If you’ve been suffering from painful muscle spasms in your buttocks or sciatic-like pain in your legs, you may have heard of piriformis syndrome. This painful condition is diagnosed in about 200,000 people every year in the United States. If you’ve been experiencing...
“I would fall, trip and stumble when I walked. I had canes and crutches. Life was miserable.” This was Frank’s situation before Piriformis Syndrome surgery with Dr. Tollestrup to remove his piriformis muscle. Frank felt better immediately after...
“The words, sentences and paragraphs I have written to describe the miraculous surgeries Dr. T performed on me are still inadequate to describe the joy and relief I have right now.” Harold, a veteran who battled the VA system for 14 years with no luck...
Peripheral Nerve Surgeon Dr. Tim Tollestrup developed a surgery to remove rather than release the piriformis muscle for patients who are suffering from chronic sciatica, back, leg, foot and hip pain. To date he has successfully operated on hundreds of patients from...
Carolyn endured hip scopes and back surgeries that did not alleviate her excruciating sciatica pain. At her wit’s end, she flew from her home in Dallas to see Dr. Tim Tollestrup in Las Vegas. Dr. Tollestrup diagnosed her with Piriformis Syndrome. She had surgery...
In this video blog Dr. Tim Tollestrup outlines everything you need to know about Piriformis Syndrome starting with sciatica pain, diagnosis and treatment options. Dr. Tollestrup pioneered the surgery to remove rather than release the piriformis muscle and has...