Indications

The Achilles tendon is the combination of tendons of the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles and connects these muscles to the back of the heel. Insertional Achilles tendinopathy (IAT) is a painful acute or chronic disorder of the Achilles tendon at its insertion onto the calcaneus. Several terms have been used to describe this condition including tendinosis, tendinitis and peritendinitis.

 The Achilles tendon is the combination of tendons of the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles and connects these muscles to the back of the heel. Mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy (MPAT) is a painful acute or chronic disorder of the Achilles tendon.

The patellar tendon connects the lower pole of the patella to the tibia. Patellar tendinopathy (PT), often referred to as jumper’s knee, is a chronic overuse injury of the patellar tendon

Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) -commonly known as ‘‘shin splints” – is a frequent overuse injury or repetitive-stress injury of the lower extremity

Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) includes a number of disorders of the lateral peritrochanteric space of the hip such as tears of the gluteus medius and minimus, trochanteric bursitis, and external coxa saltans

Greater trochanteric pain syndrome has been reported to affect between 10% and 25% of the general population, with an increased prevalence in women compared to men.

Radial shock wave therapy has been demonstrated to be efficient for recalcitrant greater trochanteric pain syndrome 

Tension-type headache (TTH) is characterized by a bilateral, pressing, tightening pain of mild to moderate intensity, and is the most featureless of the primary headaches

Lower back pain without sciatica, stenosis or severe spinal deformation (henceforth referred to as idiopathic lower back pain, ILBP) is common and affects people of all ages. It is second only to the common cold as the most common affliction of mankind and is among the leading complaints bringing patients to physicians’ offices

Golfer's elbow is a tendinopathy of the medial epicondyle of the elbow. It is in some ways similar to tennis elbow

Tennis elbow is a tendinopathy of the common extensor origin of the lateral elbow. In former times the condition was usually named "lateral epicondylitis". However, the pathology is no longer thought to be inflammatory. Nowadays the accurate description would be "partially reversible but degenerative overuse-underuse tendinopathy". Because of the complexity of this description, the term "tennis elbow" is usually used

Calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder is a painful acute or chronic disorder characterized by calcifications in rotator cuff tendons

The term subacromial shoulder pain is often used synonymously with the terms rotator cuff disease, rotator cuff tendinosis, and shoulder impingement syndrome