Dr. Tollestrup explains how unexplained low back pain can be caused by Superior Cluneal Nerve entrapment. Most doctors and surgeons are not knowledgeable about peripheral nerves, including the superior cluneal nerves, so patients can languish for years without a...
How can a patient know if they have a peripheral nerve problem? Peripheral nerve injuries often go undiagnosed by the medical establishment. Patients can suffer for years going from doctor to doctor searching for relief. Dr. Tim Tollestrup is a Nevada-based...
Peripheral nerve injuries in kids and teens often go undiagnosed which can lead to prolonged pain and suffering. As Dr. Tollestrup explains, most in the medical community are not knowledgeable about peripheral nerves and would not consider looking for this problem in...
It was hard for Jamie to see her young, athletic daughter Sarah suffer an injury that left her with horrible back and sciatica pain. The pain mystified the highly touted surgeons in their hometown of Atlanta. Luckily, Sarah’s stepmom had a similar pain problem...
Transcript: I just want to document this really interesting anatomy here. You can see down here, this is piriformis muscle here, it’s just the nerve anatomy is very unusual. So there’s two main piriformis muscles with the lateral division transiting...
Transcript: One of the big parts of this operation is just getting down to the piriformis muscle, because it’s basically right in the center of the pelvis, this structure. The size of the patient can really make this an easy or a harder endeavor. And what I use...
Transcript: Hi, my name is Judy and I live in Virginia. I’ve been suffering from piriformis syndrome for the last 16 years. My problem is I can’t stand long and I can’t walk far without irritating the sciatic nerve. The only way I can get rid of my...
Sarah was a young athlete in her prime, enjoying high school and excelling in many sports. A nerve injury sidelined her. She languished for months in search of a diagnosis. None of the surgeons she saw understood her pain problem. After months of suffering and...
This particular patient has had a total hip arthroplasty and the pathology in piriformis syndrome is primarily compression of the sciatic nerve by the piriformis muscle. When you have a hip replacement, they will often disconnect the piriformis muscle, and...
What is it? And how do you manage the unpredictable CRPS pain? Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a rare, debilitating disorder that usually follows an injury.1 After a physical injury, stroke, heart attack, or surgery, the nerve to the respective area works...
