Shockwave Therapy
+ EMTT in Wauwatosa.
Six visits. Real results.
The only chiropractor in the Milwaukee area offering both radial and focused shockwave therapy. Mayo Clinic sends patients here for a reason. Serving Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Brookfield, Elm Grove, and surrounding communities.
Book a Shockwave Assessment (414) 263-3066Not managed.
Fixed.
There's a difference between managing pain and fixing it. Most treatment manages. You feel better for a while. Then it comes back. You go again. It becomes a cycle that never ends.
What getting fixed actually looks like:
That's what this is for. Not temporary relief. Actual resolution. So you can get back to the thing you love and stay there.
Most people think they know
where the problem is.
They're usually wrong.
Your calf hurts. So everyone treats the calf. Your heel hurts. So everyone treats the heel. Your shoulder hurts. So everyone treats the shoulder.
But pain lies. The place that screams is often just the victim. The real problem is somewhere else entirely — a compensation pattern that's been building for months or years, quietly destroying the tissue that eventually gives out.
I know this firsthand. I was facing surgery for lower compartment syndrome. My calf was screaming. But as a doctor, I knew better. My hamstring had been broken for years and my body had been destroying my calf trying to compensate. Treating the calf would have been a complete waste. Of time. Of money. Of hope.
"If a lay person had treated me, they would have done my calf. Completely wrong. I would have ended up on an operating table."
That's why every patient starts with a full assessment. Not a quick look at where it hurts. A real clinical evaluation — movement, mechanics, compensation patterns, the whole picture. Because if we treat the wrong thing, nothing changes. And you've wasted your time and your money.
The assessment is where we find the real problem. Treatment is where we fix it. You cannot have one without the other and actually get better.
Chronic pain. Tendon injuries.
Active people who refuse to stop.
Shockwave therapy and EMTT are highly effective for a wide range of soft tissue, tendon, and chronic pain conditions — especially when other treatments have failed. If you've been told to rest, to wait, or that surgery is the next step, this is worth a conversation.
Runners. Lifters. Cyclists. Golfers. Parents who want to keep moving. Anyone whose pain is stealing their life. If something hurts and it's been hurting for a while — and you're tired of waiting — this is for you.
Not all shockwave
is the same.
Shockwave therapy has been around for decades. The research is solid. The results, when done correctly, are real. But here's what most clinics won't tell you: the machine matters, the type matters, and the person running it matters enormously.
There are two types of shockwave — radial and focused. Radial shockwave spreads energy across a broader area. Focused shockwave drives energy deep into a precise target. They work differently. They treat different things. And the best results come from knowing when to use which — or both.
"Mayo Clinic specifically requested both radial and focused shockwave for their patient. I am the only chiropractor in this area doing both. That's not a coincidence. That's a referral."
Most clinics in Milwaukee and Wauwatosa offer one type. Many use StemWave or SoftWave — unfocused, lower-energy devices marketed as shockwave. They are not the same technology. They do not produce the same results. And they'll tell you that you need 12 to 18 visits to find out.
At Front Runner Chiropractic, I use research-grade equipment — the same standard used in peer-reviewed clinical studies. Six visits. Both types. Run by a doctor who can read what your body is doing in real time and change course when needed.
Six visits.
Everything in one room.
Radial + Focused Shockwave Therapy
Both types. In one visit. The only chiropractor in the Milwaukee area offering this combination. Mayo Clinic knows the difference between the two. That's why they send their patients here.
EMTT — Simultaneously
Extracorporeal Magnetotransduction Therapy runs at the same time as your shockwave treatment. Two modalities. One visit. That's why six visits produces what eighteen sessions elsewhere cannot.
Heated Red Light + PEMF Mat
During EMTT you lay on a Therasage mat — heated red light therapy and PEMF combined. Your body's only job is to heal. For 15 minutes.
Active Release Technique (ART)
I don't just treat where it hurts. I find why it broke. If the underlying mechanics aren't addressed, the injury comes back. ART is how we make sure it doesn't.
Dr. Beth. Every Single Visit.
Not a tech. Not an assistant. Dr. Beth Ringwelski, DC, CCSP, ART — personally — every time. Pain moves. Compensation patterns shift. You need a doctor who can read that in real time and pivot. That's what you get here.
The therapy most clinics
have never heard of.
EMTT — Extracorporeal Magnetotransduction Therapy — uses high-energy magnetic fields to penetrate deep into tissue, reduce inflammation, and accelerate cellular healing. It works at a depth and intensity that traditional PEMF devices cannot reach.
Combined with shockwave, EMTT dramatically reduces healing time. The shockwave breaks down calcification, stimulates tissue repair, and restores blood flow. EMTT works simultaneously at the cellular level. Together, they do in six visits what shockwave alone might take eighteen to approach.
Very few clinics in the Milwaukee or Wauwatosa area offer EMTT. Front Runner Chiropractic is one of them — and the only one combining it with both types of shockwave therapy in a single visit, every visit, with a doctor in the room the entire time.
Pain lies.
A doctor finds the truth.
I was facing surgery. Lower compartment syndrome. Low success rate. Real chance I'd never run again. As a doctor, I knew my calf wasn't the problem — it was the victim. My hamstring had been broken for years and my body was compensating by destroying my calf.
I chose shockwave instead. Treated the actual cause. Not the screaming symptom. No surgery. No numbness. No pain. Still running. Years later.
"Mayo Clinic sent their patient to me. Not to a PT. Not to a chain clinic. Here. Because of the equipment I use and how I use it. That's not marketing. That's a referral."
Dr. Beth Ringwelski, DC, CCSP, ART — Front Runner ChiropracticMayo requested both radial and focused shockwave. I am the only chiropractor in this area doing both. When the most respected medical institution in the world sends their patient specifically to your door, that is not luck. That is reputation.
More visits doesn't mean
better. It means weaker.
StemWave, SoftWave, and similar devices are marketed heavily in the Milwaukee area. They use unfocused, lower-energy technology and typically recommend 12 to 18 sessions. A weaker machine needs more visits to try to get what a research-grade machine can accomplish in six. You pay more. You wait longer. And you may not get there.
What people ask before
they book.
I don't tell people to stop.
I find a way.
I ran Boston. I finished an Ironman 70.3. I've worked with Team USA, U.S. Speedskating, USA Triathlon, and at Ironman Kona. I know what a start line costs and I know what it feels like when an injury threatens it.
I was the patient. I stared down surgery and chose shockwave instead. It worked. That's not a pitch — that's my body. Still running. Years later. That's why I've been doing this since 2022 and why I will never hand you a machine and walk out of the room.
Front Runner Chiropractic is cash-pay and boutique by design. Fewer patients. More time. Every visit is me — finding what's wrong, finding why it's wrong, and fixing both.
If you want the cheapest option,
we're probably not it.
There are clinics charging $79 a session. There are machines being run by people with a weekend certification. There are 18-visit programs that might — eventually — get you somewhere close to where you need to be.
That's not what this is.
But if you want to actually fix the problem so it stops coming back — if you want a doctor who treats the cause and not just the symptom — if you want to be back doing what you love in six visits instead of six months — this is exactly what we do.
Come in. Let's figure out what's actually going on. And let's fix it.
Six visits.
Back to your thing.
Not in three months. Not maybe.
Six visits. Shockwave. EMTT. ART. Dr. Beth.
Every visit. 30 to 45 minutes. That's it.