What is Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy?
Shock waves are audible high-energy sound waves. They occur in the atmosphere, for example during lightning strikes, or when airplanes break through the sound barrier. In the medical world, shock waves have been employed since around 1980 to disintegrate kidney stones. In modern pain therapy, shock wave energy is conducted from the place of its generation – the shock wave generator– to the painful body regions, where it unfolds its healing capacities.
