Neural Therapy

What is Neural Therapy?

Neural therapy involves injecting local anesthetics, such as procaine into "interference fields" in the body. It operates on the theory that injuries, infections, or scars can create abnormal electrical signals in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) that disrupt the body's natural healing processes and lead to chronic pain or other illnesses. By injecting these interference fields, neural therapy aims to reset the nerve's electrical charge. 

Benefits of neural therapy

Practitioners and patients report a variety of benefits from neural therapy, benefits include: 

  • Chronic pain relief: Neural therapy is most commonly used to treat persistent pain, including migraines, back pain, joint pain, fibromyalgia, and pain from old scars. The injections target the root cause of the nerve dysfunction rather than just masking symptoms.

  • Improved nervous system function: By "resetting" abnormal nerve signals, the therapy is thought to restore balance to the ANS, which regulates automatic bodily processes like circulation, digestion, and hormone production.

  • Enhanced healing: Normalizing nerve function is believed to increase blood flow and allow for improved cellular metabolism, which can help the body heal from both physical and emotional trauma.

  • Treatment for systemic conditions: Some practitioners use neural therapy for a wide range of conditions linked to ANS dysfunction, including:

    • Digestive and organ issues

    • Allergies and inflammation

    • Hormonal imbalances

    • Anxiety and emotional trauma, such as PTSD 

A person is holding their lower back with both hands, with a red glow indicating pain or discomfort.
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“About three years ago I was having severe shoulder pain with other physical conditions going on when I met Dr. Augoustides. Right away I was very impressed with his professionalism. He was right to the point, but very caring as well.”
— Piedmont Integrative Medicine, PA Neural Therapy Patient