Jack has been living with piriformis syndrome pain for three years, and he is sharing his story before it has a clean ending — because he knows that most of the people searching for answers right now are still in the middle of their own story too. His pain started...
If you’ve been living with chronic low back pain despite normal MRI results, failed treatments, or even surgery, you’re not alone. What if the true source of your pain isn’t your spine at all? Peripheral nerve conditions — especially involving the superior cluneal...
Chronic nerve pain can affect every aspect of life — from physical activity to emotional wellbeing and the ability to work. For this patient, years of severe daily pain led to disability and a loss of hope. Despite trying medications and other treatments, his...
Chronic lower back, hip, and outer thigh pain is often blamed on the spine, joints, or muscles. But for many patients, the real problem is nerve compression. In this patient’s case, years of pain and failed treatments finally led to the correct diagnosis: Superior...
🔍 Diagnosed with Superior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment Treated by Dr. Tim Tollestrup, Pain-Focused Peripheral Nerve Surgeon – Las Vegas, NV “It felt like someone had skinned my back…” For years, Anne from Los Angeles suffered from excruciating burning and tingling pain in...
Dr. Tim Tollestrup explains why back surgery is such a gamble and cannot help patients who have a peripheral nerve problem involving superior cluneal nerves. He also discusses the four different type of patients who present with back pain and why only one of the four...
