MP involves the front of the thigh mostly, but some side pain may occur too. I never had the side pain, myself, only the front of the thigh.
Side pain, along the side of the upper thigh may be connected to trochanteric bursitis. This is typically treated with an injection of steroid into the bursa of the hip.
This link shows the distribution of the lateral femoral nerve. It is
Figure 2b.
If your pain is more in the knee area, that could be an inflamed meniscal ligament or nerve. One diagnostic sign of meniscal nerve inflammation is pressing a point on the lateral side of the knee. (I had that test when my knee dislocated).
I found Lidoderm patches just about curative for my MP.
My experience is here:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread124259.html
This is our MP forum:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum76.html
many different experiences there.
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