Aunt Yi, 56 years old this year, has often had pain in her right elbow for more than a year, and at first she felt pain when buying vegetables and lifting heavy objects, and gradually developed to feel elbow pain and discomfort when cutting vegetables with a knife, washing dishes and twisting towels, and even unable to pick up slightly focused things when it was serious. Aunt Yi went to a nearby hospital for treatment, and the doctor gave her an external poultice, but the pain did not improve and has been bothering her.
After examination, the doctor said that she had a problem called "tennis elbow", the problem was not big, and she was prescribed some anti-inflammatory painkillers. After about 1-2 weeks of taking the drug, the pain symptoms are relieved, but it is still painful when the local force is exerted and the weight is lifted, and sometimes the pain is still very severe. Aunt Yi had to go to the big hospital again, and after 2 local occlusions treatment, the symptoms eased a lot. But after a few months, the pain symptoms came again, and it was more severe than before!
Not long ago, Aunt Yi, who was suffering from pain, was recommended to the Orthopedic Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Xinyang Vocational and Technical College, and after a detailed examination, the receiving doctor formulated an extracorporeal shockwave treatment plan for her. After several treatments, the pain was noticeably relieved. Subsequently, the doctor returned to the phone and learned that Aunt Yi is now recovering well, can lift heavy objects normally, do housework, and have no discomfort symptoms in the elbow during daily activities.
What is Tennis Elbow?
Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis of the humerus, is a relatively common sports injury disorder. When it was first discovered, it was more common in tennis players, so it was called tennis elbow. At present, the common tennis elbow patients in the clinic are not all tennis enthusiasts, but are more common in the middle-aged and elderly people who are less involved in sports. Some patients can get better after conventional treatment, but there are still some patients who are not effective, and the severe ones may turn into malignant tennis elbows, and inappropriate treatment methods and unreasonable treatment plans may make the pain more serious.
What is Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy?
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is a therapy that applies the shockwave principle to pathologically reverse tissue lesions such as muscles/bones/internal organs of the human body. In terms of medicine, the main applications are: tumor and cancer cell impact therapy in the system of the whole body; frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, patellar tendonitis, heel pain, etc. of the skeletal system; extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy treatment of the urinary system.
Advantages of extracorporeal shockwaves in the treatment of bone disease?
1. The injury is mild and can replace some surgical treatments;
2. Generally use simple anesthesia or no anesthesia;
3. The treatment time is short, the risk is small, and the treatment can be carried out on the outpatient basis;
4. No special postoperative treatment is required, and postoperative recovery is faster;
5. The cost of treatment is much lower than that of open surgery.