Meralgia Paresthetica (Outer thigh numbness, burning and tingling) 

I was hoping he was going to show us the stretches, my thigh is killing me

Your content gave me clinical prospective and really helped me study for licensing exam.

Great information. I’ve been suffering this problem for over 10 years.

OMG Thankyou for the video, I'm so happy to hear this and finally know what i have been dealing with. Thankyou so much. 👍👍👍

Great video Paul! I love your shorts ;)

Oh jeez, reading the comments section did not make me feel better. I can't imagine having this for 10 years. This just started for me 3 days ago, and it really sucks! I just got a new job where im on my feet for 8 to 10 hours. It started on day 3, and now my thigh has been numb and burny for a week.

Nice video! Thank you! It’s caused by later femoral cutaneous nerve impingement at the inguinal ligament due to tight clothing, injury during local surgery, or seat belt injury (motor vehicle accident)

Been suffering with the problem for almost 3 years after a hip replacement

Exactly this is my promblem on my outer knee numb and tingling

I’m 33 and this started with me over a week ago, I can’t sleep from it. I only get it when i lay down in bed. I don’t feel it when I sit, sometimes maybe. But as soon as I lay down, instantly numb upper leg, burning feeling, exactly like he explained. I just don’t know what to do at this point, I just want to sleep well again 😢

I've just studied it for step 2 CK and came across with this. Is RU-vid reading my mind?😀

Awesome as always

Hey doc thanks for the video.

I have the same exact thing, started 3months ago. Im happy i found this video, at least now I know my leg is not gonna be losing strength/muscles. 👍

I also have the exact symptoms I find it helps to put pillow in between your legs when you sleep try it help me , hurts mostly when I lay down .

Mine started when I was pregnant with the twins. It's been 11 years. I've asked my MD and chiropractor. Both of them blew it off.

I had a kidney transplant, which they put in the low abdominal area of the waist. The surgery was in 2012 and this numbness just started a few weeks ago (2023). It decreases when I sit or bring my knee up towards my chest. This really sucks!

I have this patient's exact problem and I've had it for a good quarter century. The problem is mine is getting progressively worse now. I also have an extremely arthritic lower back problem that won't allow me to stand or walk very long. As soon as I sit down the pain goes away and I can walk and stand again but not for long. TheReaper!

It hurts to wear pants or even touch the area so the pain is constant but it’s like I’m having “episodes” during the day at work.excedrin does nothing for the burning I feel.

Never got myself checked out, but I have had this for 30 yrs...in fact, this leg has been weak since my ectopic pregnancy in 1987...I cannot use this leg first to step on a ladder for instance, or to get myself out of a bath...I'd really be in trouble if I had to depend on my left leg in a power situation!...my leg numbs up when I have been on it for about 20 minutes and in the end I can't feel anything at all in that general area. I do suffer sciatica in this leg but the problem then is in my butt cheek and all the way down to the heel...not down the side like this. a very interesting video

Hi there - wondering if you could help me. I have pronated feet and am using some of your exercises to help strengthen my ankles and tibialis posterior . However, when I look at my shoes, they are more worn on the outside edge which suggests supination? Also, my ankles are weak and tend to give way easily. When this happens I tend to trip as my foot bends outward and my weight bears down causing my ankle to roll outward and my inside foot raises. Again this suggests supination? However, looking at my feet, the very flat foot and symptoms all suggest pronation - any idea why I seem to show signs of both? Any advice massively appreciated.

exactly what i been dealing with five years ago started on exact stop but on left thigh.. it's time I go to doctor and get a physical .. this nerve issue is annoying

Where can I find the stretches you spoke of???

Thanks from France for your interestings videos that spreads culture and knowledge around the world

I have the same but extremely tight behind knees like the skin cinched. Tremors when standing , skin buildup overall. Potassium and Vit D deficiency

what sort of strength training etc. I also have this condition and the medication that doctors have given me (lyrica) isnt doing much.

Can this be caused by ankylosing spondylitis? My tailbone curves underneath and I feel a little bit of relief if I push it out real far.

Thank god, I thought it was my chronic alcohol abuse or the J&J shot my work forced me to take to continue employment. Now I can continue this endless cycle with piece of mind.

Will you see this on an MRI?

I also developed sciatica from job injury like 4 years ago, and 3rd disc from Bottom is not right had a cat scan done, im guessing this is a complication from that

When I get hit in the thigh it hurts so bad. Only in my left thigh tho is it this? Cause my other thigh don't bother me but my left one hurts so much.

I’m 28 and this pain started a few months back when I noticed a stinging pinch feeling in my thigh when i lie lay down and it would also hurt when I start walking when I walk my dog. It’s exactly like the guy said in the vid. For me it’s my right thigh it feels like it’s on fire sometimes.

Hi Dr. Eval Pal , the same problem I am facing last 10 years same problem as you shown in video . Can you help me ? any treatment you can guide me ? . Thanks

That is exactly what is happening currently to my thigh.

I have this problem it's painful to go up the stairs and i'm waking up during the night with nerve pain going down my leg, i already have sciatica both sides of my lower back more than 30 years.

I have this condition now. At night it seems to get worse burning pain.

I dont have any burning or pain but slight numbnes on the part that the guy in the video has, and this numbness i noticed it from today morning its still there, however i did squat exercise like almost 1-2 week back which gave me some pain in my lower back...and still my lower back is a bit stiff so can this be the reason of numbness???

I've had this for 12+ years. The first time that I noticed it, I was returning home from a yoga class. I walked into the house and thought that a bee 🐝 had stung me. I was freaking out, trying to get out of my flowy yoga pants. No bee, no sting. WTH? As time went on, the stabbing sensation combined with numbness...pins and needles. That's caused tightness in the IT band. I went to a neurologist and he said that it was common in men with beer bellies from wearing tight belts that compressed that nerve in the front. I was sitting there in stretchy gym clothes. I had put on a lot of unexplained weight and was working out and doing yoga 7 days a week. I never wore tight clothes or belts. He just assumed due to the weight. He thought that a change of lifestyle would resolve it. It would be another 7 years before they found a rare tumor in my head that was causing my cortisol to get out of control. Cushing's disease. Most of the weight came off after they removed most of the tumor. But they couldn't get everything, so I'm not cured. The pain and numbness have gotten worse. It's on fire if I stand too long, or walk a lot. The worst of the pain is when I accidentally brush up against something. It can be a dull edge, but it feels like someone sliced a knife across my leg. I scream out in pain. Thankfully, it only last as long as the contact with the object. But man, it's horrible 😫 I have had massages and been told to use foam rollers. Both hurt. I'm at a loss as to find a helpful doctor. The years of exposure to high levels of cortisol has caused damage all over my body. I'm wondering if this could be permanent.

I had this for about 15 years, i always thought it was from lower back and glutes somehow. So do we just do those exercises and it will go away. Doctors and physio have never had a clue.

Ok but mine happens when I stand for a long time. When I sit, it’s relieved. So idk if this is what’s going on

How-to get rid by excercise or medicine pl suggest

My thigh is numb, and also a patch of sore psoriasis next to it. I wonder if the two are related? Thanks doctor.

Ive got burning on my shin lately. What can cause that?

Mine is worse sitting down. What happens if I don't address this issue. I have no pain but tingling and outer thigh is numb to touch.

Thanks

I am having the same problem trouble to work with this

I swearrrrr this is what I have and I want to get diagnosed so badly :( I want surgery.

Mine started on my thigh slowly feeling pins and needles on a small spot about the size of a quarter. I ran fishing boats for 23 years so lots of manual labor heavy lifting. It's really bad now, if I stand my leg goes numb up into my hip

I just developed it in the last few weeks, and it hurts really bad, with radiating burning going from knee upwards,andnits spreading to other leg,. When I'm at work it feels like tingling ice water running down my leg, then the dull ache and when I finally get to sit down for the day and I have to get up again it burns so bad it makes me grab my leg with a swuinched up face,

I have this came out of nowhere feel it the most while laying down don't know what to do

This happened to me after hip replacement surgery.

I’ve had a numb thigh for 3yrs. When I stand for over 20 minutes my thigh starts numbing. I literally have to find a step, a curve,somewhere where I can lift my leg a little so the numbing stops. Or sit down. I still haven’t found a Dr. that can give me hopes on how to cure it. 😢

I've been having burning sensation in my right leg last 3 months. It's not going away it very uncomfortable

So they talk about what it is but not what to do about it. I found other videos that say to get a massage roller. I got one off Amazon, it’s wooden and has handles on each end. It really helps to loosen the muscles. That helped but not that much. I looked up what I could do to help it and it said Omega 3 vitamins, and I started taking the store brand of that. Pain and discomfort gone in a week. Still numbness, but I’ve improved that by releasing those thigh muscles, which were like steel cables, with shiatsu pressure since I had nothing else I could do. But shockingly the Omega 3 took it from an 5-8 (sometimes keeping me up at night) to a zero.

Being on my feet causes us to feel worse. Should I be walking or should I avoid walking?

Well I'm a landscape Gardner who lays turf most days, so I'll guess just live with it. Worst things happen at sea

So, how is he doing two years later?

I just got this

Ok what to do?

im 41 and it feels like a pop then burn and numbness, it just started for me. and happens when i stand up after sitting. my pain is higher up On my outer thigh almost at my hips

Please help 🙏 i'v been suffering for 10+ years now. Pain, numbness tingling burning pins and needles. Sciatica nerve compression/entrapment and I suspect meralgia paresthetica. I have deep numbness on the sides of my thighs all the way down into my ankle and foot.

Have this right now after an abdominal surgery and lots of bed rest

My left hip and thigh where it attaches litterly feels like a burning infected bruise.its been this way since Sept.my skin there hurts to the touch light touch not a pushing touch a light brushing of the skin.i been putting ultra red light on it but still hasnt changed

Dr., I have a similar issue as the gentleman in the video. I get burning sensation, numbness, and a sharp pain in the upper thigh area on my right leg. I've been to numerous chiropractors and physical therapists and no answer or healing as of yet. I am tired of going from doctor to doctor. I also have sciatic issues on my left leg as well. Please help me!!! I can't stand the pain anymore. I feel like giving up. HELP!!!

Same thing but I get surface spasms as well 😩

Wow thirty years of pain hear that hello stretching exercises don’t work now you give me a Valium I’m 30 years younger in 10 minutes

This stuff is murder... I've been dealing with it for over 30 years.

Is there a medication I need for this I seem to have this it's a burning tingling sensation in my leg of I sleep a certain way my leg feels like it's on fire once I straighten it out it stops please help.

Well I’m over here feeling like an idiot… I just did this to myself. I was trying to release the psoas muscle, pressing a hard object into my hip by lying on it. Guess I should have done more research first about exactly where and where not to push. Hopefully, I’ve just aggravated the nerve and it will go away, but seeing all these stories of people who have suffered for years is worrying me!

But it is and you cannot say its not without proper diagnosis from scans etc, ive a degenerative disc in lower back and leg goes numb laying straight or standing

I have this same issue still strong as an ox and it came on suddenly

Hello i have this in both legs not just one it is like a sharp pain on either side of lower back that comes around and down through to top of thigh it burns so bad. Sitting or standing makes it so much worse also have real bad tailbone pain. Idk if thats connected

I have burning pain sensation at femur fracture surgery site(distal femur fracture) ...is it normal or should i get to doctor must? ...i have 1 plate fixed with femur bone with 11 screws in it.

I need help. I have pain in my lower thigh (front end) right above the knee. It feels like a lump or it’s swollen and it’s hurts if I push down too much on it. I used to put my elbows on my thighs when I’m eating using a TV dinner stand. I believe this is what caused it but I need to be sure.

I’m 8 years deep with this and it’s depressing me.

U didn’t show how to remedy this with what kind of stretching? 🤔

Had this in my right outer thigh for 5 years..now its started in my left outer thigh. Numbness and feels like a hot knife cutting through my leg.

I get numbness in the side of my outside calf. Hurts when I walk even a little bit 1/4 mile. Pain is at the top of the leg.

I recently had emergency surgery on an incisional abdominal hernia (after hysterectomy) that was strangling my bowel. This has left me with the front of my left thigh numb and tingling. Sometimes it feels like slapped sunburn. The recent surgery required a drainage tube on the left and I am wondering if that might be responsible? It has now been 3 weeks since the surgery and the drain has been removed, but still have numbness and tingling. What can I do to fix this? sometimes it is painful and i'd like to be able to feel my thigh again.

it keeps happening to me and i’m scared.

Did he have a opp 15, years ago.?

I've had pins and needles throughout body for weeks face hands legs arms scared had brain scan normal

I have it at lower part

Hellow, I’ve had my appendix surgery 5 days ago and I feel my right thigh the outer part is numbed

Does anyone know if inversion will help or make it worse??? Really reaching out here

Is there a cure or I'm I going to suffer for ever?😞

This started after I had back surgery recently. I can't feel a needle go in my leg at all.i can't lay on that side. it tingles and feels like my leg is going to explode at times

I don't know why in right thigh in a certain time or hit gently or just touch the part get like burning and so much pain it's really hurts 😭 am 17 year old It have been a long time this pain

I used Leg corrector which would squiz ur feet to the point of feeling like ur blood stops criculating on ur feet area. I only used it for 3 days and my feet feels so numb. It's been 2 days since I stopped and numbness feeling is still there. I'm really scared 😭.

If u don't mine we prefer which specialist I was suffered 4 years pls tell me pls sir

I had this develop OVERNIGHT today - the exact presentation with the lozenge/oval effected area midline in the top thigh to the out side on my left leg. I'm hoping it goes away it's very odd.

I have same issue

i got shot through the right thigh and have the same symptoms. could i have this?

So, does this mean the nerve is being trapped by muscle tissue?

What about tailbone pain with left thigh numbness and weaknesses?

If I stand on it too long it starts to tingle like icy hot or something

I'm 31 and this happens every night for a year now

Started approx 1 and half year ago.Just feel numb , if i do some rubbing and pinching the i feel slightly burning sensation (but it is not uncomfortable). Usually most of time it feel like i lost touch sensitivity in that area ,but its not true. And funny thing is that i told my friend this and that happened to my leg , what to do, what happened. His answer is he directly ask me, "do you mastubate, ur nerve and vain might be pulled or streached." 😅😅😅 Those who have same problem do you also mastubate? Curious ....waiting for your replay seriously.

I have something similar to that idk how long I’ve had it for. And it was only in a small spot on my thigh lower right just above the knee. At first it was just a small circle and now it’s an oval it’s almost the size of my palm. Now I’m getting worried. If anybody can help. And yes I do get a hot sensation, tingling and burning at times.

Magnesium supplements worked for me