Shock wave therapy is mainly performed to reduce the pain caused by the patient’s injections and medication. The indications for treatment are as follows: First, arthritis of the shoulder and neck, such as calcific tendonitis of the shoulder or cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder, cervical disc herniation, cervical disc bulge, etc. Second, external epicondylitis of the humerus, knee ligament damage, and knee ligament changes. Third, stretching and strain of the anterior and posterior ligaments and other ligaments due to meniscal injury of the knee. Fourth, changes in the patella and its tendons, inflammation within the greater trochanter and its bursa and synovium. Fifth, disorders of the intervertebral discs and small joints of the cervical and lumbar spine, in scarring, trauma, surgery, and postoperative adhesions, are well adapted and resolved by shock wave therapy.