Why does it hurt when pressing on the outer thigh?

The thigh is a part of the body with many muscle groups. When people exercise, the frequency of thigh movement is also very high, so the muscles in the thigh area can easily feel pain. Some people find that when they press the outside of their thighs, they feel severe pain. If they are not careful during daily activities, they may suddenly feel a stabbing pain in their thighs, which makes their lives very inconvenient. So, what causes pain when pressing on the outer thigh?

What causes pain on the outer thigh?

The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve originates from the 2nd and 3rd lumbar nerves, passes through the lateral edge of the psoas major muscle, obliquely passes through the iliacus muscle, along the pelvis through the deep surface of the inguinal ligament, and passes through the fascia lata 10 cm below the anterior superior iliac spine to the skin of the thigh.

This disease may occur if the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is affected by compression, trauma or infection during its course.

Such as spinal deformity, hypertrophic spondylitis, spina bifida, lumbar spondylosis, intervertebral disc herniation, lumbar myositis, pelvic inflammatory disease, neurosyphilis, appendicitis, pregnancy, heavy labor, pelvic tumors, alcohol poisoning, inguinal hernia and sequelae of herpes zoster, etc., can induce this disease. Cold and humidity are also common causes of this disease.

Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome

1. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is angled where it exits the pelvis and enters the thigh. In addition, due to anatomical variations, when the limbs are moved or the body position is improper, the nerve is subjected to continuous traction, friction, and compression, causing local tissue edema, scar formation, and thickening of the muscle fascia sheath, resulting in nerve compression.

2. Pelvic fractures, tumors, foreign bodies, and plaster compress the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, causing entrapment.

3. The nerves are stimulated when the iliac bone is removed during surgery, or local scar adhesions compress the nerves.

4. This syndrome may be caused by hematoma in the iliopsoas fascia caused by trauma or in patients with hemophilia.

What to do if the outer thigh hurts

If you often experience pain on the outer side of the thigh, you may be suffering from lateral femoral cutaneous neuritis, because the most common symptom of this disease is pain on the outer side of the thigh. Many people will choose Western medicine to treat it, but you should first find the cause and prescribe the right medicine so that the treatment will be faster.

1. Physical therapy: including massage, electrotherapy, heat therapy, magnetic therapy and ion penetration after ultraviolet irradiation.

2. You can try VitBl, VitB12 and dimethoate.

3. Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve injection therapy: Use a 12-gauge needle to vertically pierce the sartorius muscle about 10 cm below the anterior superior iliac spine for 3 to 4 cm, then slowly inject 100 mg of VitB1 or a mixture of VitB1 and 100 mg of VitB12, once a day, 5 to 10 times as a course of treatment. It can also be combined with injection at the Fengchi, Xuehai and Futu acupoints.

4. If you experience very serious pain on the outside of your thigh, you should consider using nerve cutting surgery or release surgery. You must pay attention to this. In severe cases, only these two surgeries can be used to relieve pain.