Can Shock Wave Therapy Help You Prevent (or Avoid) Surgery?
For people living with chronic tendon pain, plantar fasciitis, or other persistent musculoskeletal conditions, surgery is not always the first or only treatment option. Extracorporeal pulse activation technology (EPAT), commonly known as shock wave therapy, is a noninvasive treatment that uses acoustic pressure waves to stimulate biological responses in injured tissue. For appropriately selected patients,