Dr. Tim Tollestrup is one of only a handful of chronic pain focused Peripheral Nerve Surgeons worldwide. In this video blog he explains why Peripheral Nerve Surgery is such a niche specialty and how to increase access in the future.
For years, Robin suffered from horrible, burning pain in her arm and wrist. Doctors diagnosed her with CRPS also called Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome and told her she would have to live with the debilitating pain. Then she met Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a peripheral nerve...
Patients with chronic pain deal with frustration in addition to their suffering, There is a pervasive lack of understanding about how to treat chronic pain. in this video blog, Peripheral Nerve Surgeon Tim Tollestrup MD explains how patients often undergo unecessary...
Peripheral Nerve Surgeon Dr. Tim Tollestrup developed a surgery to remove rather than release the piriformis muscle for patients who are suffering from chronic sciatica, back, leg, foot and hip pain. To date he has successfully operated on hundreds of patients from...
Over five years, Dr. Tollestrup performed multiple nerve decompression and denervation surgeries on Gail including a piriformis muscle removal. Dr. Tollestrup calls her one of the most complex patients he has ever operated on. This is her incredible story in her own...
In this Facebook Live session Dr. Tollestrup discusses chronic low back pain that is not resolved by spine surgery or other treatment methods. He introduces the superior cluneal nerves which may be compressed and causing the pain. Persistent Pain After Spine...
Russell suffered for 20 years with burning pain is his thigh. No one could diagnose or treat his pain until he found Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a chronic-pain focused Peripheral Nerve Surgeon. In this video we go inside the operating room to see how Dr. T decompressed a...
“I woke up in the recovery room and my pain was gone!” Bernie suffered with horrible, burning groin pain for 11 years. He saw many different specialists but none of them could diagnose or treat his pain. Finally, he was referred to Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a...
