Are there any contraindications to Shockwave therapy?
Shockwave cannot be used in the following groups of people:
- Pregnant women
- Children under the age of 18 years, except in the case of Osgood-Schlatter’s disease
- People with blood clotting disorders
- People on blood thinners
- Treatment of of tissue with local tumours or local bacterial and/or viral infections
- Treatment of patients who have used cortisone within preceding six weeks