Many of this patients had asked repeatedly if he couldn't do something for their feet and legs. This led him to seek answers and to check the research in this field. After much research, he developed his technique to decompress the leg "tunnels," just as he had for their carpal tunnels. He translated the techniques for the median, ulnar and radial decompression in the hands, to those comparable sites in the feet. He and his patients soon found that the pain symptoms went away, and that sensation that had been lost in the legs and feet, now returned. Basically the surgery decompresses the tunnels by making them bigger, thus restoring the function of the nerves. Once the pressure is off the nerves, the nerve function is restored. Also, the risk for ulceration and amputation is now lessened.