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Old 04-22-2009, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by treefrog View Post
I should say that for a very long time I had pain that went down the front of my thigh, from my hip. But more recently I have pain that goes down the side of my thigh, like you are describing.

That is a great dermatome map Justin. Though I know sometimes people can have symptoms that don't exactly correlate with the dermatome maps.
Yeah, that is very true. This dermatome map is "most likely" in the general population; however, we have unique anatomy for sure.

Interesting fact: close to 15% of Asian Americans have their piriformis muscle bifurcated by the sciatic nerve. (I'll have to pull that study up some day from my pile of papers).
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Grade V Tears L4/L5 & L5/L6
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