Quick Health Facts:Shocking Pain Relief by ESWT

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

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 [...]