Tag Andrea Trescot

Middle Cluneal Nerves

Introduction The middle cluneal nerve (MCN) has long been overlooked as a cause of low back pain. As the understanding of the role of the MCN becomes more clear, the range of treatment options, including peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), has…

Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

Introduction There are many poorly recognized or misrecognized peripheral nerve entrapments associated with clinical pain syndromes. Kopell and Thompson stated that peripheral nerve entrapments occur at anatomic sites where the nerve changes direction to enter a fibrous or fibroosseous tunnel,…