Shockwave Therapy · Leixlip, Co. Kildare
Pain is stopping you.Let’s get you moving again.
Radial Shockwave Therapy using genuine Swiss EMS DolorClast® technology.
Stubborn heel, tendon and muscle pain often doesn’t settle with rest alone. Radial shockwave therapy delivers acoustic pressure waves into the painful area to stimulate the tissue and support the body’s own repair response — no injections, no surgery, no downtime.
Opens a WhatsApp message to 086 810 6213. Tell us where it hurts — we’ll take it from there.
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Swiss DolorClast®
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Does any of this sound like you?
If you recognise yourself below, it’s worth a conversation. If you don’t, message us anyway and we’ll tell you straight whether this is for you.
- The first few steps out of bed in the morning are the worst part of your day
- You’ve rested it, iced it, stretched it and it keeps coming back
- It’s been going on for months rather than weeks
- You’ve stopped running, training or walking the dog because of it
- You’ve been told to take anti-inflammatories and wait, and you’re still waiting
- You’ve had a steroid injection and the pain came back
- You don’t want surgery and you don’t want more tablets
- It’s affecting your work, your sleep or your mood
Conditions
Where shockwave therapy is commonly used
EMS lists the radial system for superficial sub-acute and chronic musculoskeletal problems — tendon, fascia and muscle pain that has settled in and stopped improving on its own.
Plantar fasciitis
Heel pain that bites on the first steps in the morning.
What it usually feels like
Plantar fasciitis
Sharp or bruised pain under the heel, worst on the first few steps out of bed or after sitting. It often eases as you move, then returns after a long day standing.
Achilles tendinopathy
Pain and stiffness in the tendon at the back of the heel.
What it usually feels like
Achilles tendinopathy
Stiffness at the back of the heel or lower calf, worst first thing and when you start activity. It warms up as you go, then hurts more afterwards. The tendon may feel thickened.
Tennis elbow
Pain on the outside of the elbow when you grip or lift.
What it usually feels like
Tennis elbow
Pain on the outer elbow that can travel down the forearm. Provoked by gripping, turning a handle, shaking hands or lifting a kettle. The bony point is tender to press.
Patellar tendinopathy
Jumper’s knee — pain just below the kneecap.
What it usually feels like
Patellar tendinopathy
A precise pain just below the kneecap you can point to with one finger. Worse jumping, landing, squatting or going down stairs. Early on it warms up with activity.
Shoulder tendinopathy
Rotator cuff-related pain, often worse overhead.
What it usually feels like
Shoulder tendinopathy
Pain on the outside or front of the shoulder, worse reaching overhead or behind your back. Night pain lying on that side is very common, along with weakness lifting away from the body.
Muscular & myofascial pain
Trigger points and tight bands that keep coming back.
What it usually feels like
Muscular & myofascial pain
A deep ache with specific spots that are sharply tender when pressed, muscle that feels permanently tight, and pain that returns to the same place despite stretching and massage.
The equipment matters
Not all shockwave therapy is the same.
“Shockwave” has become a catch-all term, and the machines behind it vary enormously. What reaches your tissue — and therefore whether the treatment does anything — depends entirely on which one is in the room.
Treatment at EMS Shockwave is delivered using the EMS Swiss DolorClast® radial system, made by EMS Electro Medical Systems SA in Nyon, Switzerland.
The company that supplies our equipment invented this treatment. They built the first radial shockwave device in 1997, and the whole industry still works on the principle they established. What that buys you is a machine that delivers what it says it delivers, session after session.
Energy delivery
A shockwave arrives as a pressure pulse. That pulse physically stresses the tissue it passes through — and how much it does depends on how much energy the machine can actually put into you.
What that does inside the tissue
Behind that pulse comes a moment of negative pressure, which forms tiny bubbles in the tissue. That bubble effect is the part the manufacturer says the whole treatment depends on. A weaker machine produces less of it, which is why the equipment isn’t a detail.
Biological response
That mechanical stimulation is what prompts the tissue to react: metabolic activity, local blood flow and the body’s own repair processes are all part of the response described in the shockwave literature.
Therapeutic goal
Less pain, better function, and a tendon or fascia that tolerates load again. Responses vary from person to person, which is exactly why treatment is assessed and adjusted rather than run to a fixed formula.
Mechanism described using published information from EMS Electro Medical Systems SA. Individual response to treatment varies and no outcome can be guaranteed.
NEVER HEARD OF IT?
It began in 1966, when an engineer touched a metal plate at the wrong moment.
He felt a shock pass through his body, and there was no electricity involved. That observation led to the treatment of kidney stones without surgery, and eventually to treating tendons. If shockwave therapy is new to you, it isn’t new — it just reached Ireland late.
For runners & clubs
Training through it isn’t a plan.
Most running injuries are overload injuries. The tissue hasn’t failed — it’s been asked to adapt faster than it can. That’s why they arrive after a block of mileage, a change of surface, new shoes, or a return after time off.
And it’s why they don’t settle on rest alone. Rest calms the pain; it doesn’t rebuild the tissue. The moment you go back to the same load, it returns.
Shockwave therapy is used for exactly this category of problem — and it works best alongside a sensible loading programme, not instead of one. If you’re already working with a coach or physio, keep going. We fit around that.
THE FIVE WE SEE MOST IN RUNNERS
- Heel pain on the first steps of the morning — plantar fasciopathy. The most common one by a distance.
- A stiff, thickened Achilles that warms up during a run and hurts more afterwards.
- An ache along the inner shin that starts early in a run and builds — shin splints.
- A pinpoint pain below the kneecap on hills, stairs and landings — jumper’s knee.
- Outer hip pain that’s worst lying on that side at night.
Marathon training
Injuries cluster in the build phase, when weekly mileage climbs fastest. If something has been niggling for three weeks and isn’t improving, that’s the moment to deal with it — not four weeks out from race day.
Club runners
We’re in Leixlip, so we’re on the doorstep for clubs across Kildare and west Dublin. If your club would find a talk on managing overload injuries useful, get in touch — we’re happy to come out.
Coming back after a break
The highest-risk period is the return, not the peak. Tendons adapt more slowly than fitness does — which is why the injury usually shows up three or four weeks after you start again, not on day one.
How it works
Four steps, start to finish
No portals, no forms, no phone tag. You message us, we talk it through, and we go from there.
Tell us what’s wrong
Message us on WhatsApp and tell us where the problem is and how long it has been going on.
Assessment
We discuss your symptoms, your history and whether shockwave therapy is a sensible option for you.
Treatment
Radial shockwave therapy is applied to the appropriate treatment area, at an intensity you can tolerate.
Follow-up
We review how the area has responded and agree the next step together — including if that means stopping.
In the treatment room
The machine in the room
“Shockwave” covers a lot of very different machines. What reaches your tissue — and therefore whether the treatment does anything at all — depends entirely on the one being used.
Ours is the system EMS invented the category with. And if shockwave doesn’t suit what’s wrong with you, we’ll say so instead of treating you anyway.
Supplied by EMS Electro Medical Systems of Nyon, Switzerland — the company that invented radial shockwave therapy in 1997.
Why EMS Shockwave
Serious equipment. Straight answers.
You get the person, the machine and an honest opinion — including when the honest opinion is that shockwave isn’t the right answer for you.
- Genuine EMS DolorClast® equipment — not an anonymous machine
- Swiss-engineered technology from the company that invented radial shockwave
- One-to-one treatment — the same person every time
- Individual assessment before anything is switched on
- Non-invasive: no injections, no incisions, no downtime
- Straightforward advice, in language you can actually use
- No pre-sold packages and no unnecessary treatment plans
- Treatment settings tailored to you, the area and your tolerance
Your first visit
What to expect when you come in
Nobody enjoys walking into somewhere new not knowing what happens. So here it is.
- We talk first. What hurts, how long, what you’ve already tried, what you’re trying to get back to.
- We examine the area. We’ll press around until we find what reproduces your pain. That map is what gets treated.
- We tell you what we think. Including if we think shockwave isn’t the answer for you.
- If it’s suitable, we treat that day. No second appointment just to start.
- You go home and get on with your day. No downtime, no dressings, you can drive.
One room, one practitioner, the machine beside you
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ONE-TO-ONE
You see the same person at every appointment. No rotating staff, no being handed between people.
Next step
Ready to do something about the pain?
Talk to EMS Shockwave and find out whether radial shockwave therapy may be suitable for you. Message us and describe the problem — there’s no obligation and no pressure.