Nerve Pain Explained
MassageNerd, a VideoJug user, shows you how nerves can refer pain throughout the body. Follow this simple talk with visual aids to help your understanding of how the body you are massaging works.
Step 1: C Section
Let’s learn where nerves can possibly refer pain.
C1 - C stands for Cervical: Back of head area.
C2: Various areas of the head.
C3: Side and front of neck.
C4: Upper back and neck area.
C5: Middle of neck and upper part of arms.
C6: Lower part of neck, arms, and even down to the elbow region.
C7: Lower part of the arm, shoulder.
Step 2: T Section
T1, T stands for Thoracic: Go down to the hand, the wrist, the fingers, even to the thyroid.
T2: It can go to the heart area, the heart valves, coronary arteries.
T3: Go to the lungs, bronchial tubes, pleura, and chest area.
T4: Go into the gallbladder, common ducts.
T5: Go to liver and solar plexus region.
T6: Stomach, mid-back area, around here.
T7: Pancreas and duodenum.
T8: Spleen and lower mid- back.
T9: Adrenal glands, around here.
T10: Kidneys, right around here.
T11: Ureters, around this region.
T12: Small intestine and upper/lower back.
Step 3: L Section
L1, L for lumbar: Iliocecal valve, right around here in the anterior part, and the large intestine. More anterior but it goes up like this.
L2: Appendix, right around this area, abdomen, and upper leg.
L3: Sex organs, uterus, bladder, and it can even go down to the knee region.
L4: Prostate gland and lower back.
L5: Sciatic nerve, lower legs, ankles, and it even goes down to the feet region.
Step 4: Sacrum and Coccyx
Sacrum refers to the Hipbones and buttocks.
And the Coccyx refers pain to the rectum and the anus.
