How Effective Is Shockwave Therapy for Tendon Healing?
Tendon injuries have a way of lingering. A strained calf might settle in a few weeks, but a stubborn Achilles tendon or tennis elbow can drag on for months, sometimes longer. That gap between what patients expect and what tendons actually do is where a lot of frustration begins. Tendons heal slowly, they often heal incompletely, and once pain settles into a chronic pattern, the usual advice of rest, ice, and gradual loading does not always get the job done. Tha