Penn Medicine is bringing experts from multiple fields together under one roof to provide better care and treatment coordination for patients suffering from nerve disorders. The Penn Nerve Center in ...

Neuromuscular diseases are conditions that affect your nerve and muscle function. Neuromuscular disorders affect your peripheral nerves—the nerves outside your brain and spinal cord. Types of ...

Pudendal nerve disorders, most notably pudendal neuralgia, constitute a spectrum of neuropathic conditions resulting in chronic pelvic pain. These disorders often present with perineal sensory ...

Sometimes our bodies have a way of telling us, "Hey, that's enough!" This happens quite often when our fingers go numb while scrolling on our phones. It's normal to feel these pins and needles ...

Among adults without diabetes, higher BMI is independently associated with increased potential for ulnar nerve entrapment (UNE), with both overweight and obesity being prominent risk factors. Among a ...

Surgery to treat neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome targets two areas of nerve compression -- the scalene triangle (black triangle) and the pectoralis minor tendon (black circle). Many patients must ...

Gail Cohen was enjoying a day at the beach three years ago when she felt a lump on the back of her left knee and then started to feel numbness in her foot — a scary experience for anybody, but ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guy Burrows, M.D., a leading Houston-based, board-certified neurologist, announced the opening of a clinical center solely dedicated to treating those with peripheral nerve ...

The hypoglossal nerve is one of the 12 cranial nerves arising from the brain. It's a paired nerve, and you have two — left and right. Together, the two hypoglossal nerves control the muscles of the ...

The sural nerve, positioned beneath the skin’s surface in the back of your lower leg, plays a critical role in your body’s sensory network. As a component of the peripheral nervous system, this nerve ...