Exercise Trumps Shockwave Therapy for Shoulder Pain

Exercise Trumps Shockwave Therapy for Shoulder Pain

Shoulder pain is a very common musculoskeletal complaint. Many modalities of treatment are attempted prior to surgery. In Europe, low energy radial extracoporeal shockwave treatments (ESWT) have been used for subacromial shoulder pain. Norwegian investigators compared the outcome of ESWT to supervised exercise over 18 weeks. They found a small, but significant benefit in favor of…