Therapeutic local anaesthesia (TLA)

Therapeutic local anaesthesia is an effective procedure in pain therapy. A locally acting numbing agent (usually a low-dose local anaesthetic) is injected in a targeted way into pain-triggering structures such as muscles, trigger points, tendon attachments, and nerve or joint areas.

The local anaesthetic temporarily blocks the transmission of pain impulses in the nervous system. This interrupts the existing pain stimulus, tense muscles can relax and so-called pain cycles are broken. At the same time, local blood circulation improves, which supports the body’s own regeneration processes.

The aim of therapeutic local anaesthesia is not only short-term pain relief, but the lasting normalisation of disturbed pain and tension patterns in order to improve movement and function in the long term.