Equine Shock Wave Therapy Machine Animal Pet Physiotherapy Wounds HealingTherapyWhat Is ESWT Therapy? Described as both safe and effective, ESWT involves applying shock waves to an injured area of the body. Shock waves are intense but short energy pulses that travel so quicklya whopping 1,500 meters secondthey literally break the sound barrier. This is the same event that occurs when airplanes break the speed of sound, except in a much smaller format. The extracorporeal part of the name simply refers to the fact that the shock