Extracorporeal shockwave therapy
Approved, for something elseNot a drug
Pressure pulses fired through the skin from a machine. Approved for heel and elbow pain, not for bone.
Acoustic pressure pulses delivered through the skin from a device. Approved as a device for chronic plantar fasciitis and tennis elbow — soft tissue pain, not bone growth — and widely offered in sports clinics.
Risks. In young rats it damaged the growth plate and shortened the treated leg, which is why using it over a child’s growth plate is treated as something never to do.
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