ARPwave Therapy
I want to share some information about a technology we use at our center that has a unique ability to accelerate recovery at a significantly faster rate than any other medical modality that I have seen over the past 20 years. Because its an aggressive therapy, we use it primarily for athletes who need to get back into their training or competition in a fraction of the time, or for anyone looking for an alternative to surgery or medication. This technology is called ARPwave Therapy, and it is based on a simple yet often overlooked fact of all injuries: Wherever there is an injury, there is reduced blood flow.
This therapy utilizes an external device that searches for the source of the injury, driving high amounts of blood flow into that injured area. Once the source of the injury is found, we have identified the origin of the problem where there is reduced blood supply. Here is one of the most unique components of this therapy: In locating the origin of the problem, we have found that it is not where the pain shows up. In other words, it isn’t where the patient is experiencing the symptoms.
Most people may not know that muscles are like shock absorbers- they are meant to absorb force. So when you have a cumulative or sudden injury leading to muscle guarding, spasms, inflammation, and adhesions/scar tissue, the muscle is no longer able to absorb force that it was meant to. The force is then transferred and redirected to a joint. This can be an ankle, knee, hip, back, neck, shoulder, elbow or wrist joint. Any joint!
Now, joints were never meant to take on a high amount of force or impact because the muscles around that joint have a majority of that responsibility. When the joint takes on more then it can handle, it becomes inflamed, swollen and painful, and over time, the bones, cartilage and other structures begin to break down. This is where we often hear our patients tell us that their doctor said the problem is that they have bone on bone. But remember: that is only where the problem ended up! The source of the problem is somewhere in the muscle structure, and that is where this therapy places its primary focus.
By locating the origin of the problem and driving high amounts of blood flow into that area, we are repairing and turning on that muscle so that it can once again absorb force. When that happens, it transfers and redirects the force that was ending up in the joint, and returns it back into the muscle where it was meant to go.
Ultimately, the pain reduces and joint function and strength improves! Not because we turned off the pain signal, but because we redistributed the absorption of that force and impact back into the muscle structure where it belongs. ARPwave therapy treats and repairs the source and origin of the pain, not where the pain ended up.
So a question you may want to ask yourself, especially if you have been experiencing chronic pain and you have tried everything else, is this: “Do I want to continue to treat the symptoms, or do I want to find the source and begin to treat the cause of my problem?”
I would like to extend an opportunity for you to find out if we can help you with your condition. We are extending a risk free ARPwave session to determine if you respond to this therapy. Call (619) 287-4005 now to see if you qualify or if you would like more information.