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Ultrasound Therapy

Why Choose Ultrasound Therapy

A healing stimulator for tendons normally involves increasing the stagnated blood supply to the strands that end each muscle of the body. 

Ultrasound therapy is no different it heats tendons while sparing the other water-based tissue that surrounds the tendons.

Why Not Use It Everywhere?

While amazing, ultrasound technology is limited to areas close to the skin and where tendons (the skinny ends to muscles, think the end of your biceps at the elbow) are chunky.

No Heat Wasted

Sound waves move freely through the water, as any dolphin will tell you.

Fortunately, tendons are fibrous and not like muscles. Due to this difference, the sound waves are absorbed by tendons with wonderful efficiency.

The Ultrasound therapy we do at the Wimbledon Clinic harvests this trait to selectively heat you tendon. It's like a hot bath but juts for your injured tendon.

Where is Ultrasound Therapy Most Successful

The best results for ultrasound therapy are in the:

  1. Shoulder (rotator cuff)
  2. Ankle 

However, you may also find significant changes in areas with thin skin and tendons; such as:

  1. Wrist
  2. Elbow
  3. Foot & Ankle