Massage Therapy Journal Spring 2024

Spring 2024 • 55

Nerves and Their Entrapment Areas

Nerve

Entrapment Area

Between the sacrospinous ligament and the piriformis muscle. Within the piriformis muscle. Between the piriformis muscle and the greater sciatic notch

Sciatic nerve

Superior gluteal nerve Inferior gluteal nerve

Between the piriformis muscle and the greater sciatic notch Between the piriformis muscle and the sacrospinous ligament Between the piriformis muscle and the greater sciatic notch

Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve

Femoral nerve

Deep to the inguinal ligament Deep to the inguinal ligament

Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve

Between sacrospinous and sacrotuberous ligaments is the most common site of pudendal nerve entrapment

Pudendal nerve

Tibial nerve

Inside the deep posterior compartment of the leg and at the tarsal tunnel

Common fibular nerve

Posterior to the head of the fibula and in the anterior compartment of the leg

Sural nerve

In the superior posterior compartment of the leg

Medial plantar nerve

Between the metatarsal heads and deep to the transverse metatarsal ligaments

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