Doug suffered a wakeboarding accident that left him with debilitating back pain. During the next decade he sought help from renown surgeons all over the U.S. No one could relieve his pain or even give him a diagnosis. He even tried a stem cell procedure that made his...
Pain-focused Peripheral Nerve Surgeon Dr. Tim Tollestrup explains anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome, also known as ACNES. This peripheral nerve condition involves the intercostal nerves in the abdomen and abdominal wall. It can be a difficult condition to...
Robin suffered with intense burning thigh pain. She searched in her hometown in Canada for a cure but was misled by surgeons there. Luckily she took matters into her own hands and found Dr. Tim Tollestrup in Las Vegas, Nevada. With one simple surgery Dr. Tollestrup...
Dr. Tollestrup is one of only a few pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeons in the world.Patients from all over the world travel to Dr. Tim Tollestrup for relief of their chronic pain. Only a small percentage of Dr. Tollestrup’s patients live in Las Vegas,...
Dr. Tollestrup explains how what starts out as an isolated peripheral nerve injury can quickly spiral out of control and wreak havoc throughout a patient’s body, leading to a diagnosis of...
Here is a heart-warming patient update from Rhod, who had two piriformis muscle removal surgeries with Dr. Tollestrup. He shares with Dr. Tollestrup how he is feeling one year after surgery number...
Tori suffered for twelve years with intense Migraines that left her in constant pain, mentally fatigued and unable to focus. Dozens of doctors couldn’t help her and many dismissed her pain, telling her it was all in her head. Then she found Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a...
Many patients still have severe knee pain after knee replacement surgery. There are different reasons why this happens. Sometimes a peripheral nerve is damaged during the knee replacement surgery. Sometimes the knee was never the problem, but there was a peripheral...
Dr. Tollestrup explains his perspective on Selina, a young girl who was in excruciating pain stemming from a thumb injury. Doctors in Canada diagnosed her with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and pushed her to pain management. Nothing helped relieve her pain....
After two failed hip replacements and a third that injured her Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve, Debra had horrible, burning pain from Meralgia Paresthetica. The pain was so bad that no one could touch her leg. She tried many treatments including back surgery but...
