Anatomy Pearls Easy to palpate sciatic nerve at the inferior margin of the piriformis muscle and down to the ischial tuberosity Clinical Pearls Sciatic nerve may be compressed by an HTP in the gluteal region. In these cases it is beneficial to treat the HTP first,...
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Saphenous Nerve Pearls
Anatomy Pearls Easy to palpate the nerve at inferior border of sartorius at the medial knee Clinical Pearls There may be some overlap of the distribution of innervation of the saphenous nerve with the medial plantar nerve and the medial dorsal cutaneous nerve...
Radial Nerve Pearls
Anatomy Pearls Easy to palpate the radial nerve at lateral intermuscular septum lateral aspect of the cubital fossa Clinical Pearls Radial nerve entrapment is considered, in the literature, to be a rare occurrence. However, the most common sites for entrapment are 1)...
Ulnar Nerve Pearls
Anatomy Pearls Easy to palpate the ulnar nerve just before it enters the cubital tunnel just before and at the tunnel of Guyon https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32310389/ Clinical Pearls Paresthesia in the 4th and 5th fingers, medial aspect of the palm and dorsum of the...
Median Nerve Pearls
Anatomy Pearls Easy to palpate the median nerve at the inferomedial border of the biceps the wrist between the flexor carpi radialis and the palmaris longus Median nerve gives no branches in the brachium as it passes through the medial aspect. Clinical Pearls...