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Harrison
12-11-2005, 11:08 AM
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.apparelyzed.com/myo-dermatomes.html

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