Neural therapy was developed in Germany and is an effective treatment for many conditions. Neural therapy consists of injecting local anesthetic into nerve sites, acupuncture points, scars, muscle trigger points and other tissues in order to relieve pain and dysfunction in the body. Frequently tight or spastic muscles that are unresponsive to massage or mobilization therapies are a major component of chronic pain. Muscles are held in this contracted state (trigger points) by nerve impulses to the local neuromuscular junctions. By injecting the affected neuromuscular trigger point, it is possible to break the pattern and allow the muscle to return to normal function. Common conditions treated with neural therapy include: Back and neck pain, chronic pain from whiplash, neuralgias, joint pains, nerve pain, muscles pains, athletic injuries and even scar tissue. Neural therapy is a remarkably safe medical treatment with possible side effects including bruising, soreness at the injections site, and a very rare risk of allergy to the local anesthetic.