About the directory

Shockwave Experts is a directory of healthcare professionals who offer extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT). It helps patients find a practitioner by location, type of therapy and treatment area, and gives each practitioner a public profile.

Who runs it

The directory is operated by WaveVision GmbH, Gassergasse 29/12, 1050 Wien, Austria. WaveVision also sells an online course in shockwave therapy for healthcare professionals. We say this plainly because it is a commercial interest:

• Being listed doesn't depend on taking the course, and listing is free.
• Taking the course doesn't move anyone up in the results.
• The course is promoted only in the section for professionals, and always as WaveVision's own course.

The directory isn't run by a medical society. No society, including the ISMST, endorses the practitioners listed here or vouches for their care.

Who can be listed

The directory is for healthcare professionals who are legally allowed to provide shockwave therapy where they practise. Professionals register, fill in their profile, and submit it. An administrator reads every profile before it goes public, and again after every change.

Some profiles were prepared by the directory from information the practitioners had published themselves, and haven't yet been taken over by them. They are reviewed in the same way.

What is checked, and what isn't

So a profile is reviewed, which means it was read and found suitable for the directory. It isn't a recommendation, and it says nothing about the quality of care. Training, certifications and treatments on a profile are as the practitioner states them. Please confirm qualifications with the practitioner. What credentials mean explains the difference between a licence, a listing and a certificate.

We plan to check licence or registration numbers, and to show a badge for certification that has been checked. When that happens, this page and each profile will say exactly what was checked. Until then, the directory shows no badges.

How results are ordered

Search results and location pages list practitioners alphabetically by surname. Placement can't be bought, and there are no sponsored listings or advertisements in the results.

What it costs

Nothing, for patients or for practitioners. The directory doesn't book appointments and takes no fee for referrals. Treatment costs are agreed between you and the practice.

Reporting a mistake

If something on a profile is wrong or out of date, or a listing shouldn't be here, email office@wavevision.at with the address of the page. We correct or remove it after checking. Practitioners can also edit their own profile; each change is reviewed before it goes live. See also Contact.

Not medical advice

The directory and its guides are general information. They don't replace a consultation with a qualified healthcare professional, who can judge whether shockwave therapy suits you.