Shockwave Tissue Regeneration Therapy Podcast

“She was just dragging her leg.”

That's how Dr. Brittin Beaulieu describes one patient who came into his chiropractic practice with significant hip pain, numbness, and difficulty moving.

He identified piriformis syndrome as a possible source of her symptoms, involving irritation of the sciatic nerve. After four or five shockwave therapy sessions alongside chiropractic manipulation, Brittin says her numbness went away and ...

“I couldn't really buy into it as a provider and as a patient. I'd had some really bad experiences.”

Dr. Jonathan Smith had been watching shockwave therapy for years. But his own experiences with it gave him a good reason to stay away.

During one course of treatment for his lower back, Jonathan says increasing the intensity caused significant pain during and after treatment. He eventually needed localized SI joint injecti...

“Buy equipment that you really need. Give yourself some time to cool off. Make sure you're making the right decision.”

A new device can be exciting. But excitement isn’t a good enough reason to sign a financing agreement.

Doug Vigliano knows this from both sides. He’s Chief Growth Officer at LeasePoint Funding Group, where he works in medical equipment financing. He and his wife also recently opened a clinic, ...

“The brain knows what our senses tell it.”

What does that have to do with shockwave therapy?

For Dr. Alexander Frank, quite a bit.

Alexander is a chiropractic physician and board-certified chiropractic neurologist whose work focuses on how the brain processes sensory information and coordinates with the rest of the body. In his practice, he has incorporated SoftWave into that broader neurological approach.

His perspective r...

“That's literally all we're doing, is trying to recover, trying to be able to do the next thing, trying to be able to go back to work.”

For a stunt performer, an injury can affect a lot more than your body.

Nicole Reddinger spent 20 years working in film as an actress and stuntwoman. In that world, staying physically ready is part of the job, and downtime can mean missing the next opportunity.

Nicole says performers often ...

“It's not all the new shiny thing or the next best thing.”

After 34 years in chiropractic, Dr. Douglas Kane has seen plenty of new technologies come and go. Every year, he returns to conferences like The National to see what’s changing in the profession. But something being new isn’t enough to earn a place in his practice.

It needs staying power. It needs evidence. And it needs to be something he’s comfo...

“If you look at our patient visits, it's probably down. If you look at our overall income, it's probably up.”

Fewer patient visits usually sounds like bad news for a practice.

For Dr. Ryan Graham, it’s been a different story.

After 30 years in chiropractic, Ryan says adding shockwave therapy has changed some of the patterns he was used to seeing in his rural Alabama practice. Patients who once expected to come in two...

“Everyone thinks of aging meaning you have to have decline, that you’re gonna have to limit things.”

Dr. Laura McChesney sees it differently.

Her goal is to help people move well, stay active, and keep doing the things they enjoy as they age because quality of life is everything.

That same philosophy led her to explore shockwave therapy as another non-surgical, drug-free option for her patients.

But after 15 years in ...

“They’ve treated over 100 patients. Less than five needed surgery.”

According to Saleem Musallam, these were patients treated with non-surgical spinal decompression at the University of South Florida Department of Neurosurgery, many after being referred for spine surgery. Fewer than five, he says, ultimately needed surgery.

That’s the kind of number that gets your attention. But Saleem’s bigger point is ...

Ron Warden had his doubts. But he trusted his doctor to give it a shot.

He had been dealing with neck issues for a long time, and despite regular chiropractic care, he wasn’t getting the progress he wanted. His chiropractor suggested shockwave therapy. After one five-minute treatment, Rod says he was pain-free and has remained that way for a long time.

In this episode of the Shockwave Tissue Regeneration Therapy Podcast, Thomas...

"I was in a wheelchair the entire month of January."

Cynthia Sutton wasn’t dealing with a minor knee injury. She had a root horn meniscus tear that completely separated, ultimately requiring surgery to reattach it.

What followed was a long road back. But when Cynthia began rehabilitation at Logan University, shockwave therapy became part of her recovery alongside chiropractic care and other modalities. 

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“I did two minutes of therapy onto his knee, at which time he got up and walked around like there was no problem.”

Dr. Alexander Frank first encountered shockwave therapy when his father was struggling just to get out of the car. Two minutes of treatment later, he says his father was walking around the conference floor. 

It’s the kind of story that makes you want to ask more questions. And at The National by th...

"This must be a placebo..." Then the pain was gone. 

After spending nearly a decade searching for relief from a wrist injury that ended his chiropractic career, Dr. Matt DiDuro had every reason to be skeptical. But one three-minute treatment changed his perspective and ultimately led him to dedicate his career to helping other healthcare providers discover shockwave therapy. 

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How one treatm...

"Two treatments... and my knee was bulletproof."

One successful treatment can change a life. It can also change a career.

In this episode of the Shockwave Tissue Regeneration Therapy Podcast, host Thomas Helfrich talks with Eric Brown, a former Army National Guard pilot, commercial airline captain, and longtime SoftWave advocate. After years of living with chronic knee pain and facing the possibility of another surgery, Eric discover...

What should healthcare providers look for before trusting a shockwave therapy device?

Host Thomas Helfrich and SoftWave CEO Thomas Rhoads explore what it really means for a medical technology to be backed by evidence. Together, they discuss how clinical trials are conducted, why FDA clearance is based on device-specific data, and why independent research should play a central role in evaluating shockwave therapy technology.

In this e...

"Only a couple actually have FDA clearance. The rest are knockoffs..."

When every device promises results, what should healthcare providers actually be evaluating?

Host Thomas Helfrich sits down with Thomas Rhoads, CEO of SoftWave to explore what device-specific clinical evidence actually tells you and why total cost of ownership goes far beyond the purchase price. They also discuss FDA clearance, maintenance requirements, safety sta...

Just because it says "shockwave" doesn't mean it is.

As shockwave therapy becomes more popular, more devices are entering the market. But are they all delivering the same treatment?

Thomas Helfrich and Tom Rhoads take an honest look at the current state of the industry, exploring why clinical evidence and FDA clearance matter, how some devices rely on the reputation of shockwave therapy without delivering true shockwaves, and what bo...

"It doesn't cause trauma. It's just waking the body up."

What if your body already knows how to heal, it just needs the right signal to start again?

In Episode 2 of the Shockwave Tissue Regeneration Therapy Podcast, host Thomas Helfrich and SoftWave CEO Tom Rhoads break down the science behind shockwave therapy: what happens inside the body during treatment, why the goal isn't to damage tissue but to activate your body's own healing...

“Shockwave therapy, and then dead silence”

Why haven’t you heard of shockwave therapy? 

It's been used for years, backed by hundreds of clinical studies, and helping patients around the world, yet many people are only discovering it now. So why has it stayed under the radar?

In the very first episode of the Shockwave Tissue Regeneration Therapy Podcast, host Thomas Helfrich sits down with Tom Rhoads, CEO of Soft...