Doctors call it nerve compression or entrapment. Learn what can cause a pinched nerve, as well as treatment options, recovery time, and prevention tips.

It occurs when the femoral nerve, which runs from the pelvis down the thigh, is compressed or damaged. This can lead to pain, weakness, or numbness in the front of the thigh and lower leg.

Meralgia paresthetica is also known as lateral femoral cutaneous nerve compression. This is a condition that causes numbness, tingling and burning in the outer thigh.

Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment or meralgia paresthetica is a tingling numbness and burning pain of the lateral thigh that is caused by entrapment of the sensory nerve of the lateral ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 81-year-old male in good health. Four months ago, I was diagnosed with meralgia paresthetica, a compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.

The reported associations suggest that patients who develop symptoms related to nerve compression in the arm and hand might also be predisposed to nerve compression at migraine-related trigger points.