Extracorporeal shock wave therapy, e pei o se auala e le faʻaleagaina ai togafitiga, ua faʻaaogaina i togafitiga o faʻamaʻi faʻamaʻi eseese ma tiga masani i tausaga talu ai nei.
O auala o galu fa'ate'ia i le togafitiga o tiga o le tino vaivai atonu e:
1.Mechanical gaioiga, faʻaumatiaga o gaʻo ma fibrotic;
2.Analgesia, faʻafefe faʻafefe o neura faʻapitoa poʻo axonal reflexes e afua mai alava manifinifi afferent ma dorsal root reflex impulses e mafai ona faʻasaʻo le vailaʻau P i le pito pito i luga ma faʻaosofia ai le tiga e taofia ai le faʻateleina o le faʻaosoina o le tiga (gate control theory);
3. Toe faʻafouina o le tino, faʻaleleia le toto ma le angiogenesis, faʻateleina sela o le mesenchymal, faʻateleina mea tuputupu aʻe, Faʻateleina le metabolism, ma isi.