Archive - Tom’s Nerve Root Newsletter

ICYMI: a sciatica guide to give to your patients

In case you missed it, here’s the link to a free sciatica guide you can stamp with your name (or your clinic’s name) and give to your patients.

May 20 • Tom Jesson

Notes on understanding cervical myelopathy

What does ‘degenerative’ mean?

May 13 • Tom Jesson

November 2025

Sciatica in the NYT. What do people need to know?

I was recently interviewed for this excellent New York Times piece on sciatica. It got me thinking about what often gets missed when people talk about…

Nov 6, 2025 • Tom Jesson

September 2025

Herniation wars

Three camps assemble...

Sep 21, 2025 • Tom Jesson

June 2025

An ordinary story

My experience of sciatica

Jun 1, 2025 • Tom Jesson

January 2025

Newsletter review of 2024

Thanks for subscribing to my newsletter, which tracks my work on lumbar nerve root syndromes aka sciatica.

Jan 2, 2025 • Tom Jesson

October 2024

Does bending and lifting cause disc herniations?

Cautious Kennys vs Cavalier Karens

Oct 29, 2024 • Tom Jesson

June 2024

Jun 18, 2024 • Tom Jesson

January 2024

Nerve Root Newsletter best of 2023!

An efficient review of the year

Jan 9, 2024 • Tom Jesson

October 2023

New back-to-basics youtube video

Plus some sciatica 101 links

Oct 10, 2023 • Tom Jesson

September 2023

Four to six schmeeks.

How long does sciatica last?

Sep 7, 2023 • Tom Jesson

June 2023

*Understanding Sciatica*- the book is finished!

"Absolute gold... there's not many anatomy/physiology books that one can't put down"

Jun 27, 2023 • Tom Jesson