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Motion Wellness Family Chiropractic Center

Shockwave Therapy in Williston FL

Patient getting shockwave therapy on their foot

PiezoWave – MyACT is Acoustic Compression Therapy, also commonly referred to as "shockwave therapy", which uses sound waves to remodel tissue at the cellular level. It addresses a large variety of conditions including, plantar fasciitis, bursitis, medial / lateral epicondylitis (golfers / tennis elbow), frozen shoulder, knee pain, scar tissue, calcification, tendinopathy, bursitis, and trigger points among others.

This technology is based on the same conceptual technology as lithotripsy which is used to break up kidney stones just a lower and more pinpoint energy. If you think of a submarine at the bottom of the ocean, they cannot see in front of them so they send out sonar waves (sound waves) to find anything that may be in front of the submarine and when it finds something it sends a signal back to the sub. This is the same idea or concept with MyACT.

Mechanism of action

  • Years of research have shown that mechanical forces including tension and compression greatly influence various cellular functions such as gene expression, cell proliferation and differentiation and the secretion of matrix proteins.1,2,3
  • Cells use mechanotransduction mechanisms to convert mechanical signals into a cascade of cellular and molecularevents.1,2,3
  • Tenocytes in tendons, fibroblasts in ligaments and skin, osteocytes in bone, chondrocytes in articular cartilage, andendothelial cells in blood vessels are mechano-sensitive and respond to mechanical forces.1,2,3
  • Acoustic Compression Therapy’s impact with its pinpointed delivery of mechanical stimuli can generate biochemicalevents that lead to improved circulation and pain relief – key components in the healing process.1,2,3
  1. Ingber D E. Mechanobiology and diseases of mechanotransduction. Annals of Medicine 2003; 35: 1–14
  2. Wang JHC, Li B. Mechanics rules cell biology. Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy & Technology 2010, 2: 16
  3. Neuland H G, Duchstein H J. [Manifestation pattern of the extracorporeal shock wave therapy using mechanotransduction.] Orthopädische Praxis
    2006; 42(4): 230–235

Patient getting shockwave therapy on their knee and thigh

What to expect?

  • The patient does not feel anything during treatments when you are over healthy/hydrated tissue. 
  • The patient will feel a dull aching feeling like a bruise when you pass over any compromised tissue making it easy to know that you are in the correct location so you can address the soft tissue injury directly. 
  • Treatment typically lasts less than 20 minutes 1-2 times per week with an average of 6-10 visits and many patients experience relief within the very first treatment.