BUNIONS AND ESWT - AN ALTERNATIVE TO SURGERY
Is extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) a tool to help prevent bunions from needing surgery? Follow our methods and greatly reduce your odds of needing surgery.​​​​
You take around 30 million steps every ten years and a bunion can easily develop over that time period. The result is big toe (and sometimes the little toe)…
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Bending inward at the tip
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Hardened connective tissue
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Encumbered by scar tissue
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Calcium deposits in the joint
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Inflamed joint
FURTHER CARE ON BUNIONS USING ESWT/ SHOCKWAVE THERAPY
You will be given a comprehensive evaluation and treatment plan for your bunions. However, extracorporeal shockwave therapy is the leading tool we offer due to it’s ability to:
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Eliminate scar tissue in the joint capsule
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Soften tendons that cross the joint
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Mobilize the joint
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Stimulate new collagen production
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Work without side-effects
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Other compliments ESWT & bunion care may be:
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Manual joint mobilization
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Toe stretching braces, etc.
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Shoe toe spacer
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Footwear evaluation
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Foot strengthening exercises
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Postural evaluation/correction
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Over your lifetime you will have walked 4 times the distance of the circumference of the earth.
