Shock waves
Gentle impulses that trigger regeneration
How mechanical energy activates the body's own regeneration – explained in an understandable way, scientifically proven
Shock waves have been an integral part of medicine for decades - many people are familiar with them from the treatment of kidney stones, where high-energy pulses break up hard deposits. But modern shock wave medicine is much more than this initial application: today, targeted, significantly gentler pulses can be used to stimulate biological processes that the body itself uses for repair.
This form of stimulation is based on a scientifically well-documented mechanism: mechanotransduction - the process by which cells convert mechanical stimuli (pressure, tension, or vibration) into biological activity. Put simply, the body “translates” a mechanical impulse into regeneration signals. Growth factors are released, the formation of new blood vessels is supported (angiogenesis = formation of new tiny vessels), and metabolic processes in the tissue can be improved. For our patients, this means that the therapy is not destructive, but activating. It uses what the body is fundamentally capable of doing itself - initiating regeneration - and only provides the impetus that the tissue needs to resume this process.
In cardiac therapy, this finding was further developed into Cardio Shockwave Therapy (CSWT) - a groundbreaking procedure that specifically stimulates underserved areas of the heart without surgery, anesthesia, or downtime. Shock wave medicine thus bridges the gap between modern physics and biological regeneration in a way that is understandable for patients and medically comprehensible for colleagues.