Shockwave Therapy: Can This Possibly Replace Jelqing?
Shockwave therapy uses a type of ultrasound that is less powerful than the ultrasound used to break up kidney stones in the body, but strong enough to cause an internal friction between affected cells. This friction induces micro-tears in body tissue, which in turn stimulates the body's growth and rebuild reaction to trauma. Apparently, severe erectile dysfunction can be treated with shockwave delivered to the penis, which causes angiogenesis in cavernosal tissues and revascularizes damaged blood vessels. Jelqing causes micro-trauma as well, but is labor intensive and must be done on a daily basis, and many people do not do it with proper technique. Unfortunately, many jelqing tutorials on the net are not adequate in educating the proper way of jelqing. Shockwave therapy is interesting because it can cause the necessary damage to the penis in a short amount of time, with almost no work involved. A small shockwave unit is a few hundred dollars and it would seem feasible to wear a di...