..scaphoid (carpal navicular) - not scapula. I was told (albeit by a salesman) that it simply stimulates blood flow in/around the bone which aids in healing.
if you use it more than 20 minutes a day (I asked the same question) it does actually help but the results diminish exponentially once you pass the 20min window. I went for the extra 1%. The carpal navicular receives its blood supply from a small vessel at one end of it so iirc it receives blood only half as often as most bones and hence takes longer to heal. I think I was told 10-14 weeks on the recovery and at 6 weeks it was fully healed. My doc refused to allow the cast to be removed until 8 weeks (& another xray) - he'd never seen the bone heal so quickly. Needless to say he is still a big fan. At the time the device was only covered by Aetna at the time of fracture. Most ins. co's covered it in the case of non-union or delayed union after a certain period of time.
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..scaphoid (carpal navicular) - not scapula. I was told (albeit by a salesman) that it simply stimulates blood flow in/around the bone which aids in healing.
if you use it more than 20 minutes a day (I asked the same question) it does actually help but the results diminish exponentially once you pass the 20min window. I went for the extra 1%. The carpal navicular receives its blood supply from a small vessel at one end of it so iirc it receives blood only half as often as most bones and hence takes longer to heal. I think I was told 10-14 weeks on the recovery and at 6 weeks it was fully healed. My doc refused to allow the cast to be removed until 8 weeks (& another xray) - he'd never seen the bone heal so quickly. Needless to say he is still a big fan. At the time the device was only covered by Aetna at the time of fracture. Most ins. co's covered it in the case of non-union or delayed union after a certain period of time.