Peter F. Ullrich, Jr., MD

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Doctor Ullrich is a spine surgeon with the NeuroSpine Center of Wisconsin. He completed a spine fellowship at the University of Utah and the orthopedic surgery residency program at Grand Rapids. He holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Wisconsin Medical School, and a BA from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Publications
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
All About Spinal Disc Problems
Anterior and Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgery
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) Surgery
Antidepressants: Definitive Guide
Back Braces
Back Care for Lower Back Pain
Back Surgery and Neck Surgery Overview
Bone Graft for Spine Fusion
Brachial Neuritis (Parsonage-Turner Syndrome)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease
Cervical Foraminal Stenosis
Cervical Osteoarthritis (Neck Arthritis)
Cervical Radiculopathy from a Herniated Cervical Disc
Cervical Spine Anatomy and Neck Pain
Cervical Spine Surgery
Cervical Stenosis with Myelopathy
Chiropractic and Osteopathic
Common Causes of Back Pain and Neck Pain
Conservative vs Surgical Care for Lower Back Pain
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Definitive Guide to Osteoporosis
Degenerative Disc Disease Treatment for Low Back Pain
Degenerative Scoliosis
Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Elements of a Spine Fusion
Exercise and Back Pain
Facet Joint Osteoarthritis
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS): What It Is and How to Avoid Pain after Surgery
Fibromyalgia Overview
Getting a Referral to a Spine Surgeon
Golf and Low Back Pain
Hip Osteoarthritis
Injections for Back Pain Relief
Integrated Spine Clinics for Back Pain Treatment
Introduction to Back Pain and Neck Pain
Introduction To Diagnostic Studies For Back Pain
Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
Lower Back Pain Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
Lumbar Herniated Disc
Lumbar Laminectomy Surgery for Spinal Stenosis (Open Decompression)
Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Definitive Guide
Lumbar Spine Surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI scan)
Medications for Back Pain and Neck Pain
Microdiscectomy (Microdecompression) Spine Surgery
Miscellaneous Causes of Upper Extremity Pain
Occipital Neuralgia
Physical Therapy Benefits For Back Pain
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF) Surgery
Posterolateral Gutter Spine Fusion Surgery
Pregnancy Related Low Back Pain
Pulled Back Muscle and Lower Back Strain
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Spine
Sacroiliac Joint Anatomy
Scar Tissue and Pain After Back Surgery
Scoliosis: What You Need to Know
Síntomas, diagnóstico y tratamiento de la lumbalgia
Spinal Anatomy and Back Pain
Spinal Fusion Surgery for Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
Spinal Tumors and Back Pain
Spine Fusion Instrumentation
Spondylosis: What It Actually Means
Spondylosis: What It Actually Means
Treatment Options for a Lumbar Herniated Disc
Understanding COX-2 Inhibitor Side Effects
What is Degenerative Disc Disease?
What's a Herniated Disc, Pinched Nerve, Bulging Disc...?
When to See a Surgeon for Low Back Pain

Videos featuring this Author

Acute Back Pain vs. Chronic Back Pain Video
Quitting Smoking: A Must for People with Back Pain Video
Video: Am I a Candidate for Back Surgery?

Blogs written by this Author

Are Cadaver Bone Grafts Safe?
Chantix Helps Quit Smoking
Herniated Discs: A Spine Physician Responds to E-mail Questions About This Cause of Lower Back Pain
How and When to Get a Second Opinion before Spine Surgery
How to Help your Surgeon Help You
Laser Disc Decompression for Spinal Stenosis: Does it Work?
Narcotic Drugs for the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Double Edged Sword
Obamacare Excise Tax - How it Affects New Medical Innovation
Smoking and Low Back Pain
The Health Care Crisis
Top Ten Reasons You Should Run from Your Surgeon
Warning: Proceed with Caution Before Fusion Surgery
What Every Back Pain Patient Needs to Know

Advice written by this Author

Accurate Diagnosis Before Back Surgery
Aerobic Exercise for Relieving Chronic Back Pain
Back Pain Caused by Breast Size
Can a Pinched Nerve in the Neck Cause Loss of Use in The Arm?
Can Discs Fuse on Their Own?
Cervical Disc Herniation Symptoms
Cervical Herniated Disk From an Auto Accident
Choosing a Bone Graft for Fusion Surgery
Cortisone and Hamstring Stretching for Degenerative Disc Disease
Diagnosis and Indications of Osteoarthritis
Diagnosis and Treatment of Disc Problems
Diagnostic Tools for Sciatica from a Herniated Disc
Discectomy or Fusion to Treat Numbness and Leg Pain
Discograms, Diagnosis and Failed Back Surgery
Does Degenerative Disc Disease Spread Through the Spine?
Effectiveness of Diagnostic Tools for Sciatica
Endoscopic Discectomy and Microdiscectomy for Lumbar Herniated Discs
Epidural Steroid Injection Expectations
Exercise as a Key Treatment For Degenerative Disc Disease
Exercise May Help Chronic Back Pain With Unknown Cause
Exercise to Treat Degenerative Disc Disease
Fusion for a Cervical Herniated Disc
Fusion for Degenerative Disc Disease After Discectomy
Gentle Exercise Options Before Surgery
Hand Numbness and Neck Pain From a Pinched Nerve
Healing from Chronic Pain and Nerve Damage After Surgery
How Much Pain is Normal After Cervical Discectomy
Injections at Multiple Levels
Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty for Spinal Fractures
Kyphoplasty Surgery and Back Pain Relief
Lasting Pain After Myelogram
Leg Pain and Scar Tissue After Herniated Disk Surgery
Locating a Doctor and Insurance Coverage for Kyphoplasty
Lower Back Pain after Discectomy Surgery
Movement May Help Osteoarthritis and Joint Pain
Nerve Pain Without Impingement
Numbness from Spondylolisthesis After Treatment
Pain after Discectomy for Lumbar Herniated Discs
Pain Management and Surgery for Facet Joint Pain
Pain Management for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Pain Management for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Pain Relief for Shoulder Blade Pain
Pinched Nerve, Scar Tissue, and Accurate Back Pain Diagnosis
Progression of Spinal Stenosis and Surgical Options
Radiofrequency Rhizotomy for Spinal Stenosis
Recommendations for Treating Bulging Discs
Recovery from Herniated Disc Surgery
Rehabilitation and Degenerative Disc Disease
Removing Pedicle Screws After Lumbar Spine Fusion
Retrolisthesis and Joint Dysfunction
Risk of Further Fractures After Fusion or Vertebroplasty Surgery
Risks Associated With Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections
Sciatica Diagnosis and Back Cracking
Seeing a Chiropractor for Sciatica
Spinal Cord Stimulators for Pain Management
Spinal Fusion for Synovial Cyst and Spinal Stenosis
Spinal Stenosis and Sciatic Pain: Is Surgery the Answer?
Spine Fusion Problems from Smoking
Spine Specialists and Exercise for a Bulging Disc
Stretching the Piriformis Muscle for Sciatica From a Herniated Disc
Surgery for Leg Numbness from a Prolapsed Disc
Surgery Options for a Cervical Herniated Disk
Surgical Considerations for Herniated Discs and Scar Tissue
Surgical Implant or VAX-D for Degenerative Disc Disease Treatment?
Swimming Exercise to Strengthen the Low Back
Synovial Cyst from Osteoarthritis and Facet Joint Degeneration
Teen Sport Injuries Should Be Treated With Exercise and Stretching
The Effects of a Ruptured Disc on the Body
The Spinous Process and Vertebral Fractures
Timing Between Epidural Steroid Injections
Treating Chronic Pain after Lumbar Herniated Disc Surgery
Treatment Options for Annular Tear
Treatment Options for Chronic Sciatica and Lower Back Pain
Upper Back Pain During Sleep
What Happens When You Pop Your Back?
When Surgery is Necessary for a Herniated Disc
When to Have Surgery for a Lumbar Herniated Disc
Will Spinal Fusion Require Further Fusion Surgery Later?

Clinic Information:

Peter F. Ullrich, Jr., MD
NeuroSpine Center of Wisconsin
5320 West Michaels Drive
Appleton, WI 54913

Articles written by this author:

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
All About Spinal Disc Problems
Anterior and Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgery
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) Surgery
Antidepressants: Definitive Guide
Back Braces
Back Care for Lower Back Pain
Back Surgery and Neck Surgery Overview
Bone Graft for Spine Fusion
Brachial Neuritis (Parsonage-Turner Syndrome)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease
Cervical Foraminal Stenosis
Cervical Osteoarthritis (Neck Arthritis)
Cervical Radiculopathy from a Herniated Cervical Disc
Cervical Spine Anatomy and Neck Pain
Cervical Spine Surgery
Cervical Stenosis with Myelopathy
Chiropractic and Osteopathic
Common Causes of Back Pain and Neck Pain
Conservative vs Surgical Care for Lower Back Pain
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Definitive Guide to Osteoporosis
Degenerative Disc Disease Treatment for Low Back Pain
Degenerative Scoliosis
Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Elements of a Spine Fusion
Exercise and Back Pain
Facet Joint Osteoarthritis
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS): What It Is and How to Avoid Pain after Surgery
Fibromyalgia Overview
Getting a Referral to a Spine Surgeon
Golf and Low Back Pain
Hip Osteoarthritis
Injections for Back Pain Relief
Integrated Spine Clinics for Back Pain Treatment
Introduction to Back Pain and Neck Pain
Introduction To Diagnostic Studies For Back Pain
Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
Lower Back Pain Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
Lumbar Herniated Disc
Lumbar Laminectomy Surgery for Spinal Stenosis (Open Decompression)
Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Definitive Guide
Lumbar Spine Surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI scan)
Medications for Back Pain and Neck Pain
Microdiscectomy (Microdecompression) Spine Surgery
Miscellaneous Causes of Upper Extremity Pain
Occipital Neuralgia
Physical Therapy Benefits For Back Pain
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF) Surgery
Posterolateral Gutter Spine Fusion Surgery
Pregnancy Related Low Back Pain
Pulled Back Muscle and Lower Back Strain
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Spine
Sacroiliac Joint Anatomy
Scar Tissue and Pain After Back Surgery
Scoliosis: What You Need to Know
Síntomas, diagnóstico y tratamiento de la lumbalgia
Spinal Anatomy and Back Pain
Spinal Fusion Surgery for Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
Spinal Tumors and Back Pain
Spine Fusion Instrumentation
Spondylosis: What It Actually Means
Spondylosis: What It Actually Means
Treatment Options for a Lumbar Herniated Disc
Understanding COX-2 Inhibitor Side Effects
What is Degenerative Disc Disease?
What's a Herniated Disc, Pinched Nerve, Bulging Disc...?
When to See a Surgeon for Low Back Pain

Videos featuring this Author

Acute Back Pain vs. Chronic Back Pain Video
Quitting Smoking: A Must for People with Back Pain Video
Video: Am I a Candidate for Back Surgery?

Blogs written by this Author

Are Cadaver Bone Grafts Safe?
Chantix Helps Quit Smoking
Herniated Discs: A Spine Physician Responds to E-mail Questions About This Cause of Lower Back Pain
How and When to Get a Second Opinion before Spine Surgery
How to Help your Surgeon Help You
Laser Disc Decompression for Spinal Stenosis: Does it Work?
Narcotic Drugs for the Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Double Edged Sword
Obamacare Excise Tax - How it Affects New Medical Innovation
Smoking and Low Back Pain
The Health Care Crisis
Top Ten Reasons You Should Run from Your Surgeon
Warning: Proceed with Caution Before Fusion Surgery
What Every Back Pain Patient Needs to Know

Advice written by this Author

Accurate Diagnosis Before Back Surgery
Aerobic Exercise for Relieving Chronic Back Pain
Back Pain Caused by Breast Size
Can a Pinched Nerve in the Neck Cause Loss of Use in The Arm?
Can Discs Fuse on Their Own?
Cervical Disc Herniation Symptoms
Cervical Herniated Disk From an Auto Accident
Choosing a Bone Graft for Fusion Surgery
Cortisone and Hamstring Stretching for Degenerative Disc Disease
Diagnosis and Indications of Osteoarthritis
Diagnosis and Treatment of Disc Problems
Diagnostic Tools for Sciatica from a Herniated Disc
Discectomy or Fusion to Treat Numbness and Leg Pain
Discograms, Diagnosis and Failed Back Surgery
Does Degenerative Disc Disease Spread Through the Spine?
Effectiveness of Diagnostic Tools for Sciatica
Endoscopic Discectomy and Microdiscectomy for Lumbar Herniated Discs
Epidural Steroid Injection Expectations
Exercise as a Key Treatment For Degenerative Disc Disease
Exercise May Help Chronic Back Pain With Unknown Cause
Exercise to Treat Degenerative Disc Disease
Fusion for a Cervical Herniated Disc
Fusion for Degenerative Disc Disease After Discectomy
Gentle Exercise Options Before Surgery
Hand Numbness and Neck Pain From a Pinched Nerve
Healing from Chronic Pain and Nerve Damage After Surgery
How Much Pain is Normal After Cervical Discectomy
Injections at Multiple Levels
Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty for Spinal Fractures
Kyphoplasty Surgery and Back Pain Relief
Lasting Pain After Myelogram
Leg Pain and Scar Tissue After Herniated Disk Surgery
Locating a Doctor and Insurance Coverage for Kyphoplasty
Lower Back Pain after Discectomy Surgery
Movement May Help Osteoarthritis and Joint Pain
Nerve Pain Without Impingement
Numbness from Spondylolisthesis After Treatment
Pain after Discectomy for Lumbar Herniated Discs
Pain Management and Surgery for Facet Joint Pain
Pain Management for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Pain Management for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Pain Relief for Shoulder Blade Pain
Pinched Nerve, Scar Tissue, and Accurate Back Pain Diagnosis
Progression of Spinal Stenosis and Surgical Options
Radiofrequency Rhizotomy for Spinal Stenosis
Recommendations for Treating Bulging Discs
Recovery from Herniated Disc Surgery
Rehabilitation and Degenerative Disc Disease
Removing Pedicle Screws After Lumbar Spine Fusion
Retrolisthesis and Joint Dysfunction
Risk of Further Fractures After Fusion or Vertebroplasty Surgery
Risks Associated With Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections
Sciatica Diagnosis and Back Cracking
Seeing a Chiropractor for Sciatica
Spinal Cord Stimulators for Pain Management
Spinal Fusion for Synovial Cyst and Spinal Stenosis
Spinal Stenosis and Sciatic Pain: Is Surgery the Answer?
Spine Fusion Problems from Smoking
Spine Specialists and Exercise for a Bulging Disc
Stretching the Piriformis Muscle for Sciatica From a Herniated Disc
Surgery for Leg Numbness from a Prolapsed Disc
Surgery Options for a Cervical Herniated Disk
Surgical Considerations for Herniated Discs and Scar Tissue
Surgical Implant or VAX-D for Degenerative Disc Disease Treatment?
Swimming Exercise to Strengthen the Low Back
Synovial Cyst from Osteoarthritis and Facet Joint Degeneration
Teen Sport Injuries Should Be Treated With Exercise and Stretching
The Effects of a Ruptured Disc on the Body
The Spinous Process and Vertebral Fractures
Timing Between Epidural Steroid Injections
Treating Chronic Pain after Lumbar Herniated Disc Surgery
Treatment Options for Annular Tear
Treatment Options for Chronic Sciatica and Lower Back Pain
Upper Back Pain During Sleep
What Happens When You Pop Your Back?
When Surgery is Necessary for a Herniated Disc
When to Have Surgery for a Lumbar Herniated Disc
Will Spinal Fusion Require Further Fusion Surgery Later?