From Misdiagnosed to Pain-Free: A Piriformis Syndrome Success Story with Dr. Tim Tollestrup
For 8 years, this patient lived with a mystery. He couldn’t sit. He couldn’t drive. He could barely walk without pain. Despite seeing numerous physicians and trying injections, medications, and therapy, no one could explain why he felt such intense pain in his buttocks and legs.
The condition? Piriformis Syndrome—a rare form of nerve entrapment where the piriformis muscle compresses the sciatic nerve.
Desperate for help, he reached out to Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a Las Vegas-based peripheral nerve surgeon known for diagnosing and treating complex nerve pain. From the first appointment, it was clear: Dr. Tollestrup was different. He read the patient’s detailed history in advance, asked dozens of precise questions, and performed a hands-on physical exam that pinpointed the source of pain.
“He’s like Sherlock Holmes. He didn’t guess. He made sure.”
After confirming the diagnosis with imaging and a diagnostic injection, Dr. Tollestrup recommended bilateral piriformis muscle removal—a procedure he performs for patients with true, confirmed Piriformis Syndrome.
The results were stunning.
“I walked out of the surgical center that same day. I felt stronger. I could sit. I could live again.”
Today, the patient is pain-free, active, and grateful for the second chance at life.
“He’s the most important person I’ve ever met outside of my family.”
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