Apr 29, 2021 | Educational Articles, Nerve Pain
Proximal median nerve compression is easy to miss—unless you connect the right dots Do you have chronic pain or aching in your arm below your elbow? Especially after certain movements or activities? You might be dealing with proximal median nerve compression. It has...
Mar 25, 2021 | Educational Articles, Nerve Pain
What is cubital tunnel syndrome? Cubital tunnel syndrome is a pinched ulnar nerve. It’s also called ulnar nerve entrapment. The ulnar nerve is a major nerve in the arm, running down the ulna bone close to the surface of the skin. If it gets trapped, it’s usually at...
Mar 24, 2021 | Abdominal Wall Pain, Educational Articles, Meralgia Paresthetica, Pelvic Pain
Do you have a burning pain in your thigh and lap that hardly lets up? Your lateral femoral cutaneous nerve runs from a section of the spine in your lower back down your thigh. When this nerve gets compressed, it can show up as tingly, numb pain in your thigh....
Mar 16, 2021 | Piriformis Syndrome, Success Stories
Denise suffered from burning pain in her leg and into her hip for many years. An elite athlete who runs marathons, she was able to run and compete but sitting was agonizing pain. The pain was so bad she considered amputation. Then she researched online and found a...
Mar 2, 2021 | Knee Pain, Pain after Knee Surgery, Success Stories
Donna had a knee injury that doctors attempted to fix with arthroscopic knee surgery that only made her pain worse. After another unsuccessful knee arthroplasty, she was given a diagnosis of CRPS. She was bed-ridden when she found Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a peripheral...
Feb 25, 2021 | Chronic Joint Pain, Educational Articles, Peripheral Neuropathy
About 1 in 5 people struggle with foot pain. And it’s not only among the elderly. One study found that 10% of people under the age of 45 deal with foot pain as well.1 It’s easy to try to let foot pain “resolve itself.” After all, your life is full...
Feb 24, 2021 | Educational Articles, Pelvic Pain
Your pelvis is one of the most important headquarters of your body. It does much of the heavy lifting for your mobility and positioning. When it’s functioning properly, you can easily take on your daily tasks of sitting, standing, walking, and relieving yourself. So...
Jan 26, 2021 | Educational Articles, Nerve Decompression Surgery
Do you have one of the four signs your neck pain needs more than conservative treatment? If you’ve worked with your doctor about a pinched nerve in your neck, you’ve probably tried a battery of treatments. For many people, medications, physical therapy, and...
Jan 7, 2021 | Piriformis Syndrome, Success Stories, Videos
Transcript: Her story starts out with a fall, pretty serious fall, from standing height. She slipped on a wood floor and landed very hard on her left side of her buttock. Two years later, she was getting into her hot tub and just had this sudden onset of severe...
Dec 18, 2020 | Educational Articles, Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, Failed Spine Surgery
About 9% of the population experiences low back pain. Both localized pain and radiating pain can reduce function and comfort, leading many to promptly seek treatment. While some back pain can be treated non-surgically, problems where the body’s structure pinches a...
