A treatment method to reduce a patient's symptoms caused by a medicalcondition isdisclosed. The treatment has the step of administering acoustic shock wavesdirected toan area near a source of the pain or to a reflexology zone to treat themedical condition orprior to the medical procedure or during the medical procedure or after themedicalprocedure or any combination thereof. The treatment further has the steps ofactivatingacoustic shock waves of an acoustic shock wave generator to emit acousticshock wavesand subjecting the area near the reflexology zone to acoustic shock wavesstimulating thearea near the source of the reflexology zone to have a modulated response.