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Shockwave therapy does more than relieve pain in jumper's knee. It triggers structural healing. Using advanced ultrasound, researchers at Charles University's Second Faculty of Medicine proved the treatment actually repairs and reorganizes microscopic collagen fibers inside the tendon.


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