What is peripheral nerve re-routing?
While it sounds fairly technical, it’s actually a relatively easy-to-grasp concept. Let’s begin by defining the peripheral nerves. Peripheral nerves are nerves that are located outside of the spinal cord and brain. During the peripheral nerve re-routing procedure, peripheral nerves that are located above the point of injury are surgically re-routed and connected to peripheral nerves below the point of injury. The result? New functional connections between the brain and previously dormant muscle or sensory systems. To completely understand peripheral nerve re-routing, visualize a house. What would you do if a portion of the master electric cable was damaged, resulting in loss of power to one of the rooms in the house? Well, the best option would be to fix the master electric cable. But let’s say for whatever reason, that repair just isn’t possible. Is there any other way to get power to this room? There is. You could go around the section of damaged cable by using an extension cord to s
