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Old 12-11-2005, 11:08 AM
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It's always tricky to "troubleshoot" or map your symptoms to the areas of your spine that may be the culprit (that's what your doctor is for -- right?!).

To better understand the correlation between pain or other symptoms, look for a dermatome chart or ones that explain the spinal nerves' relation to human anatomy. A few references are here:

http://www.thefhcc.com/nervechart.htm

This site offers a succinct definition of mytomes and dermatomes:

http://www.apparelyzed.com/myo-dermatomes.html

http://www.apparelyzed.com/dermatome.html
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