Cranial Therapeutic Approach to Cranial Nerve Entrapment Part I: Cranial Nerves III, IV, and VI

Blum, CLACA Journal of ChiropracticJuly, 1988 22(7): 63-7

Presented is a cranial therapeutic approach to understanding , the diagnosis, the anatomical pathways, and strategies for cranial manipulative treatment of cranial nerves III, IV, and VI disturbances and/or entrapment. An overview of diagnosing dysfunction of cranial nerves III, IV, and VI also discusses the parasympathetic influences associated with the Edinger-Westphal Nucleus. Pathways of the nerves are followed from their nuclei to their intra and extra cranial pathways. Possible cranial manipulative solutions to dysfunction of cranial nerves III, IV, and VI are offered with emphasis on cranial base, falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli.

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