated with the help of shockwaves that increase the healing ability of the heel area. This shock wave also helps in stimulating the repair process and the treatment is carried at the surgery center that involves the use of anesthesia or sedation in some cases. It is one of the most effective treatment for heel pain, or translated into Dutch "effectief behandelen van hielspoor", that is non invasive and painless which does not causes any kind of side effects or complications. The treatment involves the use of shockwaves that are applied to the heel area and this procedure takes approximately about 20 minutes for each session.
The main cause of heel pain is the inflamed nerve that is responsible for the pain and it causes numbness and tingling in the ball of the foot. Heel pain can either be a dull pain or it can be a burning, tingling, electrical or radiating as the pain can worsen while walking, standing or wearing tight shoes. Therefore shockwave therapy is very important for relieving heel pain as this treatment helps in eliminating the factors that has aggravated or caused the pain. This is a very effective treatment that directs the powerful sound waves at the area of injury as the sound waves creates vibrations that cause micro trauma to the tissues. The body responds to the shockwave by creating new blood vessels and it sends healing factors and inflammatory cells to the heel area for stimulating natural healing process. It is an excellent alternative to surgery as the heal pain can be relived with few sessions of the therapy.
There are a large number of people who suffer from heel pain and it is mostly caused due to plantar fasciitis which is the inflammation of main supporting structure on the bottom of your foot. As the plantar fasciitis attaches to back of the foot at heel bone, it may pose a problem when there is an increase in inflammation or tension on the plantar fasciitis. This might also pull on the heel bone which might cause the heel spur to form which causes additional foot pain. The pain cause of heel pain is the inflamed plantar fasciitis but it can also be caused due to heel spur.
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