Anatom3DTibial & common peroneal nerves
Nervus tibialis et nervus fibularis communis · Holenní a společný lýtkový nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
The larger branch of the sciatic nerve, down the back of the calf and behind the inner ankle.
What it does
Works the calf and the sole, and feels the underside of the foot.
Keeping it well
Good shoes and foot checks; burning in the sole at night is often this nerve.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Compartment syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Growing pains
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Lymphangitis
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Superficial thrombophlebitis
- Tetanus
- Varicose veins
- Venomous snakebite
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies