Showing posts with label Dermatomes of the Upper Extremity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dermatomes of the Upper Extremity. Show all posts

Monday, July 24, 2017

Dermatomes of The Upper Extremity

      Areas of our skin receive sensory innervation from particular spinal nerves. 
      These sensory areas, called “dermatomes,” are predictable from person to person, and can be “mapped” on a model of the human body. 
      This is very useful when diagnosing a problem in the arm or hand. For example, numbness or tingling in particular finger(s) may be directly related to specific spinal nerve(s), and those nerves are discernible according to the dermatomal “map.” 
      Location of the symptoms in the upper extremity leads your medical doctor or chiropractor to the involved spinal nerve. As an Advanced Proficiency Rated Activator Chiropractor, my treatment would focus on careful, precise adjusting to relieve any impingement on the involved nerve(s).