[mrsD]

Here is an article about tight fitting clothing or underclothing
and meralgia paresthetica:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011...tes-skip-spanx

[Rrae]

Yesterday I was wearing my lumbar belt ALL day because of lower back issues and I noticed it was pretty tight.......
and by the end of the day I was having very severe burning pain in my entire lower back and pelvic region!

Thanks for the wakeup call.

[Dubious]

Originally Posted by Rrae

Yesterday I was wearing my lumbar belt ALL day because of lower back issues and I noticed it was pretty tight.......
and by the end of the day I was having very severe burning pain in my entire lower back and pelvic region!

Thanks for the wakeup call.

Meralgia paraesthetica can definately be exacerbated by a sacroiliac support. A lumbar support is really too high relative to where the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve penetrates from within the abdominal cavity. By definition, MP involves the antero-lateral region of the thigh. Tight pant belts, work belts, anything tight around the waist (several inches below the navel and hip bone) or even walking into a table or object and contusing the area just below the front hip bone (ASIS) pretty much will do it! Also, spinal issues at the T12-L1 level, approximately, can cause the same.

[Rrae]

Originally Posted by Dubious

Meralgia paraesthetica it! Also, spinal issues at the T12-L1 level, approximately, can cause the same.

This is very interresting to know! You gave me an "Ah-HA!" moment!
I wonder if there is scar tissue in this spinal region - The T12-L1 is about where my leads were inserted for my SCS and ever since I've been having horrendous lower back pain!
Do you spose it's possible the scar tissue is constricting this area and causing a form of this "Meralgia Paraesthetica" ?

[zorro1]

half tongue in cheek here..
Is there anything that doesn't cause P/N ?

a bit off topic but does anyone know the incidence of P.N amongst indigenous people?

[mrsD]

I have heard a ball park estimate given that PNers are pretty common. More than Multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's combined.

Because of its connection to diabetes, the incidence is high:
http://www.neurologychannel.com/neuropathy/index.shtml

And may rise due to the aging of baby boomers in US.

Nerves in the periphery are sensitive and subject to damage from the environment.

[Dubious]

Originally Posted by Rrae

This is very interresting to know! You gave me an "Ah-HA!" moment!
I wonder if there is scar tissue in this spinal region - The T12-L1 is about where my leads were inserted for my SCS and ever since I've been having horrendous lower back pain!
Do you spose it's possible the scar tissue is constricting this area and causing a form of this "Meralgia Paraesthetica" ?

Sorry, missed it by one level. For the LCFN, the upper root is L2 which exists between L1 and L2 vertebral levels. Was going off of memory which is why I said "approximately."

Anyway, close enough for government work!

To answer your question, neurology is not an exact science. There are entities called a pre/post-fixed lumbar plexus...(Google it)