If you are considering Shockwave Therapy for treating your Erectile Dysfunction or sexual health condition, and are looking at available options, make sure you ask your clinic the following questions:
1) Will this treatment help me to perform like I did when I was 20 years old?
(ANSWER: NO! Run away from liars who make false and exaggerated promises.)
2) What type of Shockwave equipment are you using for this treatment? Is it an approved device for treating my Sexual Health Disease?
(ANSWER: Ottawa’s FocusWave Clinic uses Focused Shockwave Therapy, an approved treatment for Erectile Dysfunction, Peyronie’s Disease, and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. Radial / Acoustic / Pulse waves aren’t approved for treating sexual health conditions – they can’t reach the depth required to treat your condition, and for most people, they hurt.)
3) Does the treatment hurt, will I need numbing creams, and will there be any downtime?
(ANSWER: Focused Shockwaves might feel weird – but they are generally painless. No numbing creams are required. You can resume sex immediately after leaving the clinic. No bruising or side effects have been noted.)
Don’t be fooled by the lure of unlimited treatments with an inferior technology. Call FocusWave Clinic, Ottawa’s only locally owned Focused Shockwave Therapy Clinic, to find out more.
We all know guys who have tried Boner Pills ‘just for fun’.
More than 90% of our patients at FocusWave Clinic have used these Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i – Viagra, Cialis, Levitra) to improve erectile function.
But these aren’t recreational drugs – they are short term performance enhancing pharmacological agents that may or may not improve your sexual congress.
And despite the reports of awesome banging that result from their ingestion, PDE5i may come with tremendous side effects.
Patients confirm detailed reports of nausea, headache, runny nose, back pain, tinnitus, dizziness, and many others.
For the majority of men, however, the pills DO work.
Maybe not as often as you think – 30-35% of patients fail to respond to them.
PDE5i non-responders almost always have co-morbidities, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, among others (1).
These drugs are potent vasodilators, relaxing the smooth muscles in the penis, improving blood flow, and facilitating erection during sexual stimulation.
Interestingly, they have recently been shown to have the potential to improve cardiovascular health in certain circumstances (2).
But, as with many medications, our patients often report diminishing returns, as the pills’ positive effect tends to weaken over time.
This may be related to tolerance and efficacy as well as correlated with a decline in patients’ overall health (3).
The bottom line is that boner pills are more of a treatment of the symptom rather than an attempt at a curative effect.
This is why Focused Shockwave Therapy has such tremendous potential for those suffering from sexual health conditions like Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Peyronie’s Disease (PD) and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS).
Shockwave Therapy attacks the cause of the problem – not the symptom.
It works to improve blood flow to the penis by promoting the neovascularization process – the creation of new blood vessels from the existing vasculature.
Shockwave Therapy Treatments are quick, painless, side effect free, and totally non-invasive.
There’s no numbing creams, no surgery, and no downtime.
You can leave the clinic after your treatment and go have sex with your partner.
The ultimate goal of our patients is the return of spontaneous, strong erections, without the obligatory ‘tiny blue pill’.
Focused Shockwave Therapy offers patients the best chance to achieve natural erections, without the need for surgery, injections or pharmacological medicine.
Contact FocusWave Clinic – Ottawa’s Premier Sexual Health Clinic – for a free consultation to see if Focused Shockwave Therapy is right for you.
One of the most common questions by our patients is:
What can I do during the treatment course to improve my outcome?
At FocusWave Clinic, we view Sexual Health as being comprised of five major components:
Diet, Exercise, Sleep, Stimulation & Sex.
These often are interdependent.
If you notice one of them starting to erode, you may be at risk of losing them all.
Let’s go through them one by one:
Diet
Feed your body shit – you will feel like shit AND you will look like shit.
Sorry – but there’s no way around this.
When our patients start FocusWave treatments they tend to make a simultaneous goal to ALSO lose that extra weight.
They make it a mission to improve their eating habits, reduce junk food consumption, and incorporate more of the foods that ACTUALLY make them feel good.
They do their best to stop drinking to excess.
They try to ditch the cigarettes and ease up on the boozing and doping.
We can’t change your lifestyle – it’s up to you.
But it’s clear that those who improve what they input into their bodies get MUCH better results.
Read about Intermittent fasting, anti-candida cleanses, consider a visit to a Naturopath or Nutritionist (we can refer you!) – WHATEVER works FOR YOU – to get you on the right track.
Many sexual health conditions, like ED, are vascular diseases – and they can be a harbinger of illness.
Use this warning sign to your advantage by making the necessary changes to your diet and improve your overall cardiovascular health.
Recently we put out a list of sexual health friendly foods – let us know if you need some great recipes!
Exercise
Extra calories and less activity can mean a higher risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
All of these conditions, and several others, are very common among sufferers of sexual health diseases.
With the gyms closed, you have to be creative.
Most of us love some form of physical activity – but stupid COVID has made it easy to sit on the couch all evening.
We have so many trappings of comfort – Uber Eats, Netflix, and a plethora of excuses.
Do whatever it takes to wear some sweat – everyday.
A body in motion will generally stay in motion – and the opposite is true, as well.
Sleep.
Some of us have brains that seem to operate 24/7.
We get that.
But shutting ‘er down, however you can, is so critical.
Critical for our appetite, our blood pressure, our immune system, etc.
Poor sleep habits have a huge range of deleterious cardiovascular effects.
They can also lead to higher stress levels, less motivation to be physically active, and unhealthy food choices.
And so It goes without saying that 7-8 hours of solid sacktime – EVERYDAY – is the absolute minimum mandatory to rejuvenate your mind & body!
Turn off your screens, keep the blinds closed tight, wake with the sun, make sure your mattress is as good as you can afford.
Stimulation
And by that, we mean intellectual stimulation.
Read a book, learn something new, challenge yourself.
It’s easy to get stuck in a rut – men we are a stubborn breed – but make a commitment to yourself to DO SOMETHING for your brain.
Your brain needs – no, it CRAVES your support – and you may be ignoring it.
You can only play Candy Crush or read the same garbage media for so long before your mind turns to goo.
Sex
That’s why you came here.
It all comes back to your sexual health.
Make sure that you are doing everything you can in the diet/exercise/sleep/stimulation pillars to get you in the mood.
Make a move, initiate contact, get intimate with your partner.
You can do it by yourself – but it’s never as fun.
Why Focuswave Clinic?
Focused Shockwave Therapy is an amazing medical technology – approved as both safe and effective for treating Erectile Dysfunction, Peyronie’s Disease & Chronic Pelvic Pain. If you are considering the treatment, make sure your clinic is using FOCUSED or LINEAR Shockwaves, NOT Radial or Acoustic or Pulse waves. Focused Shockwaves (what we use here at FocusWave Clinic) are electromagnetic, painless, and produce true shockwaves. The latter are inexpensive, generally painful, and mostly ineffective at treating many sexual health conditions because they don’t produce true shockwaves.
