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How do you palpate the sciatic nerve?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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11y ago

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The best place to palpate the sciatic nerve is deep in the buttock. It exists the pelvic area just under the piriformis.

If you place your foot on a chair and find the ischial tuberosity (the butt bone - the ones we sit on) and move laterally, you will be on or near the sciatic nerve.

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