Thank you very much! Am I correct in understanding that shock wave will relieve pain but not help with healing the problems that exist? Does it only kill pain or does it have long term beneficial effects for a horse like Katie? The last thing I want to do is make her problems worse for a temporary fix. My vet is out of town and we will speak next week but the more I know about this the better. If this was your long term, family pet, keeper horse- what would you do?