Your Guide to Storz Focused Shockwave Machines
STORZ MEDICAL focused shockwave therapy machines have been used in orthopaedics and men’s sexual health for more than 30 years. The broad spectrum of indications that can be treated with focused shockwave machines means clinics can improve their healthcare services by using the most up to date, clinically proven technologies with hundreds of supporting clinical papers.
Due to the increased treatment options, treatment depth, precision and patient comfort (especially in more acute cases) focused shockwave therapy is now becoming as popular as radial shockwave treatments.
What is Focused .Shockwave Therapy?
The two types of shockwave therapy are focused and radial shockwave, learn more about the differences here.
Focused shockwaves have a higher energy density and faster impulse compared to radial devices. Focused shockwaves can target deeper tissues more precisely, delivering all of its energy within the tissue. Local painful spots, chronic insertional tendinopathies, bone stress injuries and deep trigger points are therefore best treated with focused shockwaves.
Penetration depth can be modified using stand-offs and can reach up to 12.5cm.
Clinical Advantages of Focused Shockwave Therapy
- Higher energy output
- Often better tolerated with a higher comfort level
- Offers quicker results for some indications
- Treats a larger array of MSK conditions including men’s sexual health
- Can be used in combination with other treatments
- More targeted and precise treatment area
- Delivers more energy, deeper
Most common indications include but not limited to:
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Tendinopathies
- Bone and Stress Fractures
- Delayed bone-non unions/bone healing
- Acute injuries
- Knee & Joint arthritis / Medial Knee OA
- Osteitis Pubis -Groin Pain
- Haglunds Deformity
- Insertional Achilles Pain
- Tibialis Posterior Tendon Syndrome/ankle sprain
- Morton Neuroma
- Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome / Shin Splints
- Tib Post/ Peroneal Tendons
- Avascular necrosis of hip
- Trigger Finger
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Coccydynia
- Myofascial Pain
- Urological indications (ED) Male Impotence or Erectile .Dysfunction / Chronic Pelvic Pain / Peryonie’s
- Wound Healing and other dermatological and aesthetic indications
Which Focused Shockwave Machine is right for me?
Commonly the more experience with Shockwave ESWT, the more likely focused shockwave is adopted by a practitioner. A combination of both radial and focused if often used as the technologies compliment each other. That doesn’t mean you need to have experience with radial shockwave before adopting a focused device, far from it. Your choice of device is more to do with patient selection, the types of conditions you see on a day to day basis as well as your individual clinic’s budget.
Storz Medical offer two focused shockwave systems:
DUOLITH SD1 T-TOP
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Focused shockwave therapy machine
DUOLITH SD1
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A modular system that combines radial and focused shockwave therapy machines with ultrasound imaging
All Focused Shockwaves Products
Focused Shockwave Therapy Courses & Ongoing Support
With all devices clinicians are offered free training at our Shockwave Essentials: Greater Depth course, you can choose to attend as many as you like within your first year (subject to availability), you also have access to a to hour skype session with one of Venn Healthcare’s trainers as well as an abundance of online webinars and other resources. One to one training can also be arranged, prices on request. Specialist focused courses covering specific treatment areas or technology are available for more experienced practitioners if you wish to extend your knowledge further.
