The nervous system is a complex system. Pain travels along the nerve pathways and can refer pain to different areas of the body. The pain may be felt in the lower leg, but the source of pain is in the back. The pain may be felt in the forearm/fingers, but the source of the pain is in the neck or shoulder. Pain travels and is not always true to the source.
The most common referring pain example is sciatic pain. The sciatic nerve is a HUGE nerve that begins in the lower lumbar region and travels down the back of the leg. As we said above, pain travels along nerve pathways so it is common for clients with sciatic pain to describe the pain "running down the leg" or "throbbing in the knee".
During a physiotherapy or massage therapy session, the therapist will treat the source of the pain vs treating the area of pain.
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