We mainly use Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)
for plantar fascitis/fasciosis and for Achilles tendonitis/tendinosis conditions.
ESWT is often used when your injury is in a chronic state. This is when conservative treatments like stretching, physical therapy, and orthotics fail to provide adequate pain relief.
Shockwave therapy produces various levels of controlled trauma that causes the area to inflame and prompt natural healing to begin.
We are one of the few providers in the US that offers high-intensity and low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy (also known as orthotripsy).
Dr. Bob Baravaria DPM, FACFAS is a Board-Certified Podiatric Foot and Ankle Specialist. He is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine and serves as Director of University Foot and Ankle Institute.
Dr. Baravarian has been involved in athletics his entire life and played competitive tennis in high school and college. He has an interest in sports medicine, arthritis therapy, and trauma/reconstructive surgery of the foot and ankle. He is also fluent in five languages (English, French, Spanish, Farsi, and Hebrew),