This past week we saw many patients with a condition called Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (nTOS). Most of these patients had a history of some form of whiplash injury, which is the most common cause of this condition that we see in our practice. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome can be neurogenic or vascular or both. 95% …
Taking care of people who are in chronic pain requires the care team to have empathy in their hearts. Every day our whole team learns from patients, their struggles, and how they have adapted their lives to survive with their pain. Every day I am amazed at their ability to stay focused and get through …
As an extension of the prior post, I’m going to stay on the topic of Occipital Neuralgia / Occipital Nerve Syndrome ( ON / ONS ). Occipital Neuralgia / Occipital Nerve Syndrome We have been treating this problem for over 15 years and have a very mature experience in helping many different types of ON/ONS. …
This week it was a number of patients who had previous total knee replacements and have persistent pain that is nerve related. Joint Denervation Surgery in St. Louis This falls under the topic of Joint Denervation surgery. This technique involves evaluating certain sensory nerves that provide pain fibers to the joint capsules. We can perform …
This week we return to the topic of Headache Surgery. Specifically, the diagnosis of Occipital Neuralgia (ON). As we reviewed before, there are three anatomical regions we evaluate for chronic headaches, the frontal, temporal and occipital areas. Often providers generalize the topic of Occipital Neuralgia (ON). However, it is important to understand that there are …
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