Like I said I am new to this forum but my doctor told me that mp is what i have and wants me to look into alternative medicines.

I recently had my 4th hernia corrective surgery (bout a year ago) and started getting this pain. no one had a clue why just figured she had damaged nerves in the surgery.

We tried a long list of medicines and now i am on lyrica and loratabs .. taking alot of perscription pills that help some but just dont seem to do any good.
I had tried the patches but they didnt do anything but i saw someone talking about placement .. didnt know that mattered .. also someone was talking magnets... just curious what people use and what would work cause i knoow every one is differant .. anyway just my 2 cents.. thanks for reading my ramblings

Welcome to NeuroTalk:

Sometimes it helps to have a picture:

http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlaso...scnerves.shtml

The right leg of the model (which is on the left of the drawing)
shows the Lateral Femoral Nerve coming down the leg from the abdomen-- it branches out and some of the muscle has been cut away to show. The inguinal canal contains the red and blue arteries and veins...The lateral femoral nerve does not come out the inguinal canal.

I'd imagine there is quite a bit of scar tissue in the groin area from your 4 surgeries and there are other nerves that exit all along the way...as shown on the left leg.

MP is often used to describe other pains, and you are not specific in describing the path your pain takes. But in general for MP that is compressed as the nerve exits the abdomen, that is where to put the Lidoderm patch. (not further down the thigh). That is also the location for a very strong magnet. I suggest you look at the MP forum and read the posts there for more details and links.

True MP does not affect muscle function or strength and is only a sensory nerve. It arises in the spinal area at the L4 -L5 area and its origin varies anatomically from genetic inheritance.
A patch at this location on the side the MP is located along the spine where L4 and L5 are, may help too. But for me the groin placement worked the best.

Wearing tight clothing, tight jeans, tight belts or having a wallet in the back pocket on that side, may also trigger MP.

I found heat to be a definite trigger, and avoid now all the time. Heat tends to stimulate that sensory nerve.

well basically i have the pain down the side and top of my leg stopping just above the knee . the more i stand or walk makes it worse.
Unfortunately my pain mgt doctor is more of a back doctor and i do have back problems as well so sitting to long aggitates that .. i lay down alot and try dif things.,,
i had the pads and placed them on the left groin area (is where i had all the surgeries) but gave me no relief .. best thing i have found so far is a tens unit and i have it running most of the time.
Just curious what else may help ..

I also tried lyrica and with little results at first but not what I needed from it. My doctor is also has an attitude of you may have to just live with this. I find a lot of information about my condition on line, but very little information on relief or successful surgery.