Dear Sir/Madam,
do you provide therapy with focused electrohydraulic shockwaves for stem cell regeneration aimed at restoring cartilage in a hip affected by arthrosis, accompanied by pain and reduced mobility?
If so, which device do you use, what is the treatment schedule, and what is the price?
The device we use produces shockwaves through a piezoelectric system and differs from the electrohydraulic system primarily because it has a smaller focus. In this way, most of the shockwave energy can be delivered directly to the site of injury while reducing irritation of the surrounding tissues. There are also other differences, but they do not affect the physiological tissue response or treatment efficiency and are mostly technical in nature.
If you allow, I will simplify and reformulate your question as follows: Does shockwave therapy stimulate cartilage regeneration in joints?
The answer is simple — no. This therapy cannot do that, just as no currently available treatment method can stimulate the regeneration of joint cartilage, regardless of marketing claims, influencers, social media advice, or AI-generated instructions.
Shockwave therapy may help reduce pain in some patients with arthrosis through two mechanisms — hyperstimulation analgesia (pain reduction immediately after therapy) and stimulation of the inflammatory cascade in surrounding soft tissues, which can be responsible for a large part of the pain associated with arthrosis. Such a procedure also carries a risk (although not a major one) of temporarily increased pain, and the patient should be informed about and prepared for this possibility.
We use shockwave therapy for arthrosis only as part of a broader treatment plan, never as a standalone method, because our clinical practice has shown that on its own it is unable to produce the level and duration of pain reduction and mobility improvement that we aim to achieve in our patients.
