Frozen shoulder patients may experience reduced pain from shockwave therapy, according to a review of recent evidence. The treatment uses a handheld probe that delivers sound waves to the affected joint.
The findings suggest benefits are most reliable in the short term. The Medical Xpress summary of a BMJ-published review reports that extracorporeal shockwave therapy probably lowers short-term pain, while manipulation under anesthesia—optionally combined with steroid injections—likely improves short-term shoulder movement compared with usual care. At the same time, the review indicates that how long these effects last is less certain. Daily Mail focuses on the potential for shockwave therapy to work for sufferers and highlights pain reduction, while Medical Xpress more explicitly discusses uncertainties around durability and compares shockwave therapy with other interventions.
Overall, outlets align that shockwave therapy can help with frozen-shoulder symptoms, but they differ in how much they stress the evidence’s limits on longer-term outcomes.
