30 Years of Piriformis Pain Gone in 15 Minutes
Summary
After suffering from deep, persistent pain in her left piriformis muscle for nearly 30 years, this patient came to Deuk Spine Institute seeking lasting relief. Dr. Ara Deukmedjian performed a Deuk Piriformis Muscle Release® through a four-millimeter incision in just 15 minutes, allowing her to go home within 30 minutes of leaving the operating room. Just 24 hours after surgery, she reported being completely pain-free — no pain medication, no scarring, and no more of the chronic discomfort that had followed her for three decades.
Transcript
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: You're smiling.
Patient: I am.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Why are you smiling?
Patient: Because I no longer have pain in my piriformis.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Awesome. This young lady here has had a lot of stuff going on with her spine for years. One of her problems, she had pain deep in her butt cheek on that left side, correct?
Patient: Absolutely.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And it wouldn't go away. We tried shots. It maybe helped for a little while, but the pain kept coming back.
Patient: That is true.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: We did a piriformis release yesterday. We did. Through a four-millimeter incision. You can see pictures of it right here. Tiny little cut. And in 15 minutes, you went out of the operating room. You went home 30 minutes later. And here you are today, 24 hours later. How do you feel?
Patient: I feel great. I don't hurt. I've been dealing with a crazy piriformis for easy 30 years on and off.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: 30 years?
Patient: Easy.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Wow. Easy. So I did an analysis of all of our patients for the last couple of years and it turns out the piriformis tears, the muscle pain that you had, is there in one-third, 35 percent of our patients.
Patient: Wow. Yeah. No idea.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Very common problem. And now we have a way to fix it. Minimally invasive. It's fantastic. Do we fix it for you?
Patient: Absolutely.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Congratulations.
Patient: Absolutely. You made my day.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: You're welcome. No bleeding, no scarring, just a tiny little cut in and out. And no pain meds, right?
Patient: No.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: No new pain meds. Anything else you want to say to your fans out there?
Patient: I just — I had no idea just the relief I could get, because it's something that I didn't think was ever going to go away.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Congratulations.
Patient: Thank you.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: You're welcome. Thank you. Happy New Year. Appreciate it. All right, let's get you out of here.
Deuk Piriformis Muscle Release®
This patient underwent a minimally invasive piriformis release at Deuk Spine Institute — a cutting-edge outpatient procedure performed through a tiny four-millimeter incision. The surgery targets the piriformis muscle, which when torn or inflamed can cause deep, chronic pain in the buttock and hip area, often misdiagnosed or undertreated for years. Dr. Deukmedjian notes that piriformis pathology is present in approximately 35% of spine patients. The procedure takes roughly 15 minutes, requires no hospital stay, and allows patients to return home the same day with no new pain medications.
