OssaTron Treatment The OssaTron Treatment represents a breakthrough in the treatment of chronic lateral epicondylitis. Chronic Tennis Elbow sufferers failing to respond to conservative treatments and faced with living with chronic pain or invasive surgery now have a non-operative option that offers fewer risks and a shorter recovery time. The non-invasive OssaTron Treatement is an outpatient procedure that takes less than 20 minutes to perform. There is no hospital stay and patients are able to return to daily activities just days following the procedure. Utilizing high-energy technology, called electrohydraulic or "spark gap" technology, HealthTronics Surgical Services, Inc., of Marietta, Georgia, uses their revolutionary OssaTron device to emit high-energy extracorporeal shockwaves (ESW) directly to the affected area. The same type of ESW has been used successfully for years to treat kidney stones and have proven effective in treating different "tendinopathies" such as Tennis Elbow. The high-energy shockwaves are directly applied to the damaged tissue. This increases blood flow, reduces inflammation and stimulates healing. In recent clinical trials sponsored by HealthTronics involving 225 patients, 90 percent of the treated patients received beneficial results from the OssaTron treatment - 64 percent of them reporting an excellent or good outcome. Read more about the OssaTron Treatment.

The Tennis Elbow Institute at the Texas Medical Center raises the level of patient care by using advanced technology and treatment to help Tennis Elbow sufferers. Respected in the field of Orthopedics for their advanced research and study of this condition, doctors Evan D. Collins and David H. Hildreth, orthopedic surgeons specializing in hand and upper extremity at Baylor College of Medicine, have the only center in Houston that offers among their treatment options the first non-invasive, FDA-approved procedure for treating Tennis Elbow.

Also known as lateral epicondylitis, Tennis Elbow is caused when the elbow is overstressed or repetitively overused and affects the outer area of the elbow, rather than the inner area often identified with Golfer’s Elbow. Until the high-energy shockwave therapy produced by the OssaTron, patients not responding to anti-inflammatory medications, Cortisone shots, physical therapy and other conservative treatments were left only with the option of surgery to repair the damaged area. Following extensive research and careful progress tracking, the doctors of The Tennis Elbow Institute can now expand the application of this progressive treatment - which was previously used to treat kidney stones and heel pain. Now Tennis Elbow sufferers can find relief from a 20-minute outpatient procedure that repairs the damage and promotes rapid healing, without the risks and healing time of surgery.

The Tennis Elbow Institute at the Texas Medical Center raises the level of patient care by using advanced technology and treatment to help Tennis Elbow sufferers. Respected in the field of Orthopedics for their advanced research and study of this condition, doctors Evan D. Collins and David H. Hildreth, orthopedic surgeons specializing in hand and upper extremity at Baylor College of Medicine, have the only center in Houston that offers among their treatment options the first non-invasive, FDA-approved procedure for treating Tennis Elbow.

Also known as lateral epicondylitis, Tennis Elbow is caused when the elbow is overstressed or repetitively overused and affects the outer area of the elbow, rather than the inner area often identified with Golfer’s Elbow. Until the high-energy shockwave therapy produced by the OssaTron, patients not responding to anti-inflammatory medications, Cortisone shots, physical therapy and other conservative treatments were left only with the option of surgery to repair the damaged area. Following extensive research and careful progress tracking, the doctors of The Tennis Elbow Institute can now expand the application of this progressive treatment - which was previously used to treat kidney stones and heel pain. Now Tennis Elbow sufferers can find relief from a 20-minute outpatient procedure that repairs the damage and promotes rapid healing, without the risks and healing time of surgery.