Shock wave therapy for erectile dysfunction is on the rise

216 points by The_Weekend_Baker 12 hours ago on reddit | 35 comments

Wuntonsoup | 12 hours ago

It looks like 20 of those people finished the treatments and were able to become shockingly erect but this blurb

"Weinberger warns against choosing the wrong clinician. At the 152 clinics his team identified, only 25 percent of providers offering shock wave therapy for ED were urologists. In addition to primary care physicians or other reproductive health specialists, providers also included plastic surgeons, dermatologists, and even chiropractors. It matters who provides the therapy, Weinberger says, since treatment should include conversations about hormones and medications. Stand-alone ED clinics may not offer comprehensive care."

leads me to believe that they are receiving more comprehensive care, in addition to whatever LOFI is being played to their genitals and a competent physician still makes all the difference.

klamaire | 9 hours ago

"Is on the rise. " that's what the author went with. ;)

louisa1925 | 9 hours ago

Author knows how to erect a sentence.

AlwaysUpvotesScience | 8 hours ago

He definitely boned up on his creative writing skills.

Banshay | 8 hours ago

Turgid prose

Distinguishedflyer | 5 hours ago

hardly...

Zanahorio1 | 3 hours ago

Something, something penis.

aeschenkarnos | an hour ago

It's kind of shocking, really.

thnk_more | 7 hours ago

It’s hard to write penile headlines without double entendres, limp writing doesn’t catch the girls attention, and overcompensation just leads to an anti-climax.

What you want are spurts of salty words jumping out at you to surprise the reader. But without some self control you’re just going to have a mess on your hands.

Ok-Secretary455 | 6 hours ago

unfortunately, if you read the article, they point out. results are..... hard to detect.

bedrooms-ds | 25 minutes ago

It was coming

wwabc | 7 hours ago

"Shock the Monkey" Peter Gabriel

Far_Out_6and_2 | 5 hours ago

Haha good one

delicious-croissant | 6 hours ago

Sounds more like mantis shrimp.. DIY? Just put your peenor in this bag of crustaceans.

sweetica | 9 hours ago

That sounds like gender affirming care.

Noy_The_Devil | 7 hours ago

Genius idea. Put ED treatment in that category and watch the conservatives squirm.

sweetica | 7 hours ago

The good Lord is telling them not to use their PP anymore but damn it, God isn't going to tell them what to do! They got to get that gender affirming care.

delicious-croissant | 6 hours ago

“clinician uses a chunky wandlike device on several areas of the penis for 15 to 20 minutes.“

So a vibrator for men

If even god has given up on giving you a boner are you even a man anymore?

Phyltre | 7 hours ago

Getting the body to do what one wants transcends gender and it's a shame that there are so many gender essentialists out there who want to moralize people's connections to their own body.

ABabyAteMyDingo | 7 hours ago

How on earth did ideology just get crow barred in to this??!

irritatedellipses | 6 hours ago

starts to reply

Sees comment history is turned off

Not today, bot / troll!

ABabyAteMyDingo | 5 hours ago

Uh, most people have history turned off.

Now, make a point or fuck off.

sweetica | 4 hours ago

Not today Satan!

uiuctodd | 2 hours ago

I've had shockwave therapy to calm down a nerve issue around my hips. It worked.

I would describe it as similar to acupuncture, massage, or cupping, in the sense that it works for many people, but the exact mechanism is a bit of voodoo.

I believe that it's been established that it elicits a "healing response" in your tissues. And that's about the end of what's known. White blood cells move in, stuff happens, tissue changes a bit, things seem to work better after.

albertsugar | 7 hours ago

There's stiff competition in the field.

ggrieves | 4 hours ago

Cock Shockers, my new chain of walk in wellness shop. Sit down on a shiatsu massage chair, stick this copper rod up your butt, sign this waiver and push this button.

Sea-Ambition-451 | 2 hours ago

wtf, the article repeats a paragraph, who the fucks proofreads articles?

crap

agrophobe | 7 hours ago

._________.

JediKrys | 7 hours ago

Whoo! That was spicy

Curse-Bot | 6 hours ago

Swift kick in the nuts?

Rickshmitt | 5 hours ago

Peter Gabriel was a prophet

Keji70gsm | 9 hours ago

Is it because covid is still causing widespread erectile dysfunction?