Pain-Free After Piriformis Release
Summary
A patient shares her experience just one day after undergoing a minimally invasive Deuk Piriformis Muscle Release®, describing immediate relief from years of debilitating buttock and leg pain. After failed physical therapy and injections, she explains how the procedure eliminated her piriformis pain, restored mobility, and allowed her to return to everyday activities—like walking, bending, and caring for her new puppy—without fear or restriction.
Transcript
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And good morning! I’m Dr. Deukmedjian and I'm here with one of my lovely patients who, she had some words of wisdom for me: “Keep smiling.” And you're smiling a lot today.
Patient: I am out of pain.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Out of pain. Good. So, she had a Deuk Piriformis Muscle Release® done. How do you feel?
Patient: Good, for morning after. Good.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Yeah, feel good.
Patient: I'm ready to go.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Can you tell that the piriformis pain is gone or is it still there?
Patient: It's gone. It's just the pressure that's there from the surgery, but I'm good to go.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Yeah, everybody has a little discomfort from the surgery.
Patient: Yeah, I understand.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: You can tell the piriformis pain is gone?
Patient: Yes.
Dr. Deukmedjian: Congratulations. We did it with minimally invasive 4 mm little cut on the back of your hip there and we just go in with our probe, and we cut up the scar tissue, that's you know, causing all the pain. Release the muscle and that causes the pain to go away right away. So, what was life like foe you before when you still had this horrible pain?
Patient: Very restrictive. I wasn't walking, PT, you know, wasn't even helping. And the injections, that was ongoing with Dr. Patel for a while, but yeah, I hope to get back to life.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: That's it.
Patient: No pain. That's the biggest thing, that takes too much out of you. It's not a way to live.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: A life in pain is not good, or a pain.
Patient: And I was miserable. I was making everybody miserable.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Or fear pain, you know, by doing something to set if off.
Patient: Yeah.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Now the pain you had in your buttock, this piriformis pain, was it constant or did it kind of get worse with certain activity?
Patient: It got worse during the day the more you did, you know, and you just have to back off. I did ice and heat, and Dr. Patel did the injections and it's just some, you know not immediate relief, but you know I got some. But yesterday was a good thing.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Now you're a dog lover. Right? And you have a new puppy you told me.
Patient: Yes, I have a little mini schnauzer, Darby. So, now I can go with her. I can run and pick her up.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And that's right, picking up is key, because when you bend over to pick something up from the ground like a little dog, it usually aggravates the pain from the piriformis in the buttock. All right. So, anything else you want to share with your viewers and fans out there?
Patient: Don't let it go. Get help. Come to the clinic and enjoy life now. I really will.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Congratulations. You took the leap of faith, and you got it done. Go enjoy life.
Deuk Piriformis Muscle Release®
The Deuk Piriformis Release® is a minimally invasive procedure performed through a 4 mm incision. Using precision instruments, Dr. Ara Deukmejian of Deuk Spine Institute removes scar tissue and releases the piriformis muscle to eliminate sciatic and buttock pain.