This is a preview to Jake's full cranial nerve course and gives you some great clinical pearls in how CN8 governs balance in particular. Essential knowledge for the MSK clinician. This course is not about detailed neurological pathways but about great clinical knowledge applicable to most of your day to day patients.

Pain is always real This is a course that puts real pain science into the context of a real manual clinician's daily workload. It will introduce the general principles of the current thinking, some useful tips, as well as introduce a more in-depth larger presentation to be launched soon.

It could be argued that this muscle the lesser of the two muscles contributing to the action that has given it its name. However, in terms of elbow function this one is probably the more important. Rationale and protocols are added to your clinical tools for immediate use in the management of patients presenting with pain and dysfunction in this area.

This brief course reviews the principles presented in the 'main' course in terms of a clinical presentation experienced in my clinic.