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Originally Posted by mrsD
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.
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Thank you for the information. As it turns out, I do have a lot of pain in my left hip. I am a runner and the more I run the worse the hip pain gets. So I am down to only being about to run 2 miles and still walk. I never connected it bursitis but that is a good idea. I can't believe I have 3 doctors working on this and none of them can come up with anything!