Why is it we can use anesthesia to block out pain receptors, but we don’t use a form of anesthesia to help with after work out pain?

Question

Why is it we can use anesthesia to block out pain receptors, but we don’t use a form of anesthesia to help with after work out pain?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

It would work; you could. But no one does because anesthesia is risky. It carries a risk of bad reactions and crippling addiction. If someone is in enough pain to make the anesthesia worth that risk, they are injured.