Sclerotome Visceral Pain Referral Chart

Reference Chart for Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Acupuncturists or Massage Therapists. Colour Sclerotome/Visceral Pain Referral Poster contains sclerotome pain referral from C1 to S3. Sclerotogenous pain is reported by patients as deep, ill defined, dull aching, and diffuse. Sclerotogenous pain does not follow dermatomes but does follow a sclerotome pain pattern. The tissues that are included in sclerotogenous pain include: Ligaments, Tendons, Discs, Periosteum and Apophyseal Joints. A sclerotome is a deep somatic track that is innervated by the same signal spinal nerve and when the tissue of a sclerotome is irritated by mechanical or chemical stimuli pain is "experienced" as originating from all of the tissues that are innervated by the same nerve, or along the sclerotome. Chart shows spinal levels C-1 through S-3.