Over 4 million men in the UK live with erectile dysfunction. Most don't seek help. The ones who do are often offered pills that treat the symptom but do nothing about the cause. Focused Shockwave Therapy takes a different approach, targeting the underlying vascular function that makes natural erections possible.
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Occasional difficulty is normal. A pattern that keeps repeating usually has a physical driver worth identifying.
Find your local clinicAn erection depends on blood flowing into the erectile tissue. In most men with ED, that supply has been compromised by the same processes that affect blood vessels elsewhere in the body.
Focused low-intensity shockwave therapy delivers gentle acoustic pulses into that tissue. The aim is to trigger the body's own repair response: the release of growth factors and the formation of new microvasculature, improving blood flow at tissue level rather than overriding the problem for a few hours at a time.
Sessions take around 20 minutes. There is no anaesthetic, no needles and no recovery time, so you can go straight back to your day. A typical course is six sessions over three to six weeks.
Targets the blood supply
Aimed at the vascular cause underneath the symptom, not the symptom on its own.
No medication
No tablets, injections or implants, and nothing to interact with what you already take.
20 minutes, no downtime
Non-invasive and walk-in, walk-out. Nothing about it needs planning around.
An option after tablets
Studied in men who did not get an adequate response from oral treatment.
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Tablets manage the symptom on the night. Shockwave therapy is aimed at what is causing it.
Oral treatments remain effective and appropriate for many men, and the two approaches can be used alongside each other. Our clinicians will tell you which makes most sense for your situation.
Nobody walks in and gets treated on day one. The first appointment is an assessment, and if shockwave therapy is not the right answer for you, we will say so.
Assessment
A proper conversation about your symptoms, medical history and cardiovascular risk factors, to work out what is most likely driving your ED.
Your plan
Where relevant, the lifestyle changes with the strongest evidence behind them, alongside a recommendation on treatment. No pressure to commit on the day.
Treatment
A course of focused shockwave therapy, typically six 20-minute sessions over three to six weeks. Clothed waiting room, private treatment room.
Review
We review how you have responded and adjust from there, including onward referral if something else needs investigating.
Discretion is the default, not an add-on
Walking through the door is the hard part. The appointment itself is a lot more ordinary than most men expect.
Rarely one thing on its own. These are the drivers we look for at assessment.
The most common physical cause. Atherosclerosis, high blood pressure and raised cholesterol damage the small vessels supplying the penis. Because those vessels are narrower than the coronary arteries, ED often shows up years before cardiovascular disease is picked up anywhere else, which is one reason it is worth assessing properly rather than ignoring.
Around half of men with diabetes develop ED. Raised blood glucose damages both the blood vessels and the nerves supplying the penis, so both the plumbing and the signalling are affected.
Performance anxiety, low mood, stress and relationship strain are significant contributors. Once ED has happened a few times, anxiety about it happening again often becomes a driver in its own right, layered on top of whatever started it.
Smoking accelerates the vascular damage that causes ED. Excess weight, heavy alcohol use, poor sleep and inactivity all work against the hormonal and vascular conditions erections depend on. These are also the levers with the strongest evidence behind them, which is why we cover them at assessment.
Low testosterone reduces desire and contributes to ED, particularly in older men. Thyroid problems and raised prolactin are less common but still relevant, and are often not investigated in a standard ten-minute appointment.
Nerve signalling becomes less efficient with age, and nerve damage after prostate surgery is a common cause of ED that behaves quite differently to vascular ED. It needs a tailored approach rather than the standard one.
ED is common, it is treatable, and the men who deal with it are simply the ones who asked. Start with an assessment. No GP referral needed.
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