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Regenerative Medicine Step 3: StemWave and SoftWave (Part 1 of 2)

Regenerative Medicine Step 3: StemWave and SoftWave (Part 1 of 2)

This is a two part blog and in the first part, we’ll discuss how true shockwave therapy works.  The second blog will discuss what we use it for and why true shockwave therapy is known to recruit stem cells to facilitate healing.  The first blog will be more technical than the second.

Please note that you do NOT need to be a patient to benefit from the StemWave or SoftWave.  You can simply make an appointment for shockwave therapy.  This also applies to Hbot and NormaTec.

In our previous two blogs, we discussed how hyperbaric oxygen therapy (Hbot) and NormaTec help with recovery and healing.  The evidence that Hbot can elongate telomeres, leading to greater cell function and a true anti-aging effect, is nothing less than amazing.  These above two referenced interventions constitute the first two prongs regarding how we go about tissue regeneration.  Now it’s time to introduce the third prong of this approach.

Before we proceed, we don’t want to anyone to misunderstand.  Healing and recovery are a very important focus for us at Columbia Advanced Chiropractic, LLC.  Dr. Manison has spent over 2 decades learning and applying the best techniques in the field of manual medicine and rehabilitation.  He does so in order to best help his patients obtain the greatest likelihood of recovery from a plethora of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.  However, aiding with recovery and healing are different from actual tissue regeneration, and this is the future of medicine. Continue Reading →

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SoftWaves for Plantar Fasciitis Work!

SoftWaves for Plantar Fasciitis Work!

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) is cleared by the FDA for use on a few conditions, one being plantar fasciitis.  This is very exciting as plantar fasciitis is the most common form of heel pain and it can be quite debilitating condition.  Podiatrist, orthopedists, PTs, and sports chiropractors all work with patients who suffer from plantar fasciitis, and we are always looking for more and better ways to help these patients.  When a proper diagnosis is made (and this means being quite sure to R/O calcaneal stress reaction), the faster we can address a problem and the faster we can fix it. Continue Reading →