--why it was said that you should not ride; the position assumed when one straddles a horse would definitely put stretching forces on the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, which is the one responsible for meralgia parathetica.

If you really do enjoy riding, though, don't give up trying to find solutions. There are always trade-offs with syndromes; you may have to determine how badly you want to continue riding and what treatments you would be willing to tolerate to do it. The first line of treatment with meralgia parasthetica is to attempt to relieve the symptoms, often pharmaceutically, but there are other options, ranging from electrical TENS units to try to mask the pain and parastheses to adaptive clothing to radio frequency ablation of the sensory nerve.

You should take a look at the "stickies" at the top of this forum for a more comprehensive look at the condition and possible treatments.