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somatic nerve

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somatic nerve
n.
Any of the nerves associated with sensation or motion.
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[1] The typical history includes pain starting centrally (periumbilical) before localizing to the right iliac fossa (the lower right side of the abdomen); this is due to the poor localizing (spatial) property of visceral nerves from the mid-gut, followed by the involvement of somatic nerves (parietal peritoneum) as the inflammation progresses.
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Sympathetic Outflow (When condition not improving with somatic treatment) Yes/No If No: Think somatic nerve supply and treat according to above principles If Yes: Choose segmental level of tissue you want to influence and needle Huatuo Jiaj or Bladder Point at that spinal level.
A proposed clinical reasoning model for western acupuncture by Bradnam, Lynley / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy
Temporary pharmacologic blockade of sympathetic ganglia and/or somatic nerves may provide a window of reduced pain in which to make progress in intensive physical therapy.
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