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Struggling with Knee or Shoulder Pain that won't improve?
From serious sports injuries causing tissue damage to bone issues and stiffness that comes with age, living with pain is, well, a pain. But it's more than that - it's a stressful, often upsetting way to get through your day, month, and year. Have you ever tried to get out of bed with sore, stiff knees? Most folks would rather just get back in bed. Think you might try exercising with plantar fasciitis? Don't plan on running far or doing cardio for very long. Torn rotator cuff? Without proper treatment, your life might not ever be the same.
Living with pain and the inevitable issues that come with age can seriously affect your wellbeing and happiness. Sure, you could wake up every morning and rely on addicting medications to help you move. Or, you could risk further injury and damage with invasive surgeries that require long periods of recovery and downtime. But those can't be the only two options for treatment, can they?
Fortunately, a new, natural, non-invasive treatment for pain is revolutionizing the medical industry and transforming people's lives. It's giving athletes, average folks, and people of a certain age a reason to be hopeful. It's called Softwave therapy, and unlike many fly-by-night medications and sketchy treatments, it's backed by science and provided by Elite Healthcare Physical Medicine.
If you're barely making it through the day suffering from chronic pain, this FDA-approved drug-free treatment may be for you. Softwave therapy has already been used by thousands of people around the country living with issues like shoulder pain, knee pain, and plantar fasciitis. You could be next.
Though its popularity has only grown in recent years, Softwave therapy - also known as shockwave therapy - has been around for years. In fact, the first systematic study into the benefits of shockwave therapy took place way back in 1950. So, what is Softwave therapy?
Softwave therapy is a method of treatment that works incredibly well for mobility rehab, pain relief, and full-body recovery, usually from chronic pain or injuries. Softwave therapy uses a device emitting low-energy soundwaves that target a patient's injured area. These low-intensity waves boost blood flow and kickstart your body's natural healing processes, relieving long-term pain and helping your body to heal a wide range of injuries and conditions.
The main targets in the body include bones, tendons, and other soft tissues, which are encouraged to regenerate and repair via the shockwaves. Often, shockwave therapy is used in conjunction with other non-invasive treatments like chiropractic care, which we offer at Elite Healthcare Physical Medicine. The results are often incredible, leaving patients wondering why they never tried Softwave therapy before.
Softwave therapy works especially well for:
Better Blood Flow
Collagen Stimulation
Reducing Inflammation
Kickstarting cell growth and healing factors
Breaking down build-ups of calcium
With FDA clearance, little-to-no side effects, and quick application time, Softwave therapy is a welcome alternative for people suffering from pain. Who wants to spend weeks or months recovering from a surgery that might not even work? Likewise, who would want to become dependent on over-the-counter or, even worse, prescription pain meds? Living a life of addiction is a road nobody wants to go down.
Softwave therapy represents a revolution in non-invasive pain treatment; best of all, it's highly effective. Independent studies prove that shockwave therapy helps with pain. 65-91% of patients using shockwave therapy experienced real-deal improvements in damaged muscle and bone tissue, solving their mobility problems and drastically reducing pain. It almost sounds too good to be true, but as many patients at Elite Healthcare Physical Medicine will tell you - it isn't.
Book AppointmentSome of the most common conditions that Softwave therapy treats include:
When you get up in the morning and go to the bathroom to brush your teeth, do you notice a stabbing, sharp pain near your heel? Does the pain go away once you have a chance to walk around? If so, you could have plantar fasciitis. According to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, this painful condition is quite common. About two million people suffer from plantar fasciitis every year, and almost 10% of all people will experience the condition at least once in their life.
This common foot issue happens when the plantar fascia - a fan-shaped tissue near your heel - gets inflamed. The plantar fascia is a thick strip of connective tissue that links your toes to your heel bone, helping to preserve the arch of your foot. When this band is strained, it causes intensely sharp pain, usually in the morning when you wake up and plant your feet on the floor.
Most folks ignore plantar fasciitis because the pain eventually goes away throughout the day. However, if left untreated, plantar fasciitis can lead to weakness and chronic pain, which may affect daily walking.
Some causes of plantar fasciitis include:
The short answer to this question is not really. Patients with plantar fasciitis will ice the affected area with little-to-no relief since they spend so much time on their feet. It's hard to rest an achy heel if you've got a job that requires you to be on your feet. Anti-inflammatory meds like Advil don't work all that well, either. They may provide temporary pain relief, but in terms of a long-term solution, taking these drugs will cause major side effects.
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When more conservative treatment options like ice and over-the-counter meds don't work, most doctors turn to ultra-expensive orthotics, steroid injections, or invasive surgery. For the average person, those options fail on all fronts, as they carry risks for side effects and may even cause the issue to worsen.
Instead of going under the knife or changing their daily routines, many people suffering from plantar fasciitis are turning to Softwave therapy for relief.
During a shockwave therapy session, our expert providers use a special probe to deliver pressure waves to inflamed tissue. These waves trigger natural healing processes causing new blood vessels to form. In turn, oxygen is supplied to the affected area, reducing inflammation and causing healthy cells to regenerate. Shockwave therapy also produces collagen, which is crucial for connective tissue health.
With just a few visits, many patients find long-term relief from plantar fasciitis without relying on strange drugs or harmful surgeries.
Living with knee pain is just miserable. From knee tendonitis to osteoarthritis, knee pain can prevent you from enjoying activities and affect your day-to-day life. Your knee is a joint comprised of cartilage, bone, ligaments, and fluids. Tendons and muscles within the knee help the joint move. When one of these crucial knee structures is hurt or compromised, it results in knee pain and long-lasting knee problems. This, in turn, leads to difficulty walking at best and debilitating knee issues at worse.
If you're an active person or somebody who plays sports often, you're probably all too familiar with knee pain - especially common conditions like patellar tendinopathy. Also called "jumpers knee," this issue happens at the patellar tendon, which is found on the front of the knee just under the knee cap. When living with this condition, most patients experience pain around the kneecap or lower down on the leg around the tibia.
In addition to injuries and issues like jumper's knee, everyday wear and tear will cause knee pain over time. With time, this knee pain can develop into arthritis. If your knees are swollen, painful, or stiff, you may have arthritis in your knees. Regardless of the kind of knee pain you're experiencing, treatment options have been limited to agonizing surgeries and addicting pain medications. But that all changes with shockwave therapy for knee pain in Isle of Palms, SC.
Though no two knee pain problems are exactly the same, shockwave therapy has been shown to be highly effective for knee pain. In fact, many patients at Elite Healthcare Physical Medicine find relief after just one session. Many times, sessions can be completed in as little as 30 minutes. So if you want to find relief for knee pain on your lunch break, that's definitely possible.
As is the case with plantar fasciitis, Softwave therapy works by sending sound wave and low-energy impulses to the affected area of your knee. These pulses stimulate your body's healing factors, which can help regenerate and repair damaged tendons and tissues. Softwave therapy for knee pain is especially promising for people who have tried other treatments - like surgery and pain meds - with disappointing results.
Benefits include:
Several studies and reviews prove that Softwave therapy can be very beneficial for people suffering from knee pain problems like jumper's knee. A study involving 66 patients with knee pain found that they enjoyed a significant improvement in their reported pain levels with Softwave therapy. In fact, knee pain was reduced by nearly 50% after a single month. When combined with other regenerative and physical therapy treatments at Elite Healthcare Physical Medicine, your days of living with knee pain are numbered.
Book AppointmentHere's a fact for you to consider: Every joint that you have in your body plays a part in your day-to-day life. But when we think of joint issues, we typically jump to knee issues. However, your knees aren't the only joints in your body to go through wear and tear. Your shoulders experience just as much, if not more, wear and tear than your knees. We put a strain on our shoulders just about every time we use or move our arms. Our shoulders play a pivotal part in living a normal life. When they begin to deteriorate over time due to age or overuse, it creates a litany of painful problems.
There are many causes of shoulder pain, like deterioration, inflammation, and trauma. Of the many painful shoulder conditions affecting Americans yearly, rotator cuff tendonitis and arthritis are very common. Also called calcific tendinitis, rotator cuff pain is caused by built-up calcium deposits on the shoulder's tendons, which connect your rotator cuff to nearby muscles and bones. This painful condition is usually linked to sports, like basketball and volleyball, or in professions requiring repetitive movements, like in the plumbing industry.
Some common symptoms of shoulder pain and rotator cuff tendinitis include:
Though strengthening exercises and some medications provide temporary relief for shoulder pain, they're not meant as long-term solutions. Luckily, Softwave therapy for rotator cuff pain in Isle of Palms, SC, can help.
Shockwave therapy has been shown to work wonders for shoulder pain. Low-intensity shockwaves break up calcium deposits and jumpstart your body's healing processes, stimulating blood flow and healthy cell growth. Shockwave treatment is especially effective for long-term shoulder pain since it releases stem cells, sends growth factors to the affected area, and boosts capillary production. Shockwave therapy has also been shown to break down scar tissue and eliminate trigger points, all of which decrease shoulder pain. This relief is most often long-lasting, unlike other treatments like medications and injections.
Many studies support the efficacy of Softwave therapy for shoulder conditions like rotator cuff pain and calcific tendonitis of the shoulder. In a study of 84 patients living with long-term rotator cuff tendonitis, participants in the treatment group saw a significant decrease in the intensity of their shoulder pain. Another study related to shockwave therapy for calcific tendonitis found that 86.6% of patients experienced fewer calcifications.
If you're having to live with rotator cuff pain or another type of shoulder issue, choosing Softwave therapy may be your best course of action.
Book AppointmentWhether you're sick of living with intense heel pain from plantar fasciitis, the mobility issues associated with knee pain, or the day-to-day struggles of rotator cuff degeneration, you'll find hope at Elite Healthcare Physical Medicine. Unlike some medical clinics, our team of doctors and specialists focus on an integrative, multidisciplinary approach to healing. Instead of relying on addictive medications and invasive surgeries, we prefer to address the underlying causes that our patients face.
We combine several all-natural pain relief therapies so that your shoulder pain, knee pain, joint pain, and foot pain go away for good. We resolve pain by using healing treatments that restore function and improve mobility for the long term. Our state-of-the-art regenerative medicine treatments, used hand-in-hand with proven chiropractic techniques, will stimulate your body's healing power from within. If your pain is related to muscles, nerves, and bones, our doctors can help you overcome discomfort, injury, or medical conditions affecting these systems.
If you've been unable to resolve your pain or have become dependent on painkillers to cope, Softwave therapy may be the natural solution you need. It all starts with a quick call to our office, so we can begin to understand your needs. When you come for your first visit, our doctors will find the personalized treatment you need so that you can manage your pain in a non-invasive and drug-free environment manner.
Book AppointmentISLE OF PALMS — The state agency in charge of protecting South Carolina's coast issued a $289,000 fine against Rom Reddy, the beachfront homeowner at odds with the government over a buried ocean-facing wall he built behind his house.The state Department of Environmental Service issued the civil penalty in July to Reddy and his wife, Renee, for a wall that comprises 92 linear feet installed behi...
ISLE OF PALMS — The state agency in charge of protecting South Carolina's coast issued a $289,000 fine against Rom Reddy, the beachfront homeowner at odds with the government over a buried ocean-facing wall he built behind his house.
The state Department of Environmental Service issued the civil penalty in July to Reddy and his wife, Renee, for a wall that comprises 92 linear feet installed behind their home.
The agency alleges the structure was never permitted, and built within the beach's critical area, which violates the state's Coastal Management Act.
The order sent to the Reddys on July 1 mandated the couple to remove the structure and any other non-beach-compatible material from the beach, alongside the $289,000 fine.
Reddy criticized the agency for issuing the fines, calling it a "war on property rights." He maintains the wall was built landward of the beach's setback line, a boundary that determines where state jurisdiction of the beach begins.
"Seawalls in SC are only banned by statute seaward of the setback line. My structure is well landward of the setback. This is a property rights fight for all those SC citizens who cannot afford to stand up to the bullying and intimidation from their government," Reddy wrote.
The penalty is one of the largest issued by the agency for violations of the state's Coastal Zone Management Act and Coastal Division Regulations, according to DES spokesperson Laura Renwick.
The highest civil penalty issued by the agency was in 2015 to the Wild Dunes Ocean Club Villas, also located on the Isle of Palms, for an illegal seawall. DES fined the Ocean Club $749,000.
"We had issued the $749,000 fine using the highest available statutory amount, the $1,000-per-day penalty set in law for the approximately two years they had been told the wall had been up," Renwick said.
Civil penalties are designed to act as deterrents for violating regulations and can put a steep price tag on noncompliance, according to DES enforcement guidelines.
Reddy is standing firm on his belief that the wall he built was not constructed in the critical area of the beach, as DES argues in the order.
The Isle of Palms homeowner installed the wall after Hurricane Idalia in 2023 caused severe erosion on the island. The structure was uncovered last December following a nor'easter that again eroded much of the beach, particularly near Breach Inlet.
DES became aware of the wall last December. Since then, the state and the Reddys have remained at odds over the wall and protecting a shoreline that's steadily diminishing.
"This has never been done before, as reflected in Hilton Head where five homeowners built a 30 feet deep seawall which is still in place after a $3,000 permitting fine each," Reddy said.
In 2019, DES fined five homeowners $15,000 for building an unpermitted seawall in a Hilton Head Island beachfront community, and ordered that work stopped until a permit was secured.
DES filed suit against the homeowners last February over the structure.
The final verdict on whether the wall can stay or go, and if the Reddys must pay the hefty civil penalty, will come from Administrative Law Court Chief Justice Ralph K. Anderson in early 2025. The case was argued in his court earlier this year.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2024 at 8:32 PM PDTISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCSC) - The Isle of Palms is putting 44 solar panels on its public safety building thanks to a state grant that will pay for the installation, saving the city money on its electric bill and creating a reliable energy source.“We have a resident committee that’s an Environmental Advisory Committee, and they may periodically look at initiatives that we may want to do around the island, and this is one of them, to turn our public works building into a solar-power...
Updated: Oct. 24, 2024 at 8:32 PM PDT
ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCSC) - The Isle of Palms is putting 44 solar panels on its public safety building thanks to a state grant that will pay for the installation, saving the city money on its electric bill and creating a reliable energy source.
“We have a resident committee that’s an Environmental Advisory Committee, and they may periodically look at initiatives that we may want to do around the island, and this is one of them, to turn our public works building into a solar-powered facility,” Mayor Phillip Pounds says.
A state grant of $67,000 will cover the purchase and installation costs. Climate and Energy Program Director at the Coastal Conservation League, Taylor Allred says the state funding project is new. He’s excited to see the town taking advantage of it and to see how many others do as well.
“My reaction is that it’s great news. You know, I think that we want to see as much of that as possible. Municipalities should take note across the state and follow suit. It’s a great deal for taxpayers, and it’s a great opportunity to help clean up the grid and save a little bit of money in municipal operations while doing it,” Allred says.
The installation projects will reduce the monthly electric bill for the building from more than $3,000 to about $600 a month. Factoring in the 30-year life span of the panels, and the needed upkeep, the town anticipates this will create about $9,000 in savings over the 30-year life span, on top of the installation being paid for by the state grant. All savings will go back into the town’s general fund.
“We can use it for foot bridges or different things on the island. I mean, $9,000 is not enough to do too much of a project. But, you know, it might be hiring another person, a piece of another person, or giving somebody an additional raise that we may not be able to do with these,” Pounds says.
Allred notes saving a little money is a perk, but there are other benefits to diversifying energy like reliability.
“It definitely offers a lot of potential reliability benefits. Having more distributed generation resources like solar energy can help to provide backup power in the event of disasters like a hurricane, and I would love to see more projects done that incorporate microgrid designs that can incorporate solar and battery storage to be able to keep an area powered, while maybe there are disruptions across the larger grid” Allred says.
The town awarded work for the project to Alder Energy Systems. The company did the installation of panels on the James Island Town Hall, Cultural Center and Fire Station One. Alder has experience installing panels on private businesses across South Carolina as well as other municipalities. City staff explain the project is a win because the state is incentivizing the installation with grants, but it would be hard to invest in solar on their own.
According to state data compiled by the Coastal Conservation League in 2015, solar generation made up only .01% of overall net generation in SC. In 2023, solar grew to well over 3%. Allred calls that a major jump and he’s encouraged to see the investment. South Carolina ranks 19th in the county for total solar installations.
“Solar also creates a lot of jobs and economic growth in the state. There are about 3,500 jobs in South Carolina in the solar industry across about 90 companies, including 21 manufacturers, that are here in the state. And overall, there have been about $3.3 billion of capital investment in solar in South Carolina today,” Allred says.
Isle of Palms approved the contract to Alder to do the solar installation at the public works building. The project is expected to take about 3-4 months including pre-planning. A start day and construction time frame have not yet been set.
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ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD)- Voters on the Isle of Palms head back to the polls Tuesday for a runoff election to fill a vacant city council seat.Three candidates were vying for the seat on Election Day — Rusty Streetman, Susan Hill Smith, and Josh Hooser.Unofficial results from the South Carolina Election Commission show Streetman received about 40.7% of the vote, Smith got 37.3%, and Josh Hooser got 21.5%.A candidate must win at least 50% of the votes plus one to avoid a runoff. No candidate met that threshold, tri...
ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD)- Voters on the Isle of Palms head back to the polls Tuesday for a runoff election to fill a vacant city council seat.
Three candidates were vying for the seat on Election Day — Rusty Streetman, Susan Hill Smith, and Josh Hooser.
Unofficial results from the South Carolina Election Commission show Streetman received about 40.7% of the vote, Smith got 37.3%, and Josh Hooser got 21.5%.
A candidate must win at least 50% of the votes plus one to avoid a runoff. No candidate met that threshold, triggering a runoff between the two candidates who received the most votes.
That means voters will decide between Streetman and Smith in the November 19 runoff.
Neither candidate is new to Isle of Palms residents as both previously served on the city council.
Smith said her priorities include adding city staff for resiliency and natural resource management, tackling drainage issues throughout the island, and implementing proactive measures to protect against beach erosion.
“I have a very proactive solutions-driven approach around not just environmental issues but all the things that come before the council,” Smith said. “I am very collaborative, and I’ve lived on the island for 30 years now — raised three children here. I have great relationships with many people across the island.”
Streetman’s top issue is stormwater drainage, but he also wants to address traffic, safety, and parking problems.
“The reason [residents] should vote for me is because I have a background in the private sector, I have been in business for over 40 years handling budgets, handling people,” Streetman said. “I’ve got a good personality, good listening skills. I’ve served four years on council [and] I think I did a very good job while I was on a council.”
While the candidates align in several areas, they disagree on perhaps the island’s most salient issue — short-term rentals.
Voters defeated a referendum last year that would have capped the number of short-term rental licenses to 1,600 for non-primary residents. Smith wants to revisit the issue, but Streetman does not.
“Mr. Streetman doesn’t even seem to want to have a conversation and acknowledge the residents’ concerns about issues involving short-term rentals,” Smith said. “I’m open to having that conversation. I have not been aggressively talking about having a referendum or anything like that I’m just saying that I am open to revisiting the issue.”
“Our citizens spoke loudly and clearly by defeating that referendum by 10% last fall, and I see no reason in bringing that issue up again,” Streetman said. “We have a lot of other issues on city council we need to be dealing with next year, not the short-term rental situation.”
The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of outgoing Councilwoman Elizabeth Campsen’s term. Campsen resigned from her post on Aug. 9 after announcing plans to move off the island in 2025.
Polls are open at Isle of Palms City Hall and the Isle of Palms Recreation Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Any registered Isle of Palms voter can cast a ballot, including those who did not participate on November 5.
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