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Is Your Pain Medication Just a Band-Aid? Discover a Long-Term Solution with SoftWave Therapy in Rochester, NY

Published March 24th, 2025 by Dr. Sam Camarata

If you’ve been prescribed painkillers, muscle relaxers, or anti-inflammatory medications to manage your chronic pain, you’re not alone. Every day in Rochester NY and North Chili, patients walk into our clinic after trying prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, and injections—only to find that they’re still hurting and their quality of life hasn’t improved.

At Camarata Chiropractic & Wellness, we believe pain relief shouldn’t be a short-term fix. That’s why we offer a powerful alternative: SoftWave Tissue Regeneration Technology, a cutting-edge treatment that helps the body heal itself from the inside out—no drugs, no needles, and no surgery.

The Problem with Relying on Pain Medications Alone

Pain meds can certainly help you get through the day. But here’s the truth:

They don’t address the root cause of your pain.
They come with side effects, especially with long-term use.
They lose effectiveness over time, leading many to higher doses or multiple medications.
They can mask damage, allowing underlying problems to worsen.

Whether you're taking NSAIDs for arthritis, muscle relaxers for back pain, or nerve pain medications for sciatica—these approaches often treat symptoms, not the source.

Enter SoftWave Therapy: A Smarter, Safer, Longer-Lasting Approach

SoftWave Therapy is a non-invasive regenerative technology that uses electrohydraulic supersonic acoustic waves to stimulate healing where your body needs it most. It’s an FDA-cleared therapy backed by clinical research and trusted by top institutions like the Cleveland Clinic, Walter Reed Military Center, Mayo Clinic, Stanford Medicine & many more.

How does it work?

SoftWave Therapy activates a biological process known as mechanotransduction, which:

Sends powerful acoustic waves into injured tissues
Stimulates your body’s natural healing response
Activates and migrates resident stem cells to the site of pain
Promotes angiogenesis, or new blood vessel formation, improving oxygen and nutrient delivery
Modulates inflammation and clears out harmful senescent cells

This creates an environment where the body can repair and regenerate itself, leading to true recovery—not just symptom management.

Conditions We Commonly Treat Without Medications or Injections

Patients come to our North Chili clinic for SoftWave Therapy to help with a wide variety of conditions, including:

Herniated or bulging spinal discs, sciatica, and nerve-related pain
Rotator cuff tears, labrum tears of the shoulder and hip, impingement of the shoulder and hip, osteoarthritis of the hip and shoulder
Knee osteoarthritis, meniscus tears, MCL/LCL and ACL injuries and rehab, patellar tendonitis, quad tendonitis, hamstring tendonitis, IT band syndrome
Plantar Fasciitis, heel spurs, Achilles tendon pain, morton's neuroma, tarsal tunnel syndrome, burning, tingling, numbness in the feet
Elbow pain (tennis elbow/golfers elbow), wrist pain, thumb joint arthritis, tendonitis
Neck and lower back pain, degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis pain, sacroiliac joint pain, facet syndrome and more
Post-surgical recovery, rehab and pain relief
Sports injuries, performance and recovery

Many of our patients notice improvements within the first few visits. A typical treatment plan includes six to eight weekly sessions, with long-term relief reported for months after completing care. More severe cases may require an additional set of treatments to provide longer term relief and correction of underlying condition.

A Better Path to Pain Relief in Rochester

At Camarata Chiropractic & Wellness, we’ve helped hundreds of patients reduce or even eliminate their need for pain medications by addressing the root cause of pain instead of just managing symptoms.

SoftWave Therapy isn’t just for athletes or severe cases—it’s for anyone looking for a safer, more effective solution to chronic pain. And if you’ve already been down the path of pills, injections, and short-lived results, this may be exactly what you’ve been searching for.

Stop Masking Pain—Start Healing

You deserve more than a temporary fix. Let’s explore how SoftWave Therapy can help you feel better and live better—without depending on prescriptions.

Request your SoftWave Discovery Day at our North Chili location today.

Visit our website to learn more about our office: www.camaratachiropractic.com
Call us today! 585-617-4145
We are located at 3237 Union St, North Chili NY 14514 and inside Elevate 585 Fitness Center in the village gate of Rochester, NY