Trevin Thurman, M.D.
Fellowship-Trained in Interventional Pain Medicine.
Laramie | Casper | Cheyenne | Rock Springs
Education
Dr. Thurman joined Premier Bone & Joint Centers September of 2020. A native of Eastern Idaho, Dr. Thurman completed his medical degree at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. He then underwent residency training in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He went on to complete a fellowship in Interventional Pain at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Thurman is dual board certified by American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and the American Board of Pain Medicine.
University Care Close to Home
Dr. Thurman has worked as a university professor and was offered a teaching position to stay at Harvard Medical School. He chose to return home to the mountains he loves, to provide the full range of university level treatment options to his patients in the West. Many of these cutting-edge therapies are not offered by any other physician in Wyoming or Colorado.
99% of Dr. Thurman’s procedures are performed with a small needle and finished with a band-aid, and patients are able to return to work and their regular lives the same or next day. These techniques include standard options such as cortisone injections, but also innovative treatments such as:
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Dr. Thurman participated in the worlds first randomized clinical trial of PRP treatment while he was a resident at Harvard 15 years ago. PRP injections are now often used in professional athletes such as the NFL/MLB, and Dr. Thurman worked as a team physician for the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox during his time in Boston. PRP therapy uses the growth factors in your own blood to heal a variety of difficult to treat injuries including:
Mild to moderate arthritis of any peripheral joint
Chronic tendon and ligament of any peripheral joint
Lumbar disc annular tears
Lumbar radiculopathy/sciatica due to epidural fibrosis/scarring
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A common complaint after epidural injections is relief for only 1-2 weeks. Dr. Thurman uses specialized techniques and medications for epidural injections that can provide months or years of relief even to patients who previously experienced only a few days or weeks of relief after a standard epidural steroid injection. (Some of these techniques are in the process of publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal.)
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Ablation of spinal sensory nerves can be an extremely useful treatment for patients with chronic back and neck pain. Successful outcomes from this procedure are very technique specific and Dr. Thurman learned these procedures from the world’s foremost expert in radiofrequency ablations. As a result, Dr. Thurman can often help patients who failed nerve ablation procedures from other physicians.
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Traditional spinal cord stimulation has existed for over 50 years, however, in the past five years there has been a technology breakthrough that for the first time effectively treats chronic low back and neck pain, particularly in patients who had spinal surgery but struggle with persistent pain, including patients who have failed older outdated types of spinal cord stimulators. This new technology has achieved FDA certification not only for chronic neck and low back pain, but also for painful chronic peripheral neuropathy.
Spinal cord stimulation can provide significant relief for:
Chronic moderate-severe neck and low back pain
Chronic painful peripheral neuropathy
Chronic arm or leg pain after spinal surgery due to persistent sciatica (chronic radiculopathy)
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS/RSD)
Relatable
Dr. Thurman is a son of the West and after a decade of medical practice, decided to return home to the Rocky Mountains.
When he is not treating patients, Dr. Thurman enjoys back country hiking, fishing, sailing, tennis, cross-country skiing, and racing automobiles.
“I believe in treating each patient the same way I would treat a member of my immediate family.”
