Jun 20, 2017 | Educational Articles, Videos
Why Spine Surgery Fails In a recent post on Facebook, Dr. Tollestrup shared his thoughts on why lingering back pain may not originate from the spine but from damage to peripheral nerves around the spine, The post attracted so much attention that he decided to respond...
May 2, 2017 | Educational Articles, Videos
Peripheral nerve surgery offers relief from chronic pain By PAUL HARASIM LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Updated April 30, 2017 – 9:20 pm An accident nearly turned Jason Russo into a drug addict as he tried to blot out the pain in his leg. Robert Jackson had to use...
Apr 26, 2017 | Educational Articles, Videos
Why Are There So Few Peripheral Nerve Surgeons? In this blog post, Dr. Tim Tollestrup answers a question he is frequently asked: Why are there so few peripheral nerve surgeons? Below is his response….. This field of peripheral nerve surgery was pioneered by my...
Apr 13, 2017 | Educational Articles, Videos
Three Reasons Why Peripheral Nerve Surgery is Not Widely Embraced by the Medical Establishment Reason Number 1 – Opium Option Overutilized There are many reasons why Peripheral Nerve Surgery has not been accepted into the mainstream medical community. Here we will...
Jan 18, 2017 | Chronic Joint Pain, Educational Articles, Pelvic Pain, Videos
Piriformis Syndrome Piriformis syndrome is to the leg what neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome is to the arm. Piriformis syndrome is a severely under-diagnosed problem occurring when the nerve roots of L4, L5, S1, S2, and S3, which make up part of the lumbosacral...
Dec 5, 2016 | Educational Articles, Videos
Diagnosing Chronic Pain: The Lost Art of the Physical Examination Patients suffering from chronic pain stemming from a peripheral nerve problem invariably are frustrated with trying to find an answer. Part of the reason a solution is so elusive stems from the fact...
