Hi, and welcome to NeuroTalk! This is a great place to hang out with many interesting forums, and lots of friendly and helpful people.

I'm sorry you are having to deal with so much pain.

I have posted a link to the Peripheral Neuropathy forum. Maybe this will be of some help to you.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum20.html

MP is quite often misunderstood. There are other things in the hip that can give similar pain. One is trochanteric bursitis.

MP pain occurs when the lateral femoral nerve is pinched somewhere in the abdomen or at the exit in the inguinal area.
You can also have a blood clot which will affect this nerve.

This nerve is SENSORY only and does not affect motor function.
It stops above the knee. It does not go down the back of the leg.

Here is a something to read:
Figure 2b shows this nerve.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000401/2109.html
MP often arises from abdominal surgery where the nerve may become entrapped, or from L4 issues where nerves may be pinched. People who get bone biopsies or donate marrow sometime have damage to this nerve.

Lying on that hip could be causing bursitis which is a different thing. Often an injection can help this cause.
The trochanter bursa is shown in Fig. 1.

Perhaps seeing a sports medicine doctor would give you a better evaluation and treatment for this hip problem.

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. You will find a great number of caring, supporting members here willing to help each other as they can.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene