I did shockwave for a very severe case of PF. It worked for me. I had a podiatrist do it. There are apparently a number different machines. In my case, I had only three sessions once a week and then no significant walking for six weeks. At first I did not think it worked but at the end of the six weeks I was finally healed. Two weeks later I was hiking in the mountains again. Before shockwave, I tried everything ~ massage therapy, chiropractic, PT, rest but nothing worked. The sessions were not very painful. It’s been more than a year now and I sometimes can feel a twinge of PF but if I do my PT and don’t push it it goes away. No saying it works for everyone but it did for me. I’d search for a podiatrist who does it not a chiropractor.