hey everyone, a little history first: had inter-body fusion 5 years ago on l5-s1, was too hell & back for 3 years cause of scare tissue... been doing great for the last 2 years! the other day i did a little more lifting than normal, woke up with a pinch in left groin, now the pain is going to left buttox & about 10 inches down inter left leg, pain scale is at 4 now with a limp. i'm using lidocaine .05 patchs now with a little help, no lumbra pain at all, just groin & left leg.
i'd like to know what nerve is causing this? there used to be a link for a chart that showed what nerve affected each limb, does anybody know where to find this link? sitting hurts-bak to bed... Ric

Here's a link to one of the many Dermatome Maps out on the inter-Web: http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanu...es/165fig2.jsp

Hope this helps you pin-point which nerves are giving you grief.

Theresa

thanx's Theresa, looks like the S1. I'm hoping its just inflamed, i took a Vicadin & a nap, feeling a bit better now. see what happen's tomorrow.
take care Ric

Hi Woody,
I too have had left groin,thigh,and leg pain for two yrs now. I will be getting my fourth surgery for it next month. Don't guess at what you have and even Dr.'s don't always know either. I am living proof of that.I first had a consult with my OS Dr. He ordered an MRIwhich showed I needed fusion again.

My husband didn't want to take me that far away from home, so I checked with a NS closer to our home. He laugh at my other DR. which has 10 yrs more experience that the other.This one said, he wouldn't go in at all unless it was to put a stimulator in me. He ran all kinds of test and sent me to other Dr.s. It was 8 months later that I finally got it put in. It never done anything to help me eithter. Next I went to another OS, which diagnosised me needing knee surgery. That didn't help me either. So this summer I went back to my older OS. He ordered just one test, a Myelogram. It showed that my back is no good and that my fusions didn't last, but instead just crumbled. So he done surgery this month. While still in the hospital this pain,that I am so used to having came back twice in 5 days. So he ordered more test and said he thought I had a Inguinal Femoral Hernia. Another Dr.also agreed with him.

Now we will have to see what happens. I feel like I have came full circle. If this doesn't work I say forget it. I do hope they are right. Some pain is hard to diagnos.
Fancylady

I have similar; mine's been dx'd as obturator neuropathy.

I have been diagnosis with Peripheral Neuropathy also, but all the meds they perscribe, none have ever help me at all. I either have this or back pain and have no clue as to what to do about it. I would give a lot to have this pain under control. My body just won't tolerate a lot of the pain meds. Surgery only helps a short time. There is always a good reason to have it, but it is only a tempory fix. Now they are telling me it is a Hernia. Three Dr's have confirmed this.

It looks like somthing would help, short of surgery. Thanks for listening to me rattler off
Fancylady

Day 5 is getting better, it's either the S2 nerve or a start of a Hernia. When I was doing my home therapy using a threadmill I would get minor groin pain on both sides. On a bad day I can feel my scar tissue around the L5-S1, it's the size of a coffee cup. These patches I use are great, numbs the area! My main problem is scar tissue wrapped around the S1 nerve, half of my right foot is dead. The smoother the floor the worst the pain would get, the only way I could walk pain free at work was to use 2 patchs on right foot. I did this for 2 years and I'm retired now from the UAW autoworkers, I'm 52 now and want to enjoy the good-life. Thanx's for the Support Woody