SoftWave Therapy vs. Shockwave Therapy: How to Know Which One You Actually Need

A man applies a medical device to a woman's knee as she sits on an examination table.

SoftWave therapy and shockwave therapy sound like the same treatment, but they work in different ways. Shockwave (E-PAT) uses radial pressure waves that spread out near the surface, which suits tendon and soft tissue problems. SoftWave uses focused electrohydraulic acoustic waves that reach deeper into joints, discs, and bone to trigger tissue repair. At Princeton […]