Articles tagged with 'nerves'

Deep gluteal syndrome can be triggered by multiple causes. Sorting through those causes can be tricky, but doing so will also help your clients.

Considering the situation that led to your client’s pain can prove as valuable as understanding where the pain exists.

Massage therapy can play a significant role in treating nerve pain. But learning those various types of pain is key to understanding how massage can help.

Variations of nerve injuries warrant understanding their differences in helping clients experiencing neuropathic pain.

What typically comes to mind when a client presents with chronic sciatic symptoms? Disc injuries, joint conditions? Let's consider ligaments, too.

Nerve entrapment within the tunnel constitutes the most common upper extremity nerve entrapment, which we all know as carpal tunnel syndrome. Let's examine another type of nerve entrapment!

The dorsal scapular nerve has a number of sites vulnerable to compression and tension pathology along its path—here are some symptoms related to this nerve you may see in clients.

Pain is the most common reason people seek the care of a massage therapist. The more we understand pain, the better we can create a comprehensive solution to address it.

Can hands-on work beneficially affect the vagus's function?

The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body, which means there can be a number of things that can cause complaint or go wrong.

In a new study, a detailed comparison of sacral nerves' characteristics with sympathetic and parasympathetic motor neurons elsewhere in the nervous system, the study found sacral nerves matched sympathetic nerves, but didn't match parasympathetic features, as we originally thought.

One of the more common nerve problems affecting the lower extremity is Morton's neuroma. The term neuroma is a bit of a misnomer because this condition does not involve a true neuroma (a nerve cyst), but instead involves nerve impingement.

An extensive network of nerves courses throughout virtually every tissue in our bodies, large and small. While you may think the bigger players are the culprit, there are many small nerves that are also root causes of pain.