Common fibular nerve

Looks like

A branch of the sciatic nerve that winds around the neck of the fibula just below the outer knee, right under the skin.

What it does

Divides into deep and superficial fibular nerves that lift the foot and feel the outer shin and foot top.

Keeping it well

Easily pressed by crossed legs, casts or weight loss: foot drop with a numb foot top. See a doctor if it lasts.

Its parts

• Deep fibular nerve
• Superficial fibular nerve
• Sural communicating branch of common fibular nerve

Related conditions

• Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
• Botulism
• Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
• Chickenpox (varicella)
• Chronic neuropathic pain
• Chronic pain syndrome
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Fibromyalgia
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Lyme disease
• Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
• Lymphoedema
• Myasthenia gravis
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Piriformis syndrome
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rabies
• Restless legs syndrome
• Sciatica
• Shingles (herpes zoster)
• Tetanus
• Varicose veins
• Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies