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NEURAL THERAPY-From theory to actual application

NEURAL THERAPY-The method

NT is a diagnostic and therapeutic method for functional disorders, inflammatory conditions, and both acute and chronic pain.

In this method, local anesthetics are used in very small doses, which ensures the safety of the technique in trained hands.

The goal of the method is to eliminate pain by influencing the function of the autonomic nervous system and the local blood flow of target tissues. It primarily affects the sympathetic nervous system (a branch of the autonomic nervous system responsible for mobilizing the body in intense situations and emergencies).

The use of local anesthetic disrupts the vicious cycle of pain – tissue ischemia – pain in the area of injury, thereby allowing the body's regulatory mechanisms to control the processes of inflammation, pain, and healing.

NT action focus on:

  • Locally-the lession area
  • Regionally-the regulatiory mechanisms at spine level and
  • Centrally (central) – in areas of greater instability of the autonomic nervous system through so-called disturbance fields (areas in the body that are not directly related to the specific injury but maintain stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system at brain level).

The purpose of the method is to reduce high sympathetic tone (hyperactivation of the sympathetic system) and to give the body a break and an opportunity for self-regulation mechanisms to take action.

The result is a reduction or elimination of pain, improved blood flow to the area of injury, and enhanced functionality of tissues and organs.

 

Neural Therapy-Local and Regional treatment

 

NT injections are administered into the skin at myofascial points or trigger points, in areas of tendon and ligament insertion and origin, and at painful spots, among others.

From neurophysiology and neuroanatomy, it is evident that there are anatomical and functional relationships, as well as neural reflex circuits, among the "layers" of the body (skin, muscles, organs, bones) that are innervated by the same nerve roots of the spinal cord. By affecting one of these elements, we can influence—through these connections—the other related structures.

Particular importance lies in the anatomical and functional extension of the sympathetic autonomic nervous system. Essentially, nerve endings of the sympathetic nervous system spread throughout the body via perivascular nerve plexuses, while specific structures such as ganglia and the lateral horns of the spinal cord serve as important "crossroads" for these neural pathways to and from the brain, as well as target areas for our therapeutic intervention.

Injections at the local level and at the level of peripheral connections are the usual practice followed in the initial sessions.

 

 

 

Desterbance field-its meaning

 

A disturbance field in NDT is defined as an area in the body where a chronic inflammatory condition exists with a sufficiently low intensity that it does not consciously produce pain symptoms or classical signs of inflammation, but continues to provide nerve stimuli to the higher pain centers of the brain, keeping them in a state of "activation or irritation" for extended periods.

Throughout our lives, injuries, illnesses, and chronic diseases leave behind such chronic inflammatory conditions at various points in our bodies, which accumulate but remain manageable by our nervous system up to a certain point. When this threshold is exceeded by a new, additional, and potentially unrelated stimulus, the control exerted by the autonomic nervous system is lost, and symptoms appear.

Common disturbance fields are the tonsils, chronic inflammation in the teeth, certain scars, and chronic inflammatory conditions in the urogenital system.

The purpose of the method is to identify and deactivate these disturbance fields where possible. Deactivating the disturbance fields leads to a reduction in the "irritability" of the sympathetic system, thereby decreasing the sensation of pain, as it reduces the load of stimuli that the brain receives. In a way, the brain is "unloaded" from many non-useful stimuli and "focuses" on the essential information it receives from the rest of the body.

 

Neural Therapy in Orthopedics

 

The method, as described, is a valuable tool in the management of pain, both acute and chronic, as well as in addressing functional disorders of the musculoskeletal system (such as cervical pain, myalgias, and stiffness not due to anatomical causes).

 

Common symptoms such as headaches, a "tight" neck, a "locked" lower back, painful shoulders with limited movement, and joints with arthritis that are still too early for surgery but continue to cause pain are part of the therapeutic indications for the method.

The "locked" body that prevents normal movement and flexibility and affects our quality of life can, through the method, be restored to the extent that the body itself functionally allows, as long as we free the nervous system from its chronic functional restrictions.

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