Thanks, Kendall.

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>Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:58:13 -0600
>From: "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: sonocur  
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>Mike,
>
>No, she didn't have surgery, it's from a repetitive strain injury.  She's
>also got carpal tunnel, but the medial and lateral epicondylitis (tennis
>elbow) is more painful.
>
>The inflamation in the tendonitis apparently can cause scar tissue to
>develop.  It's apparently a little different than the scars we traditionally
>think of, but when the tendon is stretched, the scar tissue doesn't stretch
>with it, causing pain, further inflamation and more scarring.  The Sonocur
>breaks the scar tissue down and with rest after the treatments, allows more
>normal tissue to take it's place.  I don't have a really good handle on the
>physiology behind it, but here's a paper from the Journal of Rheumatology
>that explains it fairly well.
>
>http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/40/12/1331
>
>and here's another one (or the abstract) on Extracorporeal Shockwave
>Treatment for lateral and medial epicondylitis.
>
>http://ajs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/3/734
>
>
>On 10/26/07, Michael H. Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Kendall, the scar tissue around the tendon sheaths?  Did Janet have
>> surgeries as a youngster?  How does the procedure help her?
>>
>>
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