Quick Health Facts:Shocking Pain Relief by ESWT

A NEW technique, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), may end the pain of tendinitis, inflammation of a tendon. If drugs and other treatments don’t help, ESWT may.

How it works: A doctor delivers shock waves to the tendon; this is thought to improve blood flow, stimulating healing. ESWT recently won approval in the US for and tennis elbow and heel pain, and is now being studied for other uses.

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