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Rachel Hartley

A licensed massage therapist for 12 years, Rachel Hartley, LMT, BCTMB, runs a sports massage practice in West Lafayette, Indiana, working primarily with distance runners and weightlifters. She writes for Biology Insights on musculoskeletal anatomy and soft-tissue recovery.

Where Is the Sciatic Nerve? Its Full Path Explained
Lower Extremity Innervation: Nerves of the Legs and Feet
How Long Are Your Nerves Stretched Out?
What Is Innervation and Why Is It Important?
Motor End Plate: Anatomy, Function, and Disorders
Key Structures and Functions of the Neuromuscular Junction
What Are Motor Nerves and How Do They Control Movement?
Where Is the Olfactory Cortex? Location and Functions
What Is the Function of the Epithalamus?
What Is Muscle Innervation and How Does It Work?
What Is a Spinal Reflex and How Does It Work?
What Is the Somatic Sensory System?
What Nerve Innervates the Flexor Digitorum Superficialis?
What Nerve Innervates the Levator Scapulae?
Do Nerves Stretch? How Nerves Move and What Limits Them
What Is a Thecal Sac and What Does It Do?
What Is the Sural Nerve and What Does It Do?
What Muscles Does the Radial Nerve Innervate?
What Is the Function of the Somatic Nervous System?
Where Is the Axillary Nerve and What Does It Do?
Why Do We Need Pain?
Where Does the Sciatic Nerve Split and Into What?
What Is the Sural Nerve? Anatomy, Function, and Injuries
What Is the Thecal Sac? Its Function and Anatomy
Where Is the Sural Nerve and What Does It Do?
What Nerves Innervate the Quadratus Lumborum?
What Is the Role of the Somatic Nervous System?
What Innervates the Extensor Digitorum?
Where Is the Tibial Nerve Located? Its Path and Function
Where Is the Sural Nerve and Why Is It Important?