Selina is a young girl in excruciating pain from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. It started with a thumb injury. The pain traveled all the way up her arm. She was confined to her room and her arm felt like “it was being cut through with a chainsaw.” She...
In this video, we learn about life-changing surgery for chronic pain as we go inside the operating room with Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a pain-focused, peripheral nerve surgeon. Dr. Tollestrup explains the various surgical procedures he has developed such as piriformis...
Ruth’s powerful story is both unique and symbolic of many of the patients Dr. Tollestrup sees. For over two decades, she sought help for thoracic outlet syndrome from some of the top specialists in the world. No one could treat her pain, and she had given up hope when...
What a great weekend in Baltimore for a historic gathering of the Big Four Pain-Focused Peripheral Nerve Surgeons. From left to right: Dr. Demetrio Aguila Dr. David Brown Dr. Tim Tollestrup Dr. Eric Williams These renown surgeons met for the first I-SSNIP (...
Dr. Tollestrup explains being a pioneer in Pain-focused Peripheral Nerve Surgery. He is one of a few pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeons worldwide. He also describes the joy of taking the message about this new field directly to patients and helping them overcome...
Dr. Tim Tollestrup explains symptoms and surgical solutions for Meralgia Paresthetica. Having performed hundreds of successful neurectomies on patients with Meralgia Paresthetica, he shares how removing the nerve is an excellent long term solution that prevents...
