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 Neural Therapy
Neural Therapy has been in wide use in Germany since the 1940's by the Huneke brothers. Since that time it has been taught and practiced safely around the world with great success. It is very effective in treating a wide variety of conditions by using injections into nerve sites, acupuncture points, scars, muscle trigger points and other tissues to relieve pain and dysfunction throughout the body.
Fight, Flight or Freeze
Any stress on the body, whether physical, psychological or toxic, will activate the sympathetic nervous system and create what is referred to as a fight or flight response. This could be the result of a car accident, surgery, emotional distress, fear, toxic exposure or any threat or perceived threat to life or of injury. In a natural healing response, once the stress is removed, the nervous system should reset itself. Unfortunately, for many people the modern stresses are so great and continuous, there may be no chance for the body to return itself to normal. A local area then becomes locked into a constant fight or flight or freeze state. This area becomes a disturbance field and can for many years interfere with the normal nervous system regulation in the body. A very common example of this would be a whiplash injury.
How does it Work?
Specific homeopathic preparations and/or local anesthetics are used in the injection solution. The homeopathic medicine is specific for the area being treated, whether it is for organ tissue, nerve, muscles and joints or trauma.
What can be treated by Neural Therapy?
Neural therapy is a nervous system regulation therapy, so just about anything short of cancer and metabolic disease can be positively affected.
The more common conditions that benefit from it include:
back and neck pain, posttraumatic conditions, chronic pain, joint pain, muscle pain, and athletic injuries. Jaw and head pain, post-surgical pain (including dental), digestive disturbances, sinusitis, hypothyroid, muscle injuries, organ dysfunctions and scar disturbances also benefit from neural therapy.
Trigger Point Injection
Frequently a major component of chronic pain is tight, contracted or spastic muscle that is resistant to stretch, massage or mobilization therapies. Muscles are held in contraction by nerve impulses to the local neuromuscular junctions. The result is that perpetual inappropriate impulses cause a continuous muscle contraction. By injecting the affected neuromuscular trigger point, it is possible to break the ongoing pattern of spasm, allowing muscle to release and eventual return to normal function.
Is the treatment Painful?
Nobody likes to get needle injections, especially into painful or vulnerable areas. The amount of discomfort depends on the type of treatment that is being done. Injections into nerve points are more uncomfortable than painful. Acupuncture points and subcutaneous injections may prick. Scar treatments may be painful. Trigger point treatments by their nature are injections into already tender areas, and a short painful "twitch" response is actually a good sign. No matter which of these reactions you experience, they last only a moment and any discomfort is gone immediately. As many patients say: "short term pain for long term gain".
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