Body Balancing Medical Massage Therapy — Rebalancing the body to get back to life
Gary, your medical massage therapist

Getting on Your Last Nerve?

Chronic Nerve Pain

The short answer? Let's see how I can help.

The longer answer? Nerve pain needs more than guesswork.

What You Might Notice

Burning, shooting, tingling, or unusual sensitivity.

Why Does It Happen?

Nerves can be irritated in different places for different reasons.

How I Look at It

I look for musculoskeletal contributors and refer for medical assessment when indicated.

Page in development: This is an initial educational overview. The full terrain-based explanation for chronic nerve pain is still being written and reviewed.

Start with the right question

Nerve symptoms require careful distinctions and appropriate evaluation.

A symptom or diagnosis is a starting point, not a complete explanation of what is happening in one person's body. History, patterns of movement, tissue tolerance, medical factors, and daily demands can all influence what someone experiences.

Why context matters

Some symptoms have causes that require medical diagnosis or treatment. Others involve overlapping mechanical and functional factors. Medical Massage Therapy can be considered only where appropriate, and it is not a substitute for diagnosis or necessary medical care.

What we'll explore

As this page is developed, we'll look at the anatomy and physiology involved, common compensations, what to watch for, and where hands-on care may or may not fit.

Don't just ask where it hurts.

Ask why the body is working that way.