15/07/2025
🧠✨ What Are Dermatomes?
Ever wondered why pain in one area of your body feels like it's coming from somewhere else? 👀 That’s thanks to dermatomes—specific zones of your body that are linked to individual spinal nerves!
Each spinal nerve root sends sensory information from a part of your body back to your spinal cord and brain. Think of it like a postcode system for your nervous system 🧩
👉 Example: A trapped nerve in your lower back might cause tingling down your leg—not because your leg is injured, but because they share a nerve root!
🎯 In acupuncture and massage, understanding dermatomes helps us trace discomfort to its root cause—and treat it more precisely.
🖼️ I absolutely love the dermatome poster I have up in my treatment room—I refer to it all the time. It's not just beautiful, it's so helpful in my work. Clients love learning about how their pain might link to completely different parts of the body. It makes for some really powerful lightbulb moments 💡✨
🙌 Have you ever had pain in one place that turned out to come from somewhere else?
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