Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe symptoms (sensory vs motor) for each peripheral sacral nerve: pudendal (dorsal, perineal, and rectal branches), sciatic, superior and inferior gluteal, coccygeal nerves
- Name common causes of injury for each nerve
- Identify the anatomy and pathway of each nerve
- Perform neural tension test for differential diagnoses when applicable
- Perform mobilization of nerve
- Perform neural/fascial pathway to release surrounding peri-neural structures from common regions of entrapment
- Perform local balancing/integration of nerve
- Perform neural gliding and sliding of nerve when applicable
- Prescribe a home program to maintain neural mobility or improve brain to nerve pathway
- Address local osseous and visceral restrictions that can be directly affecting the nerve, including the following relationships
- Uterus and sacrum
- Sacrum and coccyx
- Sacro/coccygeal region with sacrotuberous and sacrospinous ligaments
- Coccyx torsion and malposition
- Deep and superficial fascial restrictions in the ischiorectal fossa
- Inferior dural tube and anococcygeal ligament