Bumping this thread to see if there is anything that worked well for people. My left thigh has been numb for about 3 months, started during training for a half marathon. Just started PT after doing an oral steroid with no change. They are having me do a bunch of stretching and trying to get nerve to "glide". It does not affect my running at all, but for now I have mostly stopped.
I have outer R leg numbness, which is most apparent in my R foot. 2 1/2 years of it. Doc wants to do fusion but not run anymore. Another wants to do laminectomy, with the same "no run" clause. Said it would be "poking the skunk." No surgery with that kind of promise.
Haven't been able to run properly since the Spring of 2013. Pain is very prevalent when I stand, walk or run/shuffle. Probably the worst pain is in the R calf area.
Pain usually backs off when I sit or lie down. I tune pianos for a living, and the pain picks up at certain points when I tune, which leads me to believe there might be some kind of conditioned response.
An ultra running friend of mine had this same thing for 3 years. Couldn't get relief in any position. It left. He's running up to 50 milers now.
I hear good stories and bad stories about surgery. My last gasp effort is to see a TMS doc. See Dr. John Sarno for elaboration.
Merry Christmas to you all, and forgive me Flagpole.
At first my leg numbness seemed to be in one "circular" spot on the side of my thigh as I ran..
Or, I should say, that the small spot was the only spot that WASN't numb..
I kept flicking at it as I ran, thinking that there was a clod of mud or something sticking to my leg..
But it's that my thigh was numb except for that small spot.
Turned out that it was a pinched nerve in my spine..
Which got worse and worse for a long period of time and resulted in me getting 5 or 6 epidurals once the damage got so bad that I was walking like Boris Karloff in the "Mummy" movie.
But, it started out as my thigh going numb except for a small spot.
And got worse.
Pinched nerve in my spine...the fluid leaking out...from the vertebrae...
5 or 6 epidurals, physical therapy (I flunked out of physical therapy once because I couldn't lift my foot and sent back to orthopedist) ...and about 6 months of no running.
Meant "disc" not vertebra
Fluid leaking out of the disc in my spine causing pressure put on nerve...
Doc and PT think my back is fine, no compression there. Appears like my Lateral Femoral Never is compressed in my hip. They have me doing a bunch of stretches and some strengthening. Certain stretches cause my L outer thigh to burn which I am thinking means I am compressing it more.
Hoping the PT helps but this thread has not shown people with much success.
Over 3 years later and my leg is still numb in the thigh area. Stretching, ab work, nothing has helped.
Bump for more insight.
Same story. Overstretched hip flexor and lateral thigh now goes numb after workouts. Bump.
Hi,
I know this is 6years late?however i just said i'd jump on here to seek opinion from someone with more knowledge than me.I have had this numbness and tingling sensation when i touch my leg for the past week or two now and i suddenly got it right after i was performing hip flexor stretches and I think i may have overstretched and compressed this nerve however im just wondering should i worry about this and should I keep doing exercises such as lunges and split squats and just avoid the hip flexor stretches or should i rest altogether.
Kind regards
I don't have great answers, but I would love to hear more about this, too. I developed the symptoms described in this threat after COVID moved my job home and I became much less active. Two weeks of a lot of sitting to prepare to move teaching online, along with a lot of stationary biking, led to some serious problems with my groin and quad. I am just now figuring that it might be connected to pinching this nerve.
Maybe I just need to rest? I assume all the general quad/hip/glute exercises are valuable for this type of injury as well.