Peripheral Neuropathy Overview Peripheral neuropathy is a condition that involves different types of common nerve disorders. These nerve disorders (generally involving the legs) are caused by inflammation or by vascular injury. Peripheral Neuropathy Symptoms [...]
Parsonage Turner Syndrome Overview Parsonage turner syndrome is an inflammatory disorder of the brachial plexus, the nerve supply to the shoulder and arm. This disorder is also called brachial neuritis or brachial plexopathy. The [...]
An Overview of Nerve Damage & Healing There are two different types of somatic nerves in the body that can experience nerve damage. There are central nervous system (CNS) nerves and the nerves of [...]
Chronic Radiculopathy Overview Nerves are persnickety creatures. They can generally tolerate some compression but don’t really like to be pushed around. Unfortunately, there are many conditions of the spine that cause nerve compression in [...]
This syndrome involves trapping of a peripheral nerve in a tunnel. These peripheral nerves are different from the nerves in the spinal canal (the radicular nerves) due to their "protective armor", the epineurium and [...]
The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a pure sensory nerve that exits the pelvis over the superior brim of the pelvis (the front of the pelvis) in the area of a tunnel created by [...]
Anatomy of the Spine This information relates to normal spinal alignment. The spine is a series of building blocks called vertebra stacked one on top of another, separated in the front by [...]
