Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT)

Focused extracorporeal shock-wave therapy (ESWT) at Carlsbad Clinic for chronic tendon and musculoskeletal pain. A handheld applicator delivers acoustic pulses into the painful tissue across a brief 10-minute session, which is associated with stimulating the body's healing response in stubborn insertional problems such as tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis and calcific tendon pain. Because results build over a series, the clinic discounts sessions from the fifth onward. It is often combined with a physiotherapy programme.

Shock wave therapy (ESWT) at Carlsbad Clinic targets the chronic tendon and soft-tissue pain that does not settle with rest alone. A handheld applicator delivers focused acoustic pressure waves into the painful area over a short 10-minute session (950 Kč), and the mechanical stimulus is associated with promoting local blood flow, breaking down calcific deposits and triggering a healing and remodelling response in degenerative tendon problems. It is commonly used for conditions such as plantar fasciitis and heel pain, Achilles and patellar tendinopathy, tennis and golfer's elbow, calcific shoulder tendinopathy and trochanteric pain. Because the therapeutic effect accumulates, ESWT is delivered as a short series rather than a single treatment, and the clinic reflects this by dropping the price to 760 Kč per session from the fifth procedure onward; it can also be folded into a comprehensive physiotherapy session for a combined approach. Who benefits: active guests and those with long-standing insertional tendon pain that has resisted other measures, especially when combined with the clinic's physiotherapy, laser and magnetotherapy. The treatment can be briefly uncomfortable as the waves pass through sensitive tissue, but intensity is adjustable and no anaesthetic is needed; there is no recovery time and you can walk out and continue your day, though the therapist may advise reducing high-load activity on the treated area for a day or two. Contraindications include pregnancy, treatment over open growth plates, active infection or tumour in the area, and certain clotting conditions, which is why ESWT follows the clinic's initial medical examination so it is correctly indicated. The therapist advises on the number of sessions, typically three to five spaced a few days to a week apart, and on how to support recovery with exercise.